Featuring giant redwood / giant sequoia. Verified occurrence recorded by Redwood World. Attwoods Manor is on Mount Hill just outside Halstead and is now a Residential Care Home. As well as two very nice Giant Redwoods, Attwoods boasts a very unusual Monkey tree. As you can see from the above picture, it has sprouted offshoots. The first ones have been sawn off many years back but the determined tree has sprouted more new growth from the stumps. I have included measurements of the Giant Redwoods recorded by Maynard Greville in 1957. Curiously, fifty years later, the one by the front drive appears to have shrunk in height! This could be due to a lightning strike or possibly damage from a severe storm. It's girth has only increased by 0.56m though, which seems a little less than one would expect for over fifty years growth. The second tree, standing in the field by garden has grown 1.7m in height and 1.19m in girth. This also seems a little on the low side, perhaps Maynard's girth measurements were taken at lower point.
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Redwood species here
Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume and have thrived in the UK's mild, wet climate, often growing faster than in parts of their native range. Many Victorian-era plantings now rival mature specimens in California.
Present. Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume
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Redwood at Halstead - Attwood Manor
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About Halstead - Attwood Manor
Halstead - Attwood Manor is located in Halstead, Essex, England.
Species Present
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume and have thrived in the UK's mild, wet climate, often growing faster than in their native range. Many Victorian-era plantings now rival mature specimens in California.
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
The tallest trees on Earth, coast redwoods can exceed 100 metres in their native California. Less common in Britain than giant sequoias, they prefer sheltered, moist locations and can still reach impressive heights in the UK. The tallest known coast redwood in Britain is over 50 metres.
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
A deciduous conifer thought to be extinct until rediscovered in a remote Chinese province in 1941. Seeds were distributed to botanical gardens worldwide in the late 1940s. Unlike its evergreen relatives, the dawn redwood loses its needles in winter, turning a striking copper-bronze in autumn.
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Data sourced from Redwood World (redwoodworld.co.uk) and enriched by Redwood Finder.