2006 Maple Society Meeting

The 2006 Maple Society Meeting is being held at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, Oct. 12 to Oct. 14. Full details including registration, agenda and speaker biographies are available in this downloadable and printable form:

2006 Maple Society Meeting (PDF)

2006 Maple Society Meeting alternate download (PDF, only the registration form)

Overview of the Morris Arboretum

The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania is a historic public garden and educational institution. It promotes an understanding of the relationship between plants and people through programs that integrate science, art and the humanities. Founded in 1887 as the private estate of John and Lydia T. Morris, the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania was established in 1932 as a university-administered arboretum and public garden for research, education and horticultural display. It became the official Arboretum of the Commonwealth in 1988.

Considered Philadelphia's finest public garden, the landscape collection, display and exhibits provide visitor education and enjoyment. The public garden is 92-acres of display gardens, exhibits, garden architecture, sculpture, and natural features located in Philadelphia. The living plant collection contains over 12,000 labeled and scientifically documented trees and shrubs of over 2,500 taxa from around the world. Plant collecting focuses on eastern Asia, Pennsylvania, and eastern North America. Collections focus on northern temperate woody plants, particularly plants of Asian origin and their North American counterparts. Significant plant groups include Acer, Magnolia, North American deciduous Rhododendron, members of the Hamamelidaceae, Ilex, cultivated roses, and conifers.

Along with a number of large specimens dating from the early days of the Morris estate, which was planted in the early 1900’s, our maple collection focuses on taxa of wild-collected and documented origin. Currently the collection has approximately 100 taxa, with a majority of these of these from wild-collected origin. The large and possibly champion maple specimens include Acer buergerianum, A. henryi, A. mono var. ambiguum, and A. truncatum. Many of the maples that have been added in the past twenty years resulted from plant collecting trips to South Korea and China and seed exchange with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean institutions. These maples are planted throughout the garden and integrated into our historic landscape.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 10:52 AM on August 2, 2006