Out and About in the Arboretum

As you are out and about near the Wellness Center, please take a minute to enjoy the new photographic images posted on wall in the waiting area. These shots are from throughout the Arboretum and designed to bring some wonderful images of the Arboretum for folks to enjoy. Please take note in particular our favorite turtle who is represented in the Atrium garden.

With its ever present green holly-like foliage, fragrant yellow flowers in the spring and inky blue berries in the fall, leatherleaf mahonia, Mahonia bealei, adds year-round interest in Court 4 and Court 2 on the Medford Campus, as well as other areas.

Commonly called heavenly bamboo, Nandina domestica, is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that is grown for its interesting foliage and bright red berries. Native to Japan, China and India, this shrub is also at home here in the Barton Arboretum in a number of Courtyard Gardens, including Nine, Eleven and Twelve.

What a great way to begin the New Year! Why not make a visit to the Haddon Greenhouse, easily accessed from the Ground Floor of Haddon. The colors are sure to brighten your winter day with thoughts of spring and summer to come.

Right now is a great time to enjoy the many Poinsettia plants decorating areas of the Campuses. Poinsettias are native plants in Mexico, where they flower during the winter. These colorful plants are named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was the first Ambassador from the US to Mexico in 1825.

It’s December, but the weather cooperated so that we could have a new look installed in Courtyard Garden Six on the Medford Campus for all to enjoy. A pleasing combination of evergreens, shrubs, a new patio and a wonderful Cherry tree make for a great garden for all to appreciate.