Tree Category: Rare

This specimen is larger than the “smoke tree” shrubs (Cotinus coggy- gria, a Euro-China native) that are more...

Conestoga House has several Angel’s Trumpets, so called because of their large pendulous flowers. These...

Conestoga House is one of only two places in Lancaster County known to have Bald...

Growing atop the bank of a small stream, this is one of only two Bald Cypress...

This striking specimen has both green and maroon leaves. The most likely way this came...

In what is surely one of the most unusual street plantings in the county, some...

Bicolor dogwoods can be created in different ways. Obviously a person can plant a nursery-bought...

This bright gold variety of Nordmann Fir grows broader than high and tends to burn in...

This tropical palm, native to Southeast Asia (India, Java, South China), is part of HACC’s Garden...

This variegated cultivar, whose long graceful needles are banded with yellow, is native to the...

Introduced to America around 1905, no tree’s bark is more stunning than the cinnamon, exfoliating,...

Normally grown as a shrub, this mature specimen is in tree form. H. miconioides was discovered...

Named after 19th Century Texas doctor and geologist Benjamin Franklin Shumard, Quercus shumardii is a close relative of...

This tree, estimated at 100-140 years old, is still producing apples. As the growing and...