Japanese Stewartia
- Scientific Name
- Stewartia pseudocamellia
This Japanese stewartia—and its nearby sibling—was collected in Korea in 1917. Its taxonomic status has inspired the curiosity of generations of botanists.
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a museum of trees teaching the world about plants.
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Fortune's Rhododendron 1075-89*C -
Cultivar of Hybrid Dogwood 244-94*B -
Bracted Viburnum 365-2005*B -
Umbrella Pine 503-70*C -
American Yellowwood 13055*B -
Manchurian Catalpa 642-94*A -
Heldreich Pine 1276-64*A -
Cockspur Hawthorn 12079*A
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Vinyasa Yoga | In-person and Online
Join us for Vinyasa yoga at the Arboretum through the Emerald Necklace Conservancy's summer fitness series! Register to attend the class in person at our Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden or stream the class online from your home. The in-person class is fully booked, but there are still spots available for the virtual session.
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Dove tree (Davidia involucrata). Explorers Garden TourThis quarter-mile tour through the Explorers Garden features stories from the Arboretum’s century and a half of collecting plants around the world. If you’re at the Arboretum, click here to take a version of this tour with Expeditions, our mobile web app.
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![Ned Friedman]()
Director's TourExperience the Arnold Arboretum’s world-class living collections from Director Ned Friedman’s perspective. Take this tour online or while visiting the Arboretum in person.
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Michael Dosmann Keeper's TourTake a walk with Michael Dosmann, the Keeper of the Arboretum’s living collections. Take this tour online or while visiting the Arboretum in person.
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![Workmen constructing the South Street Gate area of the Arboretum photographed in 1889.]()
Workmen constructing the South Street Gate area of the Arboretum photographed in 1889. A Walk Through Time, Part 1Walk with Landscape Architect Rosetta S. Elkin and Arboretum Archivist Lisa E. Pearson.
Plants & Collections
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Bigleaf Magnolia
- Scientific Name
- Magnolia macrophylla ssp. macrophylla
Bearing the largest simple leaves and flowers of any temperate species in North America, bigleaf magnolia is a striking native of the Southeastern United States. Its exotic foliage, fragrant flowers, and showy fruit make it a popular specimen tree in gardens and arboreta.
Community
We are and everyone in between.
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![Ben Goulet-Scott]()
Working in the Arnold Arboretum means I am immersed in a living museum of biodiversity and inspired every day to pursue my research. Because the Arboretum offers such a popular public good to people both near and far, being based here means that I also have an incredible outlet to share my passion for biodiversity.
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![Chris McArdle leads a tour.]()
Every tour brings a surprise, even after 36 years! It might be the sun catching the “Ruby Glow” witch hazel in February or the smell of toasted marshmallows from trodden katsura leaves in the fall. A squirrel running up a visitor’s trouser leg was perhaps the biggest surprise of them all.
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![Roestta Elkin, Harvard GSD Professor Headshot]()
Many students have never held a root in their hand, never looked at a flower very carefully, never even thought about tree architecture the study of plant form. We’re opening their eyes.
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![Ana Maria Caballero McGuire]()
As an Outdoor Educator, I love that I get to translate science and horticulture into hands-on teachable moments for children in our landscape! I also enjoy working with teachers to promote the use of outdoor spaces for meaningful life science education in schools.
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![Lawrence Mullings]()
This Place nourishes the Soul as well as the Body. I returned for my health and rediscovered such beauty openly observed and freely given by all who crossed my path. This Palace of the Senses allowed me to create The Path Taken. Maybe my Exhibit can serve as a remainder of days passed, soon to return.
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![Rachel Lawlor]()
The community spirit at the Arboretum is truly palpable. From my first exposure as an Aggie intern in 2014, to being a full-time Gardener now, this has only grown. The folks who work here truly care about the Arboretum’s mission—and maybe even more so—about their colleagues.
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![Jim Papargiris]()
For the last 41 years, it has been an honor and privilege to contribute to the stewardship of the collections and landscape of the Arnold Arboretum. I feel a sense of gratitude and accomplishment each day and although there have been challenging times from winter storms, drought, and plant pests, to the world we find ourselves in today, the trees have provided me unwavering inspiration and pride.
