Botanical Gardens at University of Michigan

Nichols Arboretum and the Peony Garden

Item Set

Items

• Cultivar: Duchess of Portland
  Images of the Duchess of Portland Peony. This cultivar has been cared for by the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden since 1924.
• Cultivar: Augustin d'Hour (General MacMahon)
  This cultivar is called Augustin d'Hour, or General MacMahon. This particular plant has been cultivated in the Peony Garden since 1924.
• Tree: Quercus alba 340-2016*A
  Quercus alba (White Oak) from the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Boston, MA
• "Plants that Will Grow in Michigan"
  An article with historic photographs from the June 17, 1923 issue of the Detroit Free Press. It shows plants growing in the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and suggests that these could inform what people plant in their own gardens.
• Peony Garden. University of Michigan. [postcard]
  A postcard of the University of Michigan's Peony Garden in bloom sometime from 1930 to 1935. Dimensions: 3.7 x 4.7 inches photo print Repository: Bentley Historical Library Item Number: HS11905 Box: 17 A
• The Peony Garden at the Arb
  A photograph of the Peony Garden in full bloom during August of 2004.
• Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides 22099*A at the Arnold Arboretum
  Image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides (Eastern Cottonwood) from the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Boston, MA
• Nichols Arboretum: The "Big" 10
  A map of the "biggest" trees in the Nichols Arboretum by the diameter of the trunk (DBH) and the species.
• Nichols Arboretum: Mapped Native and Non-Native Trees
  A map of trees in the Nichols Arboretum that are native to the area or non-native to the area.
• Nichols Arboretum: Landscape change from 1940 to 2008
  A collection of aerial photographs of the Nichols Arboretum.
• Peony Garden from the East
  A historic photograph of the Peony Garden in the first few decades of its operation