Cardiff Castle & Bute Park, Cardiff, Wales
Record Id: 682
The park's designer and planter, Andrew Pettigrew, was one of the most important park designers of the second half of the 19th century, and the open, flowing informal design allowed a smooth transition from a private pleasure ground to a public park. Much of the Victorian planting, particularly of ornamental trees, survives.
The grounds within the walls of Cardiff Castle have a long history of landscaping, going back to the medieval period. Castle Green owes its present day appearance to late-18th-century landscaping by Capability Brown.
The combined area of the Castle Grounds, Bute Park and Castle Green became a public park after 1947.
People associated with this site
Designer: Lancelot Brown (born 1716 died 06/02/1783)
Architect: William Burges (born 02/12/1827 died 20/04/1881)
Gardener: Andrew Pettigrew (born 1833 died 26/04/1903)
Features
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Oak
1. Quercus agrifolia - Coast Live Oak
2. Quercus cerris - Turkey Oak
3. Quercus ilex - Holm Oak
4. Quercus myrsinifolia - Evergreen Oak
5. Quercus rubra - Red Oak
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Pine
1. Pinus nigra var. austriaca - Austrian Pine
2. Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine
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Walnut/Butternut
1. Juglans nigra - Black Walnut
2. Juglans cinerea - Butternut
tree feature
Feature created: 1947
Arboretum.
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Horse Chestnut
1. Aesculus californica - Californian Horse Chestnut
2. Aescalus chinensis - Chinese Horse Chestnut
3. Aescalus hippocastarnum - Horse Chestnut
4. Aescalis indica - Indian Horse Chestnut
5. Aesculus x carnea "Plantierensis" - Red Horse Chestnut
specimen tree
There are specimen trees to the west of the castle.
herbaceous border
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Lime
1. Tilia cordata - Small-leaved Lime
2. Tilia cordata "Rancho" - Small-leaved Lime
3. Tilia maximowicziana - Japanese Lime
4. Tilia mongolica - Mongolian Lime
5. Tilia platyphyllos "Laciniata" - Cut-leaved Lime
6. Tilia x euchlora - Lime
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Tulip Tree
1. Liriodendron chinense - Chinese Tulip Tree
2. Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree
3. Liriodendron tulipifera "Aureomarginatum" - Variegated Tulip Tree
4. Liriodendron tulipifera "Integrifolia" - Unlobed Tulip Tree
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Hawthorn
1. Crataegus "Autumn Glory" - Autumn Glory Thorn
2. Crataegus azarolus var. sinaica - Azarole
3. Crataegus heldreichii - Grecian Thorn
4. Crataegus laciniata - Oriental Thorn
5. Crataegus monogyna "Pendula Rosea" - Pink Weeping Thorn
6. Crataegus schraderiana - Balkan Thorn
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Beech
1. Nothofagus dombeyi - Southern Beech
2. Nothofagus obliqua - Roble Beech
3. Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides - Mountain Beech
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Miscellaneous trees and shrubs
1. Ailanthus altissima - Tree of Heaven
2. Carya cordiformis – Bitternut
3. Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry
4. Cercidium japonicum “Pendulum” – Weeping Katsura
5. Cercis Canadensis “Forest Pansy” – North American Redbud
6. Choisya ternate – Mexican Orange Blossom
7. Cladrastis kentukea – Yellow Wood
8. Corylus colurna - Turkish Hazel
9. Cotoneaster x watereri "John Waterer"
10. Davidia involucrata - Handkerchief Tree
11. Euonymus alatus
12. Ginkgo biloba - Maidenhair Tree
13. Gleditsia triacanthos "Sunburst" - Honey Locust
14. Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky Coffee Tree
15. Hamamelis x intermedia "Pallida" - Wych Hazel
16. Idesia polycarpa – Idesia
17. Illicium anisatum - Japanese Anise
18. Lagerstroemia indica - Crape Myrtle
19. Lavandula angustifolia – Lavender
20. Ligularia stenocephala "The Rocket" - Leopard Plant
21. Ligustrum lucidum"Excelsum Superbum" - Variegated Chinese Privet
22. Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet Gum
23. Meliosma myriantha - Meliosma
24. Mespilus germanica - Medlar
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Miscellaneous trees and shrubs
25. Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood
26. Nyssa sylvatica – Tupelo
27. Parrotia persica - Persian Ironwood
28. Paulownia fortunei - Fortune's Paulownia
29. Paulownia tomentosa - Imperial Tree of Japan
30. Phellodendron chinense - Phellodendron
31. Photinia x fraseri "Red Robin" - Photinia
32. Phygelius aequalis "Trewidden Pink"- Angel's Trumpet
33. Podocarpus salignus – conifer
34. Pseudolarix amabilis - Golden Larch
35. Pseudotsuga menziesii "Pendula" in June
Weeping Douglas Fir
36. Pterocarya fraxinifolia - Caucasian Wing-nut
37. Pterocarya x rehderiana - Hybrid Wingnut
38. Pyrus calleryana "Chanticleer"
39. Pyrus nivalis - White Pear
40. Rhus potaninii - Chinese Sumach
41. Robinia x ambigua "Decaisneana" - Pink Acacia
42. Sequoiadendron giganteum - Wellingtonia
43. Sophora tetraptera - New Zealand Kowhai
44. Taxodium ascendans - Swamp Cypress
45. Tetradium daniellii - Evodia
46. Trachycarpus fortunei - Chusan Palm
47. Trochodendron aralioides - Trochodendron
48. Zelkova serrata - Japanese Zelkova
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Camellia
1. Camellia sasanqua - Autumn Camellia
2. More than a dozen other unnamed Camellias
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Poplar
1. Populus deltoides - Necklace Poplar
2. Populus koreana - Korean Poplar
3. Populus lasiocarpa
4. Populus yunnanensis - Balsam Poplar
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Hornbeam/Hop Hornbeam
1. Carpinus betulus "Columnaris" - Columnar Hornbeam
2. Carpinus turczaninowii - Shrubby Hornbeam
3. Ostrya carpinifolia - Hop Hornbeam
4. Ostrya japonica - Japanese Hop Hornbeam
5. Ostrya virginiana - Hop Hornbeam
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Catalpa or Catawba
1. Catalpa bignonioides "Nana" - Dwarf Indian Bean Tree
2. Catalpa ovata - Chinese Catalpa
3. Catalpa x erubescens "Purpurea" – Purple Indian Bean Tree
stable block
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Ash
1. Faxinus americana "Autumn Purple" - White Ash
2. Fraxinus excelsior "Jaspidea" - Yellow-twigged Ash
3. Fraxinus ornus - Manna Ash
4. Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Green Ash
5. Fraxinus sogdiana - Turkish Ash
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Sweet Chestnut
1. Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut
2. Castanea sativa "Albo-marginata" - Variegated Chestnut
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Birch
1. Betula "Fetisowii" - Central Asian Hybrid Birch
2. Betula kenaica - Alaskan Birch
3. Betula utilis var. jacquemontii - Himalayan Birch
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Willow
1. Salix babylonica "Pendula" - Weeping Willow
2. Salix babylonica "Tortuosa - Twisted Willow
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Dogwood
1. Cornus alternifolia "Argentea" - Pagoda Dogwood
2. Cornus controversa "Variegata" - Table Cornel
3. Cornus florida subspp. urbiniana - Mexican Flowering Dogwood
4. Cornus kousa "Satomi" - Chinese Flowering Dogwood
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Sorbus (Whitebeam/MountainAsh/Rowan/Service Tree)
1. Sorbus "Wilfred Fox" - Hybrid Whitebeam
2. Sorbus "Winter Cheer"
3. Sorbus alnifolia
4. Sorbus aria - Whitebeam
5. Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan
6. Sorbus commixta
7. Sorbus esserteauana
8. Sorbus graeca
9. Sorbus hupehensis
10. Sorbus latifolia - Service Tree of Fontainbleau
11. Sorbus sargentiana
12. Sorbus scalaris
13. Sorbus torminalis - Wild Service Tree
14. Sorbus ursina - Sorbus
15. Sorbus x kewensis
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Cherry
1. Prunus "Benden" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
2. Prunus "Hokusai" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
3. Prunus "Horinji" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
4. Prunus "Ichiyo" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
5. Prunus "Jamasakura" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
6. Prunus "Kanzan" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
7. Prunus "Kiku-Shidare Zakura" - Cheal's Weeping Cherry
8. Prunus "Ojochin" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
9. Prunus "Shirotae" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
10. Prunus "Tai-haku" - Great White Cherry
11. Prunus "Taoyame" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
12. Prunus "Ukon" - Japanese Flowering Cherry
13. Prunus "YedoZakura" in October
Japanese Flowering Cherry
14. Prunus avium - Wild Cherry, Gean
15. Prunus avium "Plena" - Double Gean
16. Prunus cerasifera - Cherry Plum
17. Prunus maackii - Manchurian Cherry
18. Prunus padus "Watereri" - Waterer's Bird Cherry
19. Prunus pendula "Rosea" - Pink Weeping Cherry
20. Prunus pendula var, ascendens "Floreplena" - Cherry
21. Prunus sargentii - Sargent's Cherry
22. Prunus sargentii "Rancho" - Sargent's Cherry
23. Prunus verecunda "Autumn Glory" - Korean Hill Cherry
24. Prunus x juddii - Hybrid Cherry
25. Prunus x subhirtella "Autumnalis"- Winter Cherry
26. Prunus x yedoensis - Yoshino Cherry
27. Prunus x yedoensis "Ivensii" - Weeping Yoshino Cherry
gate
Wrought iron gates.
ornamental bridge
Feature created: 1875 to 1963
Swiss bridge.
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Rhododendron
1. Rhododendron "Yellowhammer"
2. Rhododendron (Azalea) mollis Hybrid in May
Molle Azalea
3. Rhododendron Hardy Hybrid
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Plane
1. Platanus orientalis "Digitata" - Digitate Oriental Plane
2. Platanus x hispanica - London Plane
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Yew
1. Taxus baccata "Adpressa Variegata" - Golden Yew
2. Taxus baccata "Fastigiata Auromarginata" - Golden Irish Yew
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Hydrangea
1. Hydrangea macrophylla "Hortensia Group" - Mop-head Hydrangea
2. Hydrangea paniculata - Hydrangea
3. Hydrangea paniculata "Grandiflora" - Hydrangea
4. Hydrangea quercifolia - Oak-leaved Hydrangea
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Magnolia
1. Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber Tree
2. Magnolia campbellii - Himalayan Pink Tulip Tree
3. Magnolia kobus
4. Magnolia liliflora "Nigra" - Lily Magnolia
5. Magnolia obovata
6. Magnolia stellata
7. Magnolia tripetala
8. Magnolia x soulangeana - Soulange's Magnolia
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Beech
1. Fagus sylvatica - Beech
2. Fagus sylvatica "Dawyck" - Dawyck Beech
3. Fagus sylvatica "Pendula" - Weeping Beech
4. Fagus sylvatica "Purpurea" - Copper Beech
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Cedar
1. Cedrus atlantica "Glauca" - Blue Cedar
2. Cedrus deodara – Deodar
3. Cedrus libani - Cedar of Lebanon
4. Cryptomeria japonica - Japanese Cedar
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Holly
1. Ilex aquifolium "Argentea Marginata" - Broad-leaved Silver Holly
2. Ilex aquifolium "Flavescens" - Moonlight Holly
3. Ilex kingiana - Holly
4. Ilex x altaclerensis - Highclere Holly
5. Ilex x altaclerensis "Hendersonii" - Highclere Holly
6. Ilex x koehneana - Holly
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Maple
1. Acer acuminatum - West Himalayan Maple
2. Acer cappadocicum - Caucasian Maple
3. Acer cappadocicum - "Aureum"
4. Acer henryi - Golden Caucasian Maple
5. Acer japonicum "Aconitifolium" - Aconite-leaved Japanese Maple
6. Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple
7. Acer palmatum "Atropurpureum - Japanese Maple
8. Acer palmatum "Dissectum" - Japanese Maple
9. Acer palmatum "Shishigashira" - Japanese Maple
10. Acer pictum - Korean Maple
11. Acer platanoides - Norway Maple
12. Acer platanoides "Cleveland" - Norway Maple
13. Acer platanoides "Dissectum" - Cut-leaved Norway Maple
14. Acer platanoides "Drummondii" Drummond's Variegated Norway Maple
15. Acer platanoides "Goldsworth Purple" - Purple Norway Maple
16. Acer platanoides "Laciniatum" - Cut-leaved Norway Maple
17. Acer platanoides "Rubrum" - Red Norway Maple
18. Acer pseudoplatanus "Leopoldii" - Leopold's Sycamore
19. Acer tataricum - Tatarian Maple
20. Acer triflorum – Manchurian Maple
21. Acer truncatum - Shangdong Maple
22. Acer x dieckii - Hybrid Maple
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Apple
1. Malus (unknowncultivar) - Apple
2. Malus "Cheltenham" - Crab
3. Malus "Chilko" - Canadian Crab
4. Malus "Oporto"
5. Malus "Van Eseltine" - Crab
6. Malus baccata "Pendula" - Weeping Siberian Crab
7. Malus baccata "Street Parade" - Siberian Crab
8. Malus baccata var. mandschurica - Siberian Crab
9. Malus hupehensis - Chinese Crab
10. Malus x arnoldiana - Hybrid Crab
11. Malus x micromalus
12. Malus x purpurea "Neville Copeman" - Hybrid Crab
13. Malus x scheideckeri "Excellenz Thiel" - Hybrid Crab
14. Malus x sublobata - Hybrid Crab
15. Malus x adstringens "Hopa" - Hybrid Crab
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Elm
1. Ulmus "Lobel" - Disease Resistant Elm
2. Ulmus alata - Winged Em
3. Ulmus glabra "Camperdownii" - Camperdown Elm
4. Ulmus pumila "Aurescens" - Golden Dwarf Elm
5. Ulmus villosa - Marn Elm
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Alder
1. Alnus hirsute - Hairy Alder
2. Alnus incana "Aurea" - Golden Grey Alder
3. Alnus incana "Pendula Kebe" - Pendulous Grey Alder
4. Alnus incana "Pendula" - Weeping Grey Alder
5. Alnus maximowiczii - Maximowicz's Alder
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Cypress
1. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana "Wisselii - Wissel's Lawson's Cypress
2. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis "Pendula" - Pendulous Nootka Cypress
3. Cupressus arizonica "Glabra" - Arizona Cypress
4. Cupressus macrocarpa "Donard Gold" - Golden Monterey Cypress
5. Cupressus macrocarpa "Goldcrest" - Golden Monterey Cypress
6. Cupressus sempervirens - Italian Cypress
Plantings
48 of the trees listed in the features section were "Champion Trees" (the largest specimens to be found in the UK) when a survey was carried out in 2005.
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