The Cultivated Landscape - Hylands and its planted trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants
The third avenue, of Horse Chestnut, is the most recent of the avenues and was planted within the
ownership period of Chelmsford Borough Council. This avenue follows the access road from the
main gate to the house. Assuming that it is retained (Repton did not like straight avenues of trees in
his landscapes), it too will add significantly to the treescapc of the park, will be an additional nectar
source and ultimately, will provide good habitat for saproxylic invertebrates, particularly if pollarded.
The list of cultivated herbaceous plants arc all species planted in the formal gardens, the vast
majority in the period 2000 - 2003. The rose terrace (east of the house) was destroyed during
building work in 2002. but re-made shortly afterwards and planted-up. Some remedial work around
the collapsed wooden pergola during this period also resulted in some new plantings also included
on the list. Cher twenty varieties of Narcissus are to be found around the gardens and Home Farm
(including the true Lent Lily, Narcissus pseudo-narcissus). The eight beds in the formal gardens
host formal plantings (municipal type) in the winter and summer.
1. Cultivated Trees and Shrubs from Hylands Park
(A = Arboretum F = Formal Gardens P = Park)
(Sandra Nicholson of Writtle College kindly provided details of plantings in the arboretum)
Abies koreana (A)
Abies veitchii (A)
Acer cappadocicum 'Aureum'' (A)
Acer cappadocicum 'Rubrum' (A)
Acer davidii (A)
Acer lobelii (A)
Acer palmatum (F)
Acer platanoides (F)
Acer pseudo-platanus (F) (P)
Acer pseudo-platanus 'Atropurpureum'' (P)
Acer rubrum (A)
Acer saccharinum (P)
Aesculus flava (P)
Aesculus hippocastanum (P)
Aesculus indica (A) (P)
Aesculus x carnea (P)
Aesculus x carnea 'Plantierensis ' (A)
Alnus cordata (A) (P)
Alnus incana (A) (P)
Amelanchier (F)
Artemisia 'Powis Castle' (F)
Aucuba japonica 'variegata' (F)
Azalea 'Glowing Embers' (F)
Berberis thunbergii (F)
Betula humilis (A)
Betula jacquemontii (A)
Betula papyrifera (A)
Betula populifolia (A)
Buddleja davidii (F)
Buddleja globosa (F)
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' (F)
Calocedrus decurrens (A)
Camellia japonica (F)
Carpinus betulus 'Incisa' (A)
Carpinus caroliniana (A)
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue' (F)
Castanea sativa (P)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var repens (F)
Cedrus atlantica (A)
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' Group (F)
Cedrus brevifolia (A)
Cedrus deodara (A) (F)
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Essex Parks: Section 2 - Hylands Park