Out and About in the Arboretum

While we all love the crabapple trees in the spring with their abundant showy blossoms, they also give us a lot to enjoy during this fall season. There are a number of crabapple trees on the two Campuses, but if you take a look at the front of Rushmore Building 62, you are sure to enjoy the masses of small,

Nandina domestica, otherwise known as Heavenly Bamboo, is classified as an evergreen shrub, but it will lose its foliage and canes may die back to the ground in extreme cold. Until that may happen, you can enjoy this shrub in various locations within the Arboretum. You can find them in a number of Courtyard Gardens, including number 12. If you

Dawn Redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, is one of just a few deciduous conifers. On the Medford Campus, you can view them at the corner of Medford Leas Way and Bridlington Way, or at the entrance to the Lois Forrest Nature Center; on the Lumberton Campus, you are greeted by these trees on the left as you enter the community. These trees

We are fortunate to have a number of trees within the Arboretum that have year-round interest. The Japanese Cutleaf Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Coral Bark,’ is showing off its brilliantly colored golden yellow leaves now, near the intersection of Estaugh and Medford Leas Way on the Medford Campus, As we move through the winter towards spring, the brilliant coral bark on the young

As you are out and about in the Arboretum this week, please be sure to stop by to visit Ober’s Pond, located just off of the Medford Campus Community Building Parking Lot, as you enter the covered walkway. This past week, a combination of grasses, perennials and shrubs have been added to enhance the trees that have long been there

Ginkgo biloba, Maidenhair tree, is an upright tree that often reaches 50 feet in height. Because of its resilience, it is often used as a street tree, hence why you will see it along Main Streets in both Lumberton and Medford. The spectacular golden fall foliage starts early. The fan-shaped leaves of the tree are already beginning to turn color