Trees and Shrubs in the Arboretum Area Area Botanical Name Common Name

Virginia Cooperative Extension
York-Poquoson
PO Box 532
100 County Drive
Yorktown, Virginia 23690
Trees and Shrubs in the Arboretum Area 757-890-4940 Fax: 757-890-4033
www.yorkcounty.gov/vce, http//:offices.ext.vt.edu/york
An arboretum is a place where a variety of woody plants are cultivated for scientific, educational, and
ornamental purposes. This area of the Learning Garden provides visitors with an opportunity to see a large
selection of both native and non-native trees that survive in Tidewater Virginia. A homeowner or business
owner may want to know which trees to plant on their property. What will it look like in the future?
How large does it grow? How much shade does it provide? What is its overall shape? What does it look
like in the winter? The Arboretum provides the visual answers. The area includes plants that grow in nearly
full shade to almost sun and most are identified.
Area Botanical Name Common Name
Ar Juniperis virginiana Eastern Red Cedar
Ar Acer buergeranum Trident Maple
Ar Acer palmatum 'Garnet' Japanese Cut Leaf Maple
Ar Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye
Ar Amelanchier arborea Common Serviceberry
Ar Amelanchier laevis Alleghany Serviceberry
Ar Asima triloba Pawpaw Tree
Ar Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' Upright European Hornbeam
Ar Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar
Ar Chioanthus retusus Chinese Fringe Tree
Ar Chioanthus virginicus Fringe Tree
Ar Cornus kousa Kousa Dogwood
Ar Cornus sericea Yellow Twig Dogwood
Ar Cornus stolonifera Redstemmed Dogwood
Ar Crataegus viridis ' Winter King' Green Hawthorn
Ar Erica x darleyensis Mediterranean White Heather
Ar Eriobotrya japonica Loquat Tree
Ar Franklinia alatamaha Franklinia Tree
Ar Ginko biloba ' Autumn' Autumn Gold Maidenhair Tree
Ar Gleditsia triacanthos 'Shademaster' Honeylocust
Ar Ilex burfordii Chinese holly
Ar Ilex opaca American Holly
Ar Koelreuteria bipinnata Golden Rain Tree
Ar Lagerstoemia indica ' Natchez' Crepe Myrtle Natchez
Ar Lantana camara ' Miss Huff' Lantana 'Miss Huff'
Ar Magnolia grandiflora ' Bracken's Brown Beauty' Southern Magnolia
Ar Magnolia stellata Star Magnolia
Ar Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia
Ar Magnolia x loebneri ' Merrill' Dr. Merrill Magnolia
Ar Magnolia x soulangiana Saucer Magnolia
Ar Magnolia x ' Spectrum' Spectrum Magnolia
Ar Malus ' Purple Prince' Flowering Crabapple
Ar Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood
Ar Parrotia persica Persian Ironwood
Ar Pinus taeda Pine, Loblolly
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Ar Platanus acerifolia
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Ar Prunus laurocerasus Cherry laurel
Ar Prunus laurocerasus ' Okame' Okame cherry
Ar Prunus mume 'Peggy Clarke' Japanese Apricot
Ar Pyrus calleryana ' Red Spire' Callery Pear
Ar Quercus alba White Oak
Ar Quercus marilandica Black Jack Oak
Ar Quercus phellos Willow Oak
Ar Syringa reticulata ' Ivory Silk' Japanese Lilac Tree
Ar Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress
Ar Tilia americana American Linden
Ar Tilia cordata ' Greenspire' Littleleaf Linden
Ar Ulmus glabra Weeping Camperdown Elm
Ar Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova