University of Delaware Botanic Gardens


The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens are botanical gardens and an arboretum located on the campus of the University of Delaware, in Newark, Delaware, United States. The gardens are open to the public without charge.
The original garden in front of Townsend Hall was established with a donation from Emily Clark Diffenback in the mid-1960s, and has been named Clark Garden in her honor. It has since been designated a test arboretum by the American Holly Society. Other gardens include a Magnolia Society test garden south of Townsend Hall; native and non-native plants north of Worrilow Hall; a wildflower area in front of the Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory; a herbaceous perennial garden behind another greenhouse; and stretches of native trees and shrubs lining the driveway and grounds.

List of tree and shrub species in collection

A

Abelia x grandifloraAbeliophyllum distichumAbies firmaAbies homolepisAbies koreanaAbies pinsapoAcer buergerianumAcer campestreAcer ginnalaAcer griseumAcer negundoAcer palmatumAcer pensylvanicumAcer platanoidesAcer rubrumAcer saccharinumAcer saccharumAcer triflorumAesculus hippocastanumAesculus paviaAlnus glutinosaAralia spinosaAronia arbutifolia

B

Berberis julianaeBerberis thunbergiiBerberis verruculosaBetula lentaBetula maximowicziiBetula nigraBetula papyrifera

C

Calycanthus floridusCamellia japonicaCamellia sinensisCarpinus betulusCarpinus carolinianaCarya tomentosaCastanea mollissimaCatalpa bignonioidesCatalpa speciosaCedrus atlanticaCedrus deodaraCedrus libaniCeltis occidentalisCephalotaxus harringtoniiCercidiphyllum japonicumChamaecyparis lawsonianaChamaecyparis thyoidesChimonanthus praecoxCladrastis kentukeaClethra acuminataClethra alnifoliaCornus alternifoliaCornus masCornus sericea Corylopsis glabrescensCorylopsis paucifloraCotinus coggygriaCryptomeria japonicaCunninghamia lanceolata

D

Daphne caucasicaDaphne cneorumDaphne genkwaDaphne odoraDaphniphyllum humileDaphniphyllum macropodum

E

Elaeagnus umbellata

F

Fagus grandifoliaFagus sylvaticaForsythia viridissima Forsythia × intermediaFothergilla gardeniiFraxinus americana

G

H

Hamamelis virginiana Hamamelis × intermediaHibiscus syriacusHovenia dulcisHydrangea macrophyllaHydrangea quercifolia

I

Ilex cassineIlex cornutaIlex latifoliaIlex vomitoriaIlex × attenuataIlex × koehneanaIllicium anisatumIllicium floridanumIllicium henryiIllicium parviflorum

J

Jasminum nudiflorumJuglans nigraJuniperus communisJuniperus deppeanaJuniperus rigida

L

Lagerstroemia indicaLarix deciduaLindera benzoinLiquidambar styracifluaLonicera pileataLonicera sempervirens

M

N

O

Osmanthus fragransOsmanthus heterophyllus Osmanthus × fortuneiOstrya virginiana

P

Phellodendron amurensePhotinia × fraseriPicea abiesPicea glaucaPicea pungensPinus aristataPinus ayacahuitePinus bungeanaPinus cembraPinus densifloraPinus flexilisPinus heldreichiiPinus koraiensisPinus mugoPinus nigraPinus palustrisPinus pumilaPinus resinosaPinus strobiformisPinus strobusPinus sylvestrisPinus taedaPinus thunbergiiPinus virginianaPinus wallichianaPlatanus × hispanicaPlatycladus orientalisPrunus laurocerasusPseudolarix amabilisPseudotsuga menziesii

Q

Quercus acutissimaQuercus albaQuercus alienaQuercus imbricariaQuercus macrocarpaQuercus palustrisQuercus phellosQuercus robur

R

Rhapidophyllum hystrixRhododendron "PJM"Rhododendron canescensRhododendron carolinianumRhododendron catawbienseRhododendron makinoiRhododendron maximum Rhododendron minusRhododendron prunifoliumRhododendron schlippenbachiiRhododendron yakusimanumRhus aromaticaRhus chinensis

S

Salix alba Salix purpureaSassafras albidumSciadopitys verticillataSkimmia japonicaStyrax japonicusStyrax obassia

T

Taxodium ascendensTaxodium distichumTaxus baccataTaxus × mediaTetradium danielliiTorreya nuciferaTrochodendron aralioidesTsuga canadensisTsuga carolinianaTsuga diversifolia

V

Viburnum carlesiiViburnum dilatatumViburnum lentagoViburnum macrocephalumViburnum plicatumViburnum rhytidophyllumViburnum setigerumViburnum utileViburnum × burkwoodiiViburnum × pragense

W

Z

Zelkova serrata