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Wilton - Wilton House

Wilton, Wiltshire, England

Featuring dawn redwood. Verified occurrence recorded by Redwood World. Eleven Redwoods were seen at Wilton House near Salisbury along the A30. Several are in the car park and in adjacent rough ground, but a large Giant Sequoia (40 metres high in 2011) and three Dawn Redwoods can be seen around the grassed areas. One superb example of Dawn Redwood has a plaque at its base that states: METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES PLANTED ON THE BIRTH OF THE HON. EMMA HERBERT 12 th MARCH 1969

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10 Apr 2026

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Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Dawn redwood is a deciduous redwood from China, known from fossils before living trees were documented in the 1940s. It reached British collections soon afterwards and is now found in parks, botanic gardens, and arboreta, where its soft summer foliage and rusty autumn colour make it distinct from evergreen giant sequoias and coast redwoods.

Present. 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 relativ

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About Wilton - Wilton House

Wilton - Wilton House is located in Wilton, Wiltshire, England.

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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.


Data sourced from Redwood World (redwoodworld.co.uk) and enriched by Redwood Finder.

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Created: 10/04/2026 Last updated: 10/04/2026