Now Showing
December
17, 2002
Fall has rapidly turned into a mean winter, as a severe ice storm hit the Arboretum hard in early December. Plants were damaged throughout the garden, even some branches on the dwarf loblolly pines were lost. Sadly, the large old white oak in the Southall Garden that held the wooden swing for so many years, was entirely split open and destroyed.
The Winter Garden has started to awaken, as buds swell on the many beauties that will soon be in bloom. Bark, berries, and interesting plant forms dominate now. Admire the unique structure of Harry Lauder's Walking Stick in the Paradise Garden (Corylus avellana 'Contorta'), the wicked form of the hardy orange (Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon'), and the stately Japanese crepe myrtles located throughtout the arboretum. The nandinas are looking their best in their bright red foliage, holding clusters of shiny red, yellow or cream-colored berries. This collection is among the best in the U. S. of this broad-leaved evergreen shrub. Look closely among this collection for the thread-leaf nandinas (Nandina domestica f. capillaris), imported from Japan that are virtually absent from most other collections in the United States.
| Garden | Now Showing | |
|---|---|---|
| Southall Memorial Garden | Abies firma - Momi fir - Foliage | |
| Southall Memorial Garden | Acer griseum - paperbark maple - Bark | |
| Southall Memorial Garden | Acer palmatum 'Red Filigree Lace' - red lace-leaf Japanese maple - Bark | |
| Southall Memorial Garden | Buxus sempervirens 'Elegantissima' - variegated common boxwood - Foliage | |
| Southall Memorial Garden | Daphniphyllum macropodum - false daphne - Striking Green Foliage | |
| Parking Lot | Camellia oleifera - tea-oil camellia - | |
| Klein-Pringle White Garden | Camellia oleifera × sasanqua - hardy camellia - Premiering This Week | |
| Klein-Pringle White Garden | Camellia sasanqua - sasanqua camellia - Premiering This Week | |
| Klein-Pringle White Garden | Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' - weeping blue Atlas cedar - Foliage | |
| Klein-Pringle White Garden | Cedrus deodara 'Pendula' - Foliage | |
| Klein-Pringle White Garden | Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' - Virginia sweetspire - Fall Color | |
| Klein-Pringle White Garden | Lagerstroemia 'Natchez' - Bark | |
| Winter Garden | Camellia 'Winter's Charm' - Ackerman hybrid camellia - | |
| Winter Garden | Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' - Bark | |
| Winter Garden | Corylus avellana 'Contorta' - Interesting Form | |
| Winter Garden | Ilex cornuta 'Sunrise' - golden Chinese holly - Foliage | |
| Winter Garden | Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' - hardy orange - Interesting Form | |
| Nandina Collection | Nandina domestica - Fruit and Foliage | |
| Along Beryl Road | Ilex opaca 'Cave Hill No. 1' - American holly - Fruit and Foliage | |
| Along Beryl Road | Sapindus mukorossi - Chinese soapberry - Fruit | |
| Conifer Collection | Cedrus deodara 'Glacier Blue' - Foliage | |
| Conifer Collection | Cedrus deodara 'Pendula' - Foliage | |
| Conifer Collection | Pinus taeda 'Nana' - dwarf loblolly pine - Foliage | |
| Conifer Collection | Pseudolarix amabilis - golden larch - Fall Color | |
| Conifer Collection | Thuja 'Green Giant' - arborvitae - Foliage | |
| Magnolia Collection | Camellia 'Carolina Moonmist' - Cochran hybrid camellia - | |
| Paradise Garden | Corylus avellana 'Contorta' - Interesting Form | |
| Paradise Garden | Gardenia augusta - Cape jasmine - Fruit | |
| Paradise Garden | Prunus persica 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red' - dwarf flowering peach - Interesting Form | |
| Butterfly Garden | Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' - Virginia sweetspire - Fall Color | |
| Butterfly Garden | Lavandula ×intermedia Dutch Group - Foliage | |
| Butterfly Garden | Prunus persica 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red' - dwarf flowering peach - Interesting Form | |
| Reading Garden | Camellia sasanqua - sasanqua camellia - | |
| Townhouse Garden | Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens' - Nellie Stevens holly - Foliage | |
| Townhouse Garden | Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Townhouse' - Japanese crepe myrtle - Bark | |
| Lath House | Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii 'Angyo Yellow' - variegated Japanese chinquapin - Foliage | |
| Lath House | Cleyera japonica 'Variegata' - Foliage | |
| Lath House | Wikstroemia terniflora - 9/27/2002 | |
| Japanese Garden | Lagerstroemia fauriei - Japanese crepe myrtle - Bark | |
| Japanese Garden | Phyllostachys nigra - Bark | |
| Japanese Garden | Pinus taeda 'Nana' - dwarf loblolly pine - Foliage | |
| Mixed Border | Daphniphyllum macropodum - false daphne - Striking Green Foliage | |
| Mixed Border | Lagerstroemia indica - Bark | |
| Mixed Border | Pseudocydonia sinensis - Chinese quince - Fruit | |
| Main Perennial Border | Artemisia 'Powis Castle' - Foliage | |
| Main Perennial Border | Arundo donax 'Variegata' - striped giant reed - Foliage | |
| Main Perennial Border | Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata - Spanish lavender - Foliage | |
| Main Perennial Border | Miscanthus floridulus - Foliage | |
| Main Perennial Border | Yucca filamentosa 'Variegata' - Foliage | |
| Berberis Collection | Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea' - golden Japanese barberry - Foliage | |
| Berberis Collection | Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea Nana' - Foliage | |
| Berberis Collection | Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Giant' - purpleleaf Japanese barberry - Foliage | |
| Berberis Collection | Berberis thunbergii 'Golden Ring' - Foliage | |
| Behind Trial Border | Acer palmatum 'Beni kawa' - coral-bark Japanese maple - Bark | |
| Old West Arboretum | Lagerstroemia fauriei - Japanese crepe myrtle - Bark | |
| Old West Arboretum | Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Fantasy' - Japanese crepe myrtle - Bark | |
| Old West Arboretum | Pinus strobus 'Pendula' - weeping white pine - Foliage | |
| Old West Arboretum | Pinus strobus 'Torulosa' - curly-leaf white pine - Foliage | |
| Old West Arboretum | Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' - hardy orange - Interesting Form |