Exceptional Trees
Boxerwood has over 2,500 specimen trees
The trees were featured in a special tour sponsored by the Tree Committee of Historic Lexington Foundation and the National Tree Trust. Stop by Munger Lodge for descriptions of these trees and a map showing their locations
To the left is Clara Williams (and Youda) updating our tree census with KB.
Abies nebrodensis
Sicilian Fir
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Acer buergerianum
Trident maple
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close up of the beautiful bark.
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Acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
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Acer palmatum
Japanese Maple
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Acer pensylanicum
Striped Maple
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Aesculus x carnea "Briotti"
Red Horsechestnut
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a bloom
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Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye |
Aesculus pavia
Red Buckeye |
Chaemaecyparis obtusa
Hinoki Falsecypress |
Cladrastis kentuckea
American Yellowwood |
Chionanthus virginicus
White Fringetree
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Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese Cedar
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close up of the beautiful branches and cones. |
Ilex verticillata
Winterberry
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Liquidunbar styraciflua 'Corky'
Corky Sweetgum
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surprising picture of this tree's bark. |
Malus 'Red Jade'
Red Jade Crabapple
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Picea omorika 'Pendula'
Weeping Serbian Spruce |
Syringa reticulata
Japanese Tree Lilac
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Taxodium distichum
Baldcypress
(deciduous) |
Taxus species
Yews
some low-growing groundcovers
or shrubby upright types
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Thuja occidntalis
American Arborvitae |
Viburnum prunifolium
Blackhaw viburnum |
