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The Cedars, Dunganstown, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow


Situation: Arboretum
Planting date: 1770
Visited and photographed on: 11-Aug-09
Height: m Girth: m

Heritage value:

Tree collection / Arboretum
Genetic resource for local tree population
Forms part of an historic landscape



An old nursery planted by Hodgins, probably the most famous nurseryman in Ireland; he was responsible for Dunganstown and is renowned for his cultivar of Ilex x alterclarensis 'Hodginsii'and Ilex x altaclerensis 'Hendersonii'.