Botanical Gardens

Cacti and Succulent Collection
(On display May through September)
Cacti:
Column or Apple Cactus (Cereus peruvianus)
Crested Column Cactus (Cereus peruvianus monstrosus)
Peanut Cactus (Chamaecereus silvestri)
Golden Barrel (Echinocactus grusoii)
Hybrid Orchid Cactus, Red (Epiphyllum x hybrid)
Hybrid Orchid Cactus, White (Epiphyllum x hybrid)
Cotton Candy Cactus (Mammallaria centricirrha)
Golden Stars Cactus (Mammallaria elongata)
Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia brasilensis)
Bigroot Prickly Pear (Opuntia macrorhiza)
Pine Cone Cactus (Opuntia strobiliformis)
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia vestita)
Hybrid Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera x hybrid)

Succulents
Century Plant (Agave americana)
Variegated Century Plant (Agave americana marginata)
Burn Plant (Aloe barbadensis(vera))
Medicine Plant (Aloe concinna)
Goldtooth Aloe (Aloe mitriformis)
Climbing Onion (Bowiea volubilis)
Jade Plant (Crassula argentea)
African Milkbush (Euphorbia trigona)
Snake Plant (Sanseveria trifasciata)
Carrion Flower (Stapelia hirsuta)
Small Soapweed (Yucca glauca)
Adam’s Needle Yucca (Yucca filamentosa)
Plant Species and Cultivars Found in the Entrance Plaza
Bluemist Spirea (Caryopteris clandonensis "Bluemist")
Isanti Dogwood (Cornus sericea "Isanti")
Shrubby St.Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum)
Robinson Crabapple (Malus x "Robinson")
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Little Princess Spirea (Spireae japonica "Little Princess")
Anthony Waterer Spirea (Spireae bumulda "A.W.")
Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)

Plants Found in the Inland Waterways Exhibit
Concolor Fir (Abies concolor)
Green Mountain Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum "Green Mountain")
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Whitespire Birch (Betula platyphylla "Whitespire")
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentuckea)
Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Autumn Purple Ash (Fraxinus americana "Autumn Purple")
Honeylocust (Gledista tricanthos inermis)
Witchazel (Hammamelis virginiana)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia)
Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens glauca)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Northern Red Oak (Quercus borealis)
Pin Oak (Quercus palutris)
Coralberry (Symphiocarpus orbiculatus)
Snowberry (Symphiocarpus alba)
Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)

This exhibit also contains numerous aquatic plant species that are grown in and around the pools, along with numerous perennial groundcover and wildflower plants.

Woody Plants
Concolor Fir (Abies concolor)
Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)
Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Green Mountain Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum "Green Mountain")
Shangtung Maple (Acer truncatum)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Five-finger Akebia Vine (Akebia quinata)
Three-finger Akebia Vine (Akebia trifoliata)
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora "Autumn Brilliance")
Cole’s Select Serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora "Cole’s Select")
Regent Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Crimson Frost Birch (Betula "Crimson Frost")
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Whitespire Birch (Betula platyphylla "Whitespire")
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans)
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
Blue-mist Spirea (Caryopteris x clandonensis<)
Hackbery (Celtis occidentalis)
Redbud (Cercis canadesis)
American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles japonica)
Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentuckea)
Tube-flowered Clematis (Clematis heracleifolia)
Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis ternifolia)
Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia)
Rough-leaved Dogwood (Cornus asperifolia)
Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Cornelian Cherry (Cornua mas)
Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
Redtwigged Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Mottled Dogwood (Cornus alba "Gouchaulti")
Yellowtwigged Dogwood (Cornus sericea "Flaviraemea")
Kelsey’s Dwarf Dogwood (Cornus sericea "Kesey’s Dwarf")
American Hazelnut (Corylus americanus)
Royal Purple Smoketree (Cotinus coggygria)
Peking Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolia)
Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)
Russian Olive (Eleagnus angustifolia)
European Spindletree (Euonymus europaus)
Bigleaf Wintercreper (Euonymus fortunei "Vegetus")
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Golden Bells Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia)
Autumn Purple Ash (Fraxinus americana "Autumn Purple")
Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata)
Maiden Hair Tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Thornless Honeylocust (Gledista tricanthos inermis)
Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
English Ivy (Hedera helix)
Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
St. Johnswort (Hypericum kalmianum)
Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum)
Blue Princess Holly (Ilex meserveae "Blue Princess")
Hetz Juniper (Juniperus chinensis "Hetz")
Tolleson’s Weeping Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum "Tolleson's")
Welch Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum "Welch")
Meyer’s Juniper (Juniperus squamata "Meyeri")
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipfera)
Clavey’s Dwarf Honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum "Clavey’s Dwarf")
Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vine (Lonicera x "Dropmore Scarlet")
Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana)
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
Compact Oregon Grapeholly (Mahonia aquifolium "Compact")
Prairiefire Crabapple (Malus x "Prairiefire")
Robinson Crabapple (Malus x "Robinson")
Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
Amur Corktree (Phellodendron amurense)
Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
Dwarf Alberta Spruce (Picea glauca "Conica")
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Black Hills Spruce (Picea glauca densata)
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens glauca)
Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana)
Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Sycamore (Platanus occidetalis)
Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
Purpleleaf Sandcherry (Prunus cistena)
Canada Red Cherry (Prunus virginiana "Schubert")
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Douglas Fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii)
Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana "Bradford")
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Northern Red Oak (Quercus borealis)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Buchthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
PJM Rhododendron (Rhododendron "PJM")
Gro-Lo Sumac (Rhus aromatica "Gro-Lo")
Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Black Locust (Robinia psuedoacacia)
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica)
Fritschiana Spirea (Spireae fritschiana)
Little Princess Spirea (Spireae japonica "Little Princess")
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculata)
Meyer’s Lilac (Syringa meyeri)
Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
Late Lilac (Syringa villosa)
'Summer Glow' Tamarix (Tamarix ramosissama "Summer Glow")
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Chadwick Yew (Taxus x media "Chadwick")
Hicks Yew (Taxus x media "Hicksi")
Globe Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis "Globosum")
Pyramidal Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis "Pyramidalis")
American Linden (Tilia americana)
Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadesis)
Sargent’s Weeping Hemlock (Tsuga canadesis "Sargentii")
Magnolia Vine (Schisandra chinensis)
Lacebark Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)
Homestead Elm (Ulmus hybrid)
Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila)
Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
Wayfaring Bush (Viburnum lantana)
Blackhaw (Viburnum lentago)
Judd Viburnum (Viburnum xjuddi)
Alleghany Viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophylloides "Alleghany")
Eastern Concord Grape (Vitis labrusca "Eastern Concord")
Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)
Adam’s Needle Yucca (Yucca filamentosa)
Chinese Date (Zizyphus jujube)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Anthony Waterer Spirea (Spireae bumulda "A.W.")
Isanti Dogwood (Cornus sericea "Isanti")