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Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania began in 1887 as Compton, the summer home of John and Lydia Morris, brother, and sister. The I.P. Morris Company, an iron-manufacturing firm founded by their father and later run by John Morris, was a source of family wealth. It inspires an understanding of the relationship between plants, people, and place through education, research, and..
Morris Arboretum Blog
1M ago
Horizontalis' (tabletop Scotch elm) is a treasure at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens, one of very few arboreta in the US to cultivate one. This tree was planted on the Morris Estate sometime before 1909 ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
1M ago
On islands like Madagascar, a particularly high proportion of plants have been introduced via long-distance dispersal, and recent research demonstrates that Madagascar has also been a prominent source for dispersal of plants to other places, including the tropical plant group Dombeyoideae ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
2M ago
Find out more about our Treetop Yoga courses, where participants find themselves fifty feet up among the tree canopy on , one of the Morris’s most popular attractions ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
2M ago
This August, the Morris Arboretum & Gardens Urban Forestry Fellow attended the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
3M ago
(paperbark maple), an all-season star of the Morris Arboretum & Gardens ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
3M ago
In 1935, Dr. Rodney H. True, Director of the Morris from 1933–1938, gave an address live on the radio for the Council for Preservation of Natural Beauty in Pennsylvania concerning the conservation of trees in Philadelphia. Read the address, along with an update on today's conservation efforts by Jason Lubar, Associate Director of Urban Forestry ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
4M ago
In a Q&A on PennToday, Erin Conley of the Morris Arboretum & Gardens explains how climate change affects rose growth, as well as what’s new in our Rose Garden. ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
4M ago
The iconic Morris Arboretum & Gardens bur oak ( ) that stood atop the Holly Slope for 100 years had to be removed in 2022 as it declined from a nasty fungus ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
4M ago
Determining when some of the earliest specimens at the Morris were planted requires a bit of sleuthing ..read more
Morris Arboretum Blog
4M ago
Learn about the name and characteristics of (yellow buckeye), as well as where to find the nine different taxa of from around the world at the Morris. ..read more