“Seeing Red”

1)   Acer rubrum      (Red Maple)

• Specific epithet, rubrum (red), refers to foliage in fall; however, flowers are red too
• One of the earliest trees to flower, appearing in March, well before the leaves
• Located at south end of Arboretum Drive East, against the Broadmoor fence

 
 
 
2)   Camellia japonica      ‘Jupiter’

• Carmine-red flowers with prominent yellow stamens on white filaments
• Located along Ridgetop Trail at head of Rhododendron Glen

3)   Chaenomeles sp.      (Flowering Quince)

• Old-fashioned, early spring flowering shrub
• OK, so this specimen is not the reddest available, but the best I could find.
• Located behind the Stone Cottage along the public path

4)   Grevillea victoriae      (Mountain Grevillea)

• This proteaceous plant’s foliage was the feature cutting for the first half of March 2014; now it’s the red flowers.
• Located in the Pacific Connections – Australia Entry Garden

5)   Rhododendron strigillosum

• Early maroon-red flowering rhododendron
• Twigs and leaf stalks on young growth covered with long bristles
• Specimens located in the Witt Winter Garden, Woodland Garden and Sino-Himalayan Hillside