1)  Acer triflorum        Three Flower Maple

• A small, slow-growing deciduous tree 20’ to 45’ where it is native in Manchuria and Korea.  An excellent landscape tree boasting light grey vertically-furrowed bark and vivid red and orange fall color.  The name refers to its flowers, which are borne in clusters of three.
• Discovered by noted plant explorer, Ernest H. Wilson in 1917.
• Located in the Asiatic Maples Collection.  Grid: 26-B

2)  Corylopsis sinensis var. calverescens        Winter Hazel

• A medium-sized deciduous, broadly vase-shaped shrub in the Witch Hazel family.
• Bean describes it as flowering in April.
• Located in the Witt Winter Garden.  Grid: 34-1E

3)  Magnolia x loebneri‘Ballerina’        Magnolia

• This small deciduous tree is a hybrid between M. x loebneri ‘Spring Snow’ and M. stellata ‘Water Lilly’.
• The specific epithet honors Max Loebner, a German horticulturist, who made the first cross of this hybrid in the early 1900s.
• Located on the west side of Arboretum Drive in the Magnolias Collection.  Grid: 28-4E

4)  Rhododendron thomsonii ssp. thomsonii        ‘Glory of Penjerrick’

• A large evergreen shrub with a rounded crown noted for very early bloom time.
• An early hybrid used as parent for many subsequent Rhododendron hybrids.
• Located west of Azalea Way, north of the path to the Wilcox foot bridge.

5)  Sorbus caloneura        Whitebeam

• This small upright deciduous tree is native to southeastern China and Tibet.
• The leaves are heavily pleated, giving them the appearance of beech leaves.
• Fruit are extremely hard and persist well into winter.
• Located at the south end of the Sorbus Collection.  Grid: 20-4E