LAWSON FALSE CYPRESS AT VERLYS

Other Name

40 Beaconsfield Emerald Road, Emerald

Location

40 Beaconsfield Emerald Road EMERALD, Cardinia Shire

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The National Trust have recognised the tree for its size and as an outstanding example of the type. The tree was also thought to have strong associations with Nobelius nursery and the Emerald pioneer, Nellie Exley.

The Lawson false cypress at Verlys is of importance to the Cardinia Shire and the garden of importance to the locality of Emerald because they show the development of nurseries in the district and the developing forms of the gardens associated with the district's resorts or rural retreats.

This tree is also significant for its: expression of the lives or lifestyles of locally important people (Nobelius, Exley) and the rarity as a specimen.

Regional Significance

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Tree