1)   Sequoia sempervirens  ‘Henderson Blue’                        Coast Redwood

Coast Redwood typically has forest green needles, though cultivars range from frog-belly green to silver and powder blue. This Winter Garden specimen is pruned regularly to keep it dense and short to best show off its beautiful foliage. Sequoia sempervirens is native to the foggy northern California coast and is currently listed as endangered due to logging and habitat loss. Many other specimens of S. sempervirens can be found in the Pinetum.

Roy Farrow

2)   Corylus maxima  ‘Atropurpurea Superba’                                 Filbert

In the winter, this species of Corylus is decorated with long red catkins. A notable feature of this species is that it is resistant (though not immune) to the eastern filbert blight that devastates C. avellana. You can visit this filbert in the Witt Winter Garden.

Roy Farrow

3)   Crataegus x lavaellei ‘Carrierei’                                            Hawthorn

This hybrid hawthorn has pretty white flowers in spring with deep green leaves turning to bronze-red in fall and fruit (haw), which are quite decorative and last well into winter. A majestic specimen can be found along Arboretum Drive in the Woodland Garden.

Roy Farrow

4)   Edgeworthia chrysantha                                                    Chinese Paperbush

Edgeworthia chrysantha shines all winter with blossom buds that sparkle in the low light before eventually opening to wonderfully fragrant yellow flowers. Edgeworthia can be found at the Graham Visitors Center, the Witt Winter and Woodland Gardens as well as the China Garden in the Pacific Connections Gardens.

Roy Farrow

5)   Sorbus forrestii                                                                            Rowan

Within the Brian Mulligan Sorbus Collection along Arboretum Drive, Sorbus forrestii continues to glow with pink-tinged white fruit.

Roy Farrow