Snowdonia's Plas Tan y Bwlch home to some of UK's largest trees

Some of the largest trees in the UK are growing in the grounds and gardens of a former mansion in Snowdonia.
The Tree Register of the British Isles reveals Plas Tan y Bwlch has four UK champion trees, nine Welsh champions and a further 16 Gwynedd champions.
One of the UK Champions is an enormous red cedar originally from Japan, the Cryptomeria japonica.
Tree expert, or dendrologist, Dr Owen Johnson, registrar at the Tree Register and author of the ‘Collins Tree Guide’ and ‘Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland’ said: “It forms part of a series of trees and it is very unusual to have a... read more
12 October 2016 in
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