Clif Edwards

1)   Amelanchier X spicata                          Serviceberry

• This shrubby, multi-stemmed tree, native to United States and Canada, has an impressive spring display of white flowers.
• We have lost a couple of our Amelanchier due to past winters; the remaining collections reside south of the Centennial Garden on Azalea Way.
• Amelanchier are being planted more frequently in the urban environment for beauty and the value for wildlife.

2)   Berberis darwinii                          Darwin’s Barberry

• A stunning display of orange flowers on this evergreen thorny shrub have earned this plant recognition from the Royal Horticulture Society.
• First identified by Charles Darwin in 1835, this plant is native to Chile and Argentina.
• Darwin’s Barberry can be viewed in the Chilean Gateway.

3)   Cercis occidentalis                           Western Redbud

• Native across the American Southwest, an impressive amount of pink flowers cover the tree before the leaves emerge.
• This tree is easily spotted south of the Fiddleheads Forest Camp and east of Arboretum Drive.
• Cercis are increasingly being planted in the urban environment for the flowering display as well as drought tolerance.

4)   Pieris floribunda ‘Forest Flame’                          Forest Flame Pieris

• The red new seasonal growth has great contrast to the glossy evergreen foliage.
• Pieris have long been cultivated as an ornamental plant with year-round interest.
• Enjoy this plant just north of the Witt Winter Garden.

5)   Prunus  ‘Shirotae’                          Mt. Fuji Cherry

• Enjoy this stunning Prunus and others along Azalea Way.
• This tree has a full canopy of white flowers in the spring, leading to its likeness of snow-covered Mount Fuji.
• This cherry falls into a group called “sato-zakura’, meaning village cherries. This group has been cultivated and hybridized in Asian gardens for flowering display for over 1300 years.