• An elegant, compact tree reaching 23-33 feet tall.
• Suitable for warm climates and adapted to calcareous and stony soils.
• A mature individual is growing in the Mediterranean bed along Arboretum Drive.

2)   Magnolia kobus                Kobushi Magnolia

• Blooms in early spring and bears pleasantly fragrant white flowers.
• Native to Japan and cultivated in temperate climates.
• A lovely, large specimen sits in the Arboretum Magnolia Collection.

3)   Rhodondendron ‘Directeur Moerlands’
Azalea ‘Directeur Moerlands’

• Derived from crosses between Japanese azaleas and Chinese azaleas.
• Known for their excellent fall color and unsurpassed springs flowers.
• Azalea Way is loaded with beautiful azaleas just ready to explode for spring.

4)   Ribes sanguineum ‘Henry Henneman’           Henry Henneman Winter Currant

• Studded with a cap-burst of color at a botanically bereft time of year.
• Easy to grow, well-mannered and amenable to pruning.
• The Cascadian Entry Garden boast several cultivars of this wonderful, early blooming shrub.

5)   Sambucus racemosa              Red Elderberry

• Grows in riparian environments, woodlands and in generally moist areas.
• Many parts of the plant are poisonous and have been used as an emetic.
• Native to the Pacific Northwest, elderberry bushes dot the Arboretum. Birds love the seeds.