Notable Trees
Among the largest surviving specimens of Guernsey Elm in the UK are two in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (2011), girth 3 m, and the one in Preston Park, Brighton. The latter is 34 m tall with a trunk 115 cm d.b.h. (diameter at breast height) in 2006, part of a line of trees averaging 30 m in height planted circa 1880. The tallest on record in the UK stands on Paradise Drive, Eastbourne and had a height of 36m in 2007.
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Guernsey Elm (left centre) coming into leaf in early summer (Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh)
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Guernsey Elms (top left), their foliage still dark green in early winter (Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh)
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