Specialty Gardens
Annual Garden
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Chinese Garden
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Dahlia Trial Garden
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Daylily Collection
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Fern Walk
The Charles & Dorothy Howard Fern Walk goes from the Woodland Azalea Garden to the pond in the woods. It holds a collection of hardy ferns and woodland wildflowers with a raised bed of wild ginger holding an untitled sculpture by Catherine Nash. This lovely woodland walk has 20 varieties of ferns and 9 varieties of wildflowers.
Hosta Glade
The MacMillan Hosta Glade is one of the finest public displays of hosta in the upper Midwest. There are over 300 varieties of hosta displayed. It includes sections that have hosta with blue colored leaves, fragrant flowers and miniatures and species, along with beds of classic hosta and a “landscape bed” of hosta mixed with other perennials. In 1980 the American Hosta Society designated the Hosta Glade as its first national display garden. It is also one of the coolest places at the Arboretum on a hot summer day!
Iris Garden
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Japanese Garden
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Lily and Dahlia Collection
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Maze Garden
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Mum Collection
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Ornamental Grass Collection
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Peony Walk
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Perennial Garden
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Rose Gardens
Palma J. Wilson Rose Garden and Nelson Shrub Rose Garden display 400 varieties of hybrid garden roses and hardy shrub roses, and are enhanced by fountains, trellises and a gazebo.
Sensory Garden
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Spiegel Entrance Garden
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Wildflower Garden
Opened in 1960, the Grace B. Dayton Wildflower Garden is a showcase for the increasingly endangered native plants of the Upper Midwest. Among the many native blooms are the Virginia Bluebell, the Trillium, the Cardinal Flower and the Minnesota state flower; the Showy Lady's Slipper. A population of the Dwarf Trout Lily, a plant listed on the federal endangered species list, is also preserved here.
Woodland-Azalea Garden
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