Out and About in the Arboretum

Just last week, O’Brien’s Landscaping enhanced existing plantings with a variety of new shrubs, ground covers and perennials.

During the spring the Crabapple graces us with beautiful rose colored blooms, and now as we enter the fall season we can enjoy the red and yellow fruit.

Unlike most Beautyberries which boast purple berries, this variety is noted for its unusual white fruits.

The Chinese Seven-Sons Tree, Heptacodium miconioides, features clusters of fragrant, creamy-white flowers in late summer to early fall.

New in the Medford Leas Pinetum is “Akebono – Dawn of the New Spring.” This sculpture, given by the artist James Fuhrman, adds an intriguing new element to our Arboretum, and we are most appreciative.

An early sign of the fall season to come, the now-young acorns of the Bur Oak will grow into the largest acorns of any oak.