Welcome to the Pitt County Arboretum: PLANTS WITH WINTER INTEREST

Friday, January 19, 2018

PLANTS WITH WINTER INTEREST

During the winter months, our What's In Bloom display is often lacking blooms. However, it is a great time to showcase our variety of evergreen shrubs and trees. There are many shapes, colors, and textures that add interest to the landscape.

(TOP l. to r.)
1. Illicium parviflorum (Anise Tree)
2. Fatshedera lizei (Tree Ivy)
3. Pittosporum sp.
4. Agarista populifolia (Florida Leucothoe)
5. Osmanthus x fortunei (Fortune's Tea Olive)
(BOTTOM l. to r.)
6. Aucuba japonica (Japanese Aucuba)
7. Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken' (Cherry Laurel)
8. Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkeansis' (Schip Cherry Laurel)
9. Prunus laurocerasus (Common Cherry Laurel)
10. Viburnum awabuki 'Chindo' (Chindo Viburnum)

Photos by S. DelVecchio

ARBORETUM MISSION

FRIENDS OF THE PITT COUNTY ARBORETUM

To help support and expand our beautiful Arboretum and to strengthen our teaching, demonstration, and outreach programs, become a Friend of the Arboretum. Started in 2002, the nonprofit Friends organization plays a critical role in preserving and perpetuating an important local cultural resource. The Arboretum depends on memberships and gifts for our operating expenses. Friends enjoy many benefits including early admittance to our annual plant sale, discount ticket price for our January Speaker Event, access to our horticultural library, and discounts at local gardening shops. Call 252-902-1709 for an application.