Known as the Dawn Redwood or the Chinese Water Fir, this fast-growing, deciduous conifer is one of a kind in the plant world and has a remarkable history.
It had been known to science only by fossil remains until a forester discovered a living tree growing near a village in central China in 1941.
A few years later, further trees were found in a neighbouring valley.
The sensational news spread across the world that living specimens of this fossil tree had been discovered. In early 1948 seeds collected from these trees were sent to the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts.
The tree in the foreground of the picture was grown at Harewood from seed sown in 1997 by the head gardener and was one of the first trees to be planted as part of the new Sino-Himalayan plant collection.
Found here

Himalayan Garden

Himalayan Garden
Discover more Sino-Himalayan Plants
Harewood’s Himalayan Garden contains many rare and unusual plants, many of which were introduced by intrepid plant explorers, and include Blue Poppies, Cobra Lilies, Primulas and Orchids, all planted amidst a host of trees, shrubs, rhododendrons and bamboos.

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Calanthe tricarinata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Primula florindae
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Cornus kousa var. chinensis
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Pinus wallichiana
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Davidia involucrata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Rhododendron augustinii
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Calanthe tricarinata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Primula florindae
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Cornus kousa var. chinensis
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Pinus wallichiana
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Davidia involucrata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Rhododendron augustinii
- Sino-Himalayan Plants
Explore the Collections
Harewood House Trust, boasts an incredible collection of furniture, ceramics, and paintings, as well as gardens and grounds brimming with plants from around the world.

Sino-Himalayan Plants

British Furniture

Italian Old Masters

British Portraiture

Sino-Himalayan Plants

British Furniture

Italian Old Masters
