The park with the castle in Šylerzovice

There are not many exotic tree species in the chateau park in Šlerzovice, but the natural value of this place lies in other aspects. The park covers an area of 98 hectares and is one of the largest in the Czech Republic. Here you will find century-old trees such as English oak, small-leaved linden, sycamore and beech. Prominent among them is the bog cypress, Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich., whose natural habitat is the floodplain along the Atlantic coast in North America. This tree can reach up to 50 metres in height. Because of the swamps in which it grows, the swamp cypress can develop special roots called pneumatophores, which it uses for respiration. As with the larch, the cypress's needles fall in winter and the cones are spherical in shape and 2-3 cm in . Large specimens of the cypress are distinguished by their light green needles, which are soft to the touch and very decorative. The park in Širlerzovice is certainly one of the most beautiful English-style parks in Europe, combining the described architectural elements with a naturalistic composition.