Ken Robbins of Dyfed Tree Care, who looks after the trees in our churchyard, has produced an up-to-date plan showing today's trees. Ken is a mine of information about each specimen. For instance, he tells us that the Locust tree or false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia, tree No. 19) originates from Eastern North America. The name 'locust' started as the Latin name for lobster, but was transferred to the swarming grasshopper-like insect which, with wild honey, was said to be the diet of John the Baptist in the wilderness. Scholars deduced that he was eating from the carob tree which then took the name of 'Locust'. Bible reading colonists then used this name for American trees having a similar pod! The tree is now known as 'Robinia' after Jean Robin, a loyalist of Henry IV of France in 1600. It was first planted in Britain in 1751.
- Robinia
- Pauls Scarlet Thorn
- Fern Leaf Beech
- Robinia
- Strawberry Tree
- Tree of Heaven
- Himalayan Cedar
- Incense Cedar
- Whitebeam
- Red Oak
- Liquid Amber
- Himalayan
Cedar - Ginko
- Pagoda
- Hornbeam
- Hornbeam
- Variegated Holly
- Golden Lawson Cypress
- Tulip Tree
- Cherry
- Lime
- Weeping Birch
- Rowan Joseph Rock
- Rowan
- Rowan Joseph Rock
- Whitebeam - swedish
- Whitebeam - Lutescens
- Whitebeam - Lutescens
- Eucryphia
- Handkerchief Tree
- Lavellei Thorn
- Amelanchier
- Liquid Amber
- Siberian Apple
All numbered tress have been planted since 1991 (except Tulip tree [3]).
More information on the churchyard trees
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