Arboretum
The Arboretum
This garden was planted in 1982 after first removing the remains of a fir plantation and then growing a season of potatoes to clean the soil. The trees and a few rhododendrons around the perimeter are now beginning to mature.
It is another very restful place and visitors love to walk through and sit on the conveniently situated seats to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the area.
Among the firs there is a beautifully shaped Abies koreana with its striking blue cones, and a Prunus serrula with its wonderful red bark set against the cream bark of Betula costata and the white bark of Betula jacquemontii.
A ring of several Clerodendrum trichotomum with their powerful scent fill the air in Autumn, and the glorious colour of the acers and parrotia go out in a blaze at the end of the season.