Boxerwood Gardens 15 acres (61,000 m²) is an
arboretumAn arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
featuring both native and unusual plant specimens, located within a larger preserve at 963 Ross Road,
Lexington, VirginiaLexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 6,867 at the 2000 census. Lexington is about 55 minutes east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1777.It...
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USAThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the
Shenandoah ValleyThe Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bound to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River...
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The Arboretum contains thousands of labeled trees and shrubs, including 1,300 cultivars, with fine collections of dwarf conifers,
magnoliaMagnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America,...
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dogwoodThe genus Cornus comprise a group of 30-50 species of mostly deciduous woody plants growing as shrubs and trees, mostly known as dogwoods; some species are herbaceous perennial plants and a few of the woody species are evergreen. They are in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or...
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rhododendronRhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It is a large genus with over 1000 species and most have showy flower displays. It includes the plants known to gardeners as azaleas...
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azaleaAzaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. Originally azaleas were classed as a different genus of plant, but now they are recognized as two of the eight subgenera of rhododendrons - Pentanthera and Tsutsuji . Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers dying only a few...
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Japanese mapleAcer palmatum, called Japanese Maple or Smooth Japanese Maple is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea and China. Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are commonly grown in other parts of the world too, for their attractive leaf shapes and...
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Examples of its collection include: 163 varieties of
Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple),
Abies nebrodensis (Sicilian Fir),
AcerAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae...
buergerianum (Trident maple),
AcerAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae...
griseum (Paperbark Maple),
AcerAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae...
pensylanicum (Striped maple),
AesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye),
AesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
pavia (Red Buckeye),
AesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
x carnea 'Briottii' (Red Horsechestnut),
Chaemaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki Falsecypress),
ChionanthusChionanthus is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with two species extending north into temperate regions, one in eastern Asia and one in eastern North America...
virginicus (White Fringetree),
CladrastisCladrastis kentukea is a species of Cladrastis native to the southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama...
kentuckea (American Yellowwood),
CryptomeriaCryptomeria is a genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...
japonica (Japanese Cedar),
Halesia tetrapteraHalesia tetraptera is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States....
(Carolina Silverbell),
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry),
Liquidunbar styraciflua 'Corky' (Corky Sweetgum),
MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
'Red Jade' (Red Jade Crabapple),
Picea omorika 'Pendula (Weeping Serbian Spruce), Syringa reticulata
(Japanese Tree Lilac), TaxodiumTaxodium is a genus of one to three species of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae...
distichum
(Baldcypress), TaxusTaxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...
species
(Yews), ThujaThuja is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae . There are five species in the genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia....
occidntalis
(American Arborvitae), and ViburnumViburnum is a genus of about 150-175 species of shrubs or small trees that were previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae...
prunifolium (Blackhaw viburnum).
Boxerwood Gardens has also recently opened a new PlayTrail, a nature playground designed especially for young children.
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Boxerwood Gardens 15 acres (61,000 m²) is an
arboretumAn arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
featuring both native and unusual plant specimens, located within a larger preserve at 963 Ross Road,
Lexington, VirginiaLexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 6,867 at the 2000 census. Lexington is about 55 minutes east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1777.It...
,
USAThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the
Shenandoah ValleyThe Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bound to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River...
.
The Arboretum contains thousands of labeled trees and shrubs, including 1,300 cultivars, with fine collections of dwarf conifers,
magnoliaMagnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America,...
s,
dogwoodThe genus Cornus comprise a group of 30-50 species of mostly deciduous woody plants growing as shrubs and trees, mostly known as dogwoods; some species are herbaceous perennial plants and a few of the woody species are evergreen. They are in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or...
s,
rhododendronRhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It is a large genus with over 1000 species and most have showy flower displays. It includes the plants known to gardeners as azaleas...
s,
azaleaAzaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. Originally azaleas were classed as a different genus of plant, but now they are recognized as two of the eight subgenera of rhododendrons - Pentanthera and Tsutsuji . Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers dying only a few...
s and
Japanese mapleAcer palmatum, called Japanese Maple or Smooth Japanese Maple is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea and China. Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are commonly grown in other parts of the world too, for their attractive leaf shapes and...
s.
Examples of its collection include: 163 varieties of
Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple),
Abies nebrodensis (Sicilian Fir),
AcerAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae...
buergerianum (Trident maple),
AcerAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae...
griseum (Paperbark Maple),
AcerAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae...
pensylanicum (Striped maple),
AesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye),
AesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
pavia (Red Buckeye),
AesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
x carnea 'Briottii' (Red Horsechestnut),
Chaemaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki Falsecypress),
ChionanthusChionanthus is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with two species extending north into temperate regions, one in eastern Asia and one in eastern North America...
virginicus (White Fringetree),
CladrastisCladrastis kentukea is a species of Cladrastis native to the southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama...
kentuckea (American Yellowwood),
CryptomeriaCryptomeria is a genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...
japonica (Japanese Cedar),
Halesia tetrapteraHalesia tetraptera is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States....
(Carolina Silverbell),
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry),
Liquidunbar styraciflua 'Corky' (Corky Sweetgum),
MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
'Red Jade' (Red Jade Crabapple),
Picea omorika 'Pendula (Weeping Serbian Spruce), Syringa reticulata
(Japanese Tree Lilac), TaxodiumTaxodium is a genus of one to three species of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae...
distichum
(Baldcypress), TaxusTaxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...
species
(Yews), ThujaThuja is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae . There are five species in the genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia....
occidntalis
(American Arborvitae), and ViburnumViburnum is a genus of about 150-175 species of shrubs or small trees that were previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae...
prunifolium (Blackhaw viburnum).
Boxerwood Gardens has also recently opened a new PlayTrail, a nature playground designed especially for young children. Kids can run through the plant tunnels, float leaves down the mini creek, make pies in the mud kitchen, climb tiny house mountain and more! The rules include "make noise," "touch anything," "get dirty," and "have fun"!