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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.