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Zone Map Tulip Trees Lucombe Oak Chestnut Oak "The Old Lions" - Oriental Plane Indian Chestnut Sweet Chestnut "The Old Lions" - Pagoda Tree Turner's Oak Stone Pine "The Old Lions" - Ginkgo biloba and Robinia pseudoacacia "The Old Lions" - Zelkova carpinifolia Corsican Pine Plants overview Heritage trees ""

Detailed Map Tulip Tree Lucombe Oak Chestnut Oak "The Old Lions" - Oriental Plane Indian Chestnut Sweet Chestnut "The Old Lions" - Pagoda Tree Turner's Oak Stone Pine "The Old Lions" - Ginkgo biloba and Robinia pseudoacacia "The Old Lions" - Zelkova carpinifolia Corsican Pine
 

 

Heritage Trees

The Arboretum at Kew is home to some of the finest specimens of trees from all over the world. It contains examples from as far back as the early 18th century to newly planted rarities from recent Kew plant collecting expeditions. Every specimen is a piece of history in the development of an ever-changing landscape, representing the generations of a great historic tree collection.

Sweet Chestnut, Castanea sativa

"The Old Lions"

The Lucombe Oak, Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’

Turner’s Oak, Quercus x turneri

Corsican Pine, Pinus nigra subsp. laricio

Stone Pine, Pinus pinea

Chestnut-leaved Oak, Quercus castaneifolia

Indian Horse Chestnut, Aesculus indica ‘Sidney Pearce’

Tulip Trees, Liriodendron tulipifera & L. chinense