Interactive Plant Finder Map

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Our collections include more than 106 families, 334 genera, and 1,130 species of plants. There are more than 4,700 unique accessions in the Arboretum that include more than 180,000 individual plants, each carefully recorded in our plant records database and inventoried, labeled, and mapped. Our cultivated collections feature plants assembled for their botanical interest, educational and research value, and aesthetic merit.

Seasonal Container Plantings

self-contained spring planters

Use these lists to learn what plants are featured in our seasonal container displays throughout the gardens. Lists are updated as our seasonal plantings change.

Seasonal Plant Feature

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Learn more about plants that show off unique characteristics and beautiful blooms as the seasons change. We’ll highlight a new species each season.

How to Read Our Plant Labels

How to read our labels

You may notice that many of the trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals in the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens are outfitted with display labels that identify the plants.

Blooming Bulbs Interactive Map

close-up of white and yellow flower

There are more than 500 plantings of perennial bulbs throughout the gardens that can be viewed from late winter through summer. Learn more about their plant characteristics and locations in the gardens on this interactive map.