Monterey cypress
cupressus macrocarpa latin

On top of this layer, Monterey Pines, Monterey Cypresses and Eucalyptus - all known for quick growth and shallow root structures-could take root.

Monterey cypresses love the bare granite headlands of this stretch of coast, and the prevailing north-westerlies have twisted them into shapes that one-time resident Robert Louis Stevenson called "ghosts fleeing before the wind".

But the sand was smooth and almost white, the bay was a perfect curve, and windtwisted Monterey cypresses and live oak trees screened from view the magnificent houses, large and small, which looked down upon the bay from either side.

Glynn Vivian planted three notable trees still alive in front of the castle - one Wellingtonia 'Sequoiadendron giganteum' and two Monterey Cypress 'Cupressus macrocarpa', one a fastigiate form which is also one of the tallest recorded in Britain.