JC Raulston Arboretum
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JC Raulston Arboretum is an 8 acre (32,000 m²) arboretum and botanical garden operated by North Carolina State University, and located at 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. It is open daily without charge.
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[edit] History
The Arboretum was established in 1976 by Dr. J. C. Raulston.
[edit] Plant collections
Its plant collections now include over 5,000 total taxa of annuals, perennials, bulbs, vines, groundcovers, shrubs, and trees, with significant collections of :
- Acer (maple),
- Aesculus (buckeye),
- Berberis (barberry),
- Buxus (boxwood),
- Cercis (redbud),
- conifers,
- Ilex (holly),
- Magnolia (magnolia),
- Mahonia (grapeholly),
- Nandina (heavenly bamboo),
- Quercus (oak),
- Styracaceae (silverbell family),
- Viburnum, and
- Wisteria.
[edit] The major gardens
- Annual Plant Trials & Demonstration Area — an official All-America Selections (AAS) testing site, evaluating over 700 different annuals and tender perennials each year.
- Entry Garden — more than 100 types of tender perennials, mostly tropical.
- Finley-Nottingham Rose Garden — over 200 roses representing over 120 taxa, including hybrid teas, hybrid musk roses, David Austin roses, and climbing roses.
- Japanese Garden — Japanese plants with a raked-stone Zen garden; plants include Acer palmatum ‘Kiyohime’, Acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’, Lagerstroemia fauriei, Nandina domestica f. capillaris cultivars, and Pinus taeda ‘Nana’.
- Klein-Pringle White Garden — white-flowered plants and plants with gray, white, or silver foliage, inspired by the famous White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle Garden; plants include Acer palmatum, Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’, Magnolia × loebneri ‘Merrill’, Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’, and Viburnum ‘Mohawk’.
- Lath House — over 700 kinds of shade-loving plants, including Acanthus spinosus, Cornus controversa 'Variegata', Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum', Gentiana saponaria, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pia’, Pieris japonica ‘Shojo’, and Trochodendron aralioides.
- Mixed Border — a large border planting (300 × 15 feet) (91 × 4.6 m) of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennials, and bulbs; plants include Campsis grandiflora 'Morning Calm', Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon', Clematis 'Betty Corning', Cornus sericea 'Silver and Gold', and Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Jelena’.
- Model Gardens — home demonstration gardens.
- Paradise Garden — for the senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell; plants include Aloysia triphylla, Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’, Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’, Zea mays ‘Quadricolor’, and Ziziphus jujuba ‘Inermis’.
- Perennial Border — nearly 1,000 plants in a large border planting (450 × 18 feet) (140 × 5.5 m), with color scheme based upon a plan by Gertrude Jekyll.
- Southall Memorial Garden — a hemlock tree grove, with mixed plantings and an open grassy area for gatherings.
- Southwestern Garden — plants from Mexico and the American Southwest, including Agave, Dasylirion, Echinocactus, Hesperaloe, Nolina, Opuntia, and Yucca.
- Winter Garden — plants at their best in winter, including Cryptomeria, Chamaecyparis, Cornus officinalis 'Kintoki', Edgeworthia chrysantha, Epimedium, Hamamelis, Helleborus × hybridus, Ilex, Iris unguicularis, Prunus mume 'Rose Glow', and Yucca.
