1. SUNY Canton Arboretum

2. History Started planting in 2003 with Joe Kennedy’s permission
Enjoyment/relaxation for me
All season beautification of campus
Educational for students and visitors
Contribution to the school
150+ trees and perennials planted so far…..

3. Challenges Site selection Planting Mulching Watering
Labeling…..breakage, switching
Protecting (from deer, insects, students, 4 wheelers, building projects, weather, snow plowing)

6. Species selections Rare Hardy and borderline hardy Beauty
Butterflies, hummingbirds
Challenging to grow
Faculty/student interest

21. Some unusual plants in Canton
Dawn redwood
Bald cypress
Magnolia
Redbud
Tulip tree
Sycamore
Gingko
Horsechestnut
Yellow wood
Catalpa
Locust
Mulberry
Wisteria
Butterfly bush
Hibiscus
Hydrangea
Princess tree
Paperbark maple
Forsythia
Japanese anemones
Swamp milkweed

23. Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides

27. Bald Cypress Taxodium distichium

31. Magnolia acuminata “Elizabeth”

36. Magnolia acuminata “Yellow bird”

37. Saucer magnolia Magnolia x soulangiana

39. Magnolia x loebneri “Leonard Messel”

41. Jane Magnolia M. liliiflora x M. stellata

43. Cucumber Magnolia Magnolia acuminata

46. Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata

47. Butterflies Magnolia

49. Redbud Cercis canadensis “Northland strain”

53. Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera

55. American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis

60. Gingko biloba

62. Common Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

63. Red horsechestnut Aesculus x carnea “Briotii”

66. Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia

67. Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea

69. Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa

75. Robinia pseudoacacia “Purple Robe Locust”

78. White Mulberry Morus alba

82. Wisteria floribunda “Lawrence” Wisteria macrostachya “Aunt Dee” Wisteria macrostachya “Blue Moon”

86. Butterfly bush Buddleia davidii

88. Butterfly bush Buddleia alternifolia

91. Hardy Hibiscus Hibiscus mosheutos

96. Rose of Sharon Hibiscus syriacus “Elsie Tupper”

100. Hydrangea macrophylla “Endless Summer”

104. Oakleaf hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia

107. Princess tree Paulownia tomentosa

111. Paperbark Maple Acer griseum

113. Forsythia “Meadowlark” Forsythia “Northern Gold”

114. Japanese anemone Anemone x hybrida

117. Swamp Milkweed Aesclepias incarnata

119. The future? Continue to plant…but at a slower pace
Get donations to the College Foundation to help build a fund for future care
Protect and preserve what I have done
Work on an inventory for visitors
Document plant material sources for the future