May Highlights
A list of interesting and/or flowering plants in Hoyt Arboretum and their locations.
(May 1 – 15)
Visitor’s Center:
Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia (Pacific Service Berry)
Choisya ternata ‘Aztec Pearl’ (Aztec Pearl Mexican Orange)
Correa cvs. ‘Marion’s Marvel’ (Australian Fuschia)
Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)
Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)
Limnanthes douglasii (Poached Egg Flower)
Phlox diffusa (Phlox)
Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry)
On Magnolia Trail:
Magnolia x kosar ‘Susan’ (Susan Magnolia)
Magnolia liliiflora (Lily Magnolia)
Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’
Magnolia liliiflora ‘O’Neill’
On Cherry Trail:
Prunus serrulata ‘Shirofugen’ (Shirofugen Cherry)
Prunus serrulata ‘Shogetsu’ (Shogetsu Cherry)
Cercis canadensis (Redbud)
Cercis siliquastrum (Judas Tree)
Vietnam Memorial:
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut)
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry)
Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ (Cherokee Chief Dogwood)
Cornus florida ‘Pendula’ (Weeping Dogwood)
Cornus florida f. Rubra (Pink Flowering Dogwood)
Cornus nuttallii ‘Goldspot’ (Goldspot Dogwood)
Cornus nuttallii x C. florida ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’
Fothergilla major and Fothergilla gardenii (Fothergilla)
Loropetalum chinense ‘DayBreak’s Flame’ and ‘Snow Dance’
Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’ (Otto Luyken Laurel Cherry)
Overlook Trail:
Laburnum anagyroides (Golden Chain Tree) – top of trail near Water
Tower 3
Natural areas:
Fragaria chiloensis (Wild Strawberry)
Gaultheria shallon (Salal)
Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon’s Seal)
Tellima grandiflora (Fringe cup)
(May 16 – 31)
Visitor’s Center:
Choisya ternata ‘Aztec Pearl’ (Aztec Pearl Mexican Orange)
Correa cvs. ‘Marion’s Marvel’ (Australian Fuschia)
Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)
Iris douglasiana ‘Canyon Snow’ (Canyon Snow Iris)
Iris Pacific Coast Hybrid ‘Best Yellow’, ‘Deep Velvety Brown-red’,
‘Joe Ghio’, and Red-Violet Two Tone’
Limnanthes douglasii (Poached Egg Flower)
Phlox diffusa (Phlox)
Rubus rosifolius ‘Coronarius’ (Double Cream Blackberry)
On Magnolia Trail:
Magnolia x kosar ‘Susan’ (Susan Magnolia)
Magnolia liliiflora (Lily Magnolia)
Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ and ‘O’Neill’
On Cherry Trail:
Cercis canadensis (Redbud) - near Water Tower
Cercis siliquastrum (Judas Tree) – near Water Tower
Cotinus coggygria ‘Purpureus’ (Purple Smoketree)
On Hawthorn Trail:
Crataegus calpodendron (Pear Hawthorn)
Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ (Paul’s Scarlet Hawthorn)
Crataegus succulenta (Fleshy Hawthorn)
Sorbus aucuparia (European Mountain Ash)
Sorbus intermedia (Swedish Mountain Ash)
Vietnam Memorial:
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut)
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry)
Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood)
Cornus kousa ‘Nana’, ‘Moonbeam’, and ‘National’
Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry)
Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Lowfast’ (Lowfast Cotoneaster)
Paulownia tomentosa (Empress Tree) – near int. Dogwood/Wildwood
Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
Rosa rugosa (Japanese Rose)
Stewartia – near intersection of Dogwood/Wildwood Trails
Overlook Trail:
Laburnum anagyroides (Golden Chain Tree) – top of trail near Water Tower
Fraxinus americana (White Ash) and Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash) -
at the base of the Overlook Trail steps
Wildwood Trail:
Tamarix parviflora (Smallflower Tamarisk) – intersection of Wildwood and Knight’s Blvd.