M. Victor and Frances Leventritt Garden Shrubs of the Leventritt
Garden New! Link to a shrub tour on Arboretum Explorer. Shrubs
come in many shapes and sizes, but they can be broadly defined
as multi-stemmed woody plants, usually under 20 feet (6.1
meters) tall. The shrub accessions in the Leventritt Shrub and
Vine Garden have origins in North America, Europe, and Asia, and
include wild-collected species as well as cultivated varieties.
Within this group there’s a lot of diversity in size, growth
habit, and ornamental features such as flowers, fruit, and fall
foliage color. - Flowering in the Garden peaks in late spring to
early summer, but there are also shrubs that bloom at other
times. Very early bloomers like intermediate witchhazel
(Hamamelis x intermedia), white-flowered February daphne (Daphne
mezereum f. alba), and dwarf fragrant viburnum (Viburnum farreri
‘Nanum’) bloom in late winter or very early spring. Late
bloomers include seven-son flower (Heptacodium miconioides) in
September and common witchh