Southern Plant Lists - Southern Garden History Society

Ornamental Trees
Thomas Jefferson
1767-1821
Virginia
"Mountain" (Rubus strigosus) 1821
Red Antwerp 1790
White Antwerp 1807
Abies alba Silver Fir 1812
Abies balsamea Balsam Fir ("Balm of Gilead Fir”) 1783
Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Maple 1796
Acer rubrum Red Maple ("Scarlet") 1790
Acer saccharum Sugar Maple 1791
Acer tataricum Tatarian Maple 1810
Aesculus hippocastanum European Horsechestnut 1771
Aesculus octandra "Yellow horse chestnut" 1798
Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye 1798
Albizia julibrissen Mimosa ("Chinese silk tree") 1805
Amelanchier canadensis Shadblow ("Service Tree") 1804
Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree 1778
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit Tree 1797
Asimina triloba Paw Paw 1783
Broussonetia papyrifera Paper Mulberry ("Otaheite”) 1806
Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood 1808
Carya illinoinensis Pecan 1790
Carya laciniosa Shelbark Hickory 1809
Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory 1786
Carya sp. Gloucester Hickory, Osage Hickory 1807
Castanea dentata American Chestnut 1773
Castanea sativa European Chestnut ("Marronier”) 1773
Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa ("Carolina Kidney bean tree”) 1771
Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon 1807
Ceratonia siliagua Carob Tree 1790
Cercis canadensis Redbud ("Judas Tree") 1771
Chamaecyparis thyoides White Cedar ("Cupressus sempervirens") 1783
Chionanthus virginica Fringe Tree ("Snowdrop Tree,” "Venetian Sumach") 1791
Citrus aurantifolia Lime 1809
Citrus aurantium Sour Orange 1778
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood 1771
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