![Peter Del Tredici (center), the Arnold Arboretum's senior research scientist, discusses the Stewartia collection, which dates from 1918. “You can come here and see these plants, but you don’t know anything about them. You could hold your cell phone up [to the bar codes on the signs posted by many plants]. But it’s better to have someone tell you,” said Del Tredici.](https://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/treemomb_605main.jpg)
Dove Tree
- Scientific Name
- Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana
“To my mind Davidia involucrata is at once the most interesting and beautiful of all trees of the north-temperate flora.” –Ernest Henry Wilson
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a museum of trees teaching the world about plants.
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Early Lilac 381-2001*A -
Dove Tree 5159*A -
Wilson Spirea 20493*B -
Felty Lilac 446-28*A -
Wilson Pearlbush 11626*C -
Caucasian Spruce 17639*B -
Cultivar of Hyacinth Lilac 904-73*A -
Korean Paulownia 326-97*B -
Eastern Redbud 9042*A -
Mountain Witch Alder 694-34*A
Featured Event
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May
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Lilacs Up Close
Lilacs are blooming in the Arboretum throughout the month of May, not only on Lilac Sunday! Join our enthusiastic docents on a 45-minute amble up the hill from the ponds to see the lilacs, enjoy their scents, and hear the stories of the many different lilacs in our collection.
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Stories
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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.
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Director’s TourExperience the Arnold Arboretum’s world-class living collections from Director Ned Friedman’s perspective. Take this tour online or use the page for self-guided exploration while visiting the Arboretum in person.
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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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Un investigador introduce el ArboretumDemos un paseo con Iñaki Hormaza, profesor visitante del Arboretum.
Plants & Collections
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181-52*B
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‘Mary Potter’ Flowering Crabapple
- Scientific Name
- Malus ‘Mary Potter’
A 75-year-old crabapple cultivar still dazzles and tells a fascinating Arboretum story.
Community
We are and everyone in between.
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I think the Arboretum's most valuable impact is its role as a place where people can engage in a relationship with plants, something usually forgotten in big cities. The collection of hundreds of fascinating plant species offers each day a new flower, a bark you have not seen before, or a giant tree that has seen generations of visitors walking by.
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I love creating programs that get people excited about plants and the Arboretum and seeing the participants’ reactions first-hand. When someone feels really inspired, or excited, or awestruck because of a program I planned, there’s no better feeling.
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I am so grateful to come to work every day in a place where so many people come to find joy, relaxation, healing, and learning. Working with seeds and plants in the beginning stages of their lives is a constant reminder of the miraculous and complex life cycles that plants carry out all around us.
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The Arnold has an incredible history of plant-loving people that I really relate to. I feel lucky to work here and look forward to it every day.
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There are not many other places where I could study such a diverse group of species. I love having such an exceptional collection next door to the lab, and despite spending so much time in the landscape, I still keep finding wonderful new spots with plants from around the world.
