1) Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’

• Hybridized in 1950, this winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit has very large, semi-double, deep salmon rose pink flowers.
• Located in the Camellia Collection on the east side of Arboretum Drive.

2) Ilex aquifolium ‘Ferox Argentea’ (Hedgehog Holly)

• This holly is a large, bushy evergreen shrub with small, spiny leaves whose upper surfaces as well as the margins are broadly-edged with creamy white.
• This male clone produces no berries, and is not invasive like other English holly varieties are.
• Located near Boyer Ave. in the Holly Collection.

3) Pieris japonica ‘Crispa’

• This plant has the early spectacular flowers of Pieris, with the added bonus of unusual crinkled leaves, and a somewhat more compact growth.
• Located in Rhododendron Glen, above the Upper Pond.

4) Rhododenron ‘Ibex’

• A striking red, early flowering Rhododendron.
• Hybridized in 1941 by Leopold de Rothschild, an English banker and conservative politician best remembered as the creator of Exbury Gardens.
• Located on the Upper Trail, across from the Magnolia Collection.

5) Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)

• A species of Rubus native to the western coast of North America from west central Alaska to California.
• Salmonberries were an important food for indigenous peoples. Traditionally, the berries were eaten with salmon or mixed with oolichan (a Pacific smelt) grease or salmon roe.
• An important part of our native matrix, and can be found throughout the Arboretum.