Bonsai and Accents Currently on Display

Bonsai are on display in the Bonsai Garden from Mid-May to November. The other months, guests can find a display of tropical bonsai in the greenhouse of the Baker Visitor Center.

Bonsai

  • Persian Parrotia Parrotia persica

  • Dwarf white pine Pinus strobus ‘Nana’

  • River of Dreams

    • Kurume azalea Rhododendron ponticum ‘Christmas Cheer’

    • Hybrid azalea Rhododendron sp.

    • Littleleaf box Buxus microphylla ‘Kingsville Dwarf’

  • Virginia pine Pinus virginiana

  • Chinese elm Ulmus parvifolia

  • Japanese white pine Pinus parviflora

  • Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis

  • Satsuki azalea Rhododendron x indicum ‘Chinzan’

  • Unnamed landscape

    • Chinese elm Ulmus parvifolia

    • Japanese azalea Rhododendron kiusianum

    • Mountain stonecrop Sedum ternatum

    • Loosestrife Lysmachia japonica ‘Munitissima’

  • Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides

  • Amur maple Acer ginnala

  • Baldcypress Taxodium distichum

  • White haw Crataegus punctata

  • Aunt Martha’s Magic Garden

    • Dwarf hinoki falsecypress Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'

    • Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’

    • Japanese spirea Spirea japonica

    • Creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis ‘Pancake’

    • Lemon thyme Thymus x citriodorus 'Aureus'

    • Oregano Origanum vulgare 'Aureum'

    • Wooly thyme Thymus pseudolanuginosus

  • Scotch pine Pinus sylvestris

  • Japanese hornbeam Carpinus japonica

  • European beech Fagus sylvatica

  • Gingko Gingko biloba

  • Carolina hemlock Tsuga caroliniana

  • Japanese maple Acer palmatum

  • Swamp Giant

    • Pondcypress Taxodium ascendens

    • Water elm Planera aquatica

    • Japanese sweetflag Acorus gramineus ‘Minimus aureus’

  • Graveyard Fields

    • Red maple Acer rubrum

    • Japanese hornbeam Carpinus japonica

    • Dryland blueberry Vaccinium pallidum

    • Japanese spirea Spiraea japonica

  • American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana

  • Trident maple Acer buergerianum

  • Boxwood Buxus sempervirens

  • Winged elm Ulmus alata

  • Korean hornbeam Carpinus turczaninovii

  • El Arbol Murciélago

    • American elm Ulmus americana

  • Red maple Acer rubrum

  • Golden Heart

    • Tamarack Larix laricina

  • Unnamed landscape

    • Carolina hemlock Tsuga caroliniana

    • Red maple Acer rubrum

    • American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana

    • Dwarf sweetspire Itea virginica ‘Shirley’s Compact’

  • Southern bush honeysuckle Diervilla sessilifolia

  • Crepe myrtle Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Natchez'

  • Blue atlas cedar Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’

  • Cut-leaf maple Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum'

  • White pine Pinus strobus

Accents

  • Mountain dwarf dandelion Krigia montana

  • Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta

  • Caramel alumroot Heuchera ‘Caramel’

  • Rock polypody Polypodium virginianum

  • Bellflower Campanula punctata ‘Bowl of Cherries’

  • Dwarf meadow-rue Thalictrum kiusianum

  • Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia