Search Our Plant Collections

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.

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.

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.

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.