Bank Hall
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THE TREES OF BANK HALL
Bank Hall has an extensive collection of Trees with several unusual specimens that are very old. Some have been added in more recent times. The following catalogue of trees has been compiled by Steve Dearnley from the Bank Hall Action Group and lists all those that can be found at Bank Hall. For interest, it has been divided into three sections.
Native Species
Shown in approximate order of arrival before the land bridge with the Continent was flooded.
(Common Name) (Scientific Name)
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Small leafed Lime Tilia cordata
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Rowan/Mountain Ash Sorbus aucuparia
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Holly Ilex aquifolium
English Oak Quercus robur
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Yew Taxus baccata
Wild Cherry Prunus avium
Large leafed Lime Tilia platyphyllos
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Non-Native Species
Shown in approximate order of introduction to Great Britain.
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Roman +
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 1616
Swamp Cypress Taxodium distichum 1640
Corsican Pine Pinus nigra maritima 1759
Irish Yew Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ 1790
Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 1843
Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum 1853
Dawn Redwood* Metasequoia glyptostroboides* 1948
*(Discovered in China in 1941)
Non-Native Species
First introduction date is unknown
Atlantic Cedar Cedrus atlantica ‘glanca’
Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara
Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani
Japanese Red Cedar Cryptomeria japonica
Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata
Paperbark Maple Acer griseum
Western Hemlock Tsuga heterphylla
Magnolia Magnolia x Soulangiana
Apple Malus domestica
Grey Alder Alnus incana
Elder Sambucus nigra
Lawson Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Caucasian Fir Abies nordnanniana
The Flowers of Bank Hall
Bank Hall is home to many kinds of flowers from the bold colours of yellow, cream and orange of the daffodils, to the many shades of colour from the blue bells. The more commonly known flower at Bank Hall that is remembered from vitiors to the grounds before it was vacated was the wild primrose.
Unfortunately since the 1980's Plantation of trees the little flower has declined but work is now on going to promote the come back of the wild primrose at Bank Hall.
Bank Hall is famous for one flower in particular which is the Snowdrop with its pure white petals which stand out amongst the green leaves during the spring. (For more information on the Snowdrops click here)
