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Hopelands Garden Walk

82 Stops
1h 30m
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Tour Overview

Hopelands Gardens is the walled estate containing the grounds of the former Hopelands Mansion (Winter Colony residence of the Iselin family.) Radiating throughout the gardens is a network of paths shaded under 100 year old live oaks. It is believed that Mrs. Iselin planted the deodar cedars and live oaks which still grace Hopelands Gardens today. Our circular tour meanders around lazy curves of the paths and garden borders, leading visitors through a wonderful diversity of trees, along with fountains, a reflection pool, rock fountain and other amenities. These gardens also house the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. When entering the map, you can click the diagonal arrow icon in the upper right corner to highlight your location in relation to the various trees.

Parking: There is a free parking lot directly adjacent to the gardens, at 135 Dupree Place.

Hours of operation: 10am to Sunset

Stops

  1. How to use the tour

  2. Stop 1: Hyrcanian Butcher's Broom

  3. Stop 2: Birmingham Palmetto

  4. Stop 3: Evergreen Maple

  5. Stop 4: Tamaulipas Magnolia

  6. Stop 5: Weeping Eastern Red Cedar

  7. Stop 6: Japanese Alangium

  8. Stop 7: Fairy Blush Magnolia

  9. Stop 8: Maudiae Magnolia

  10. Stop 9: Guava-like tree

  11. Stop 10: Spiny Xylosma

  12. Stop 11: Vine-leaf Maple

  13. Stop 12: Texas Persimmon

  14. Stop 13: Australian Pittosporum

  15. Stop 14: Chapote

  16. Stop 15: Myrospermum Sousanum

  17. Stop 16: Texas Pistache

  18. Stop 17: Japanese Stone Oak

  19. Stop 18: Emperor Wax Myrtle

  20. Stop 19: Lance-Leaf Anise Tree

  21. Stop 20: Oldham's Sweetspire

  22. Stop 21: St. Paul Viburnum

  23. Stop 22: Ajax Holly

  24. Stop 23: Longstalk Holly

  25. Stop 24: Possumhaw Holly

  26. Stop 25: Athena Holly

  27. Stop 26: Dawn Redwood

  28. Stop 27: Black Gum

  29. Stop 28: Carolina Ash

  30. Stop 29: Needle Palm

  31. Stop 30: Wilson's Cinnamon

  32. Stop 31: Small-Flowered Cinnamon

  33. Stop 32: Camphor Tree

  34. Stop 33: Thick-Calyx Daphniphyllum

  35. Stop 34: Dwarf Daphniphyllum

  36. Stop 35: Oldham's Daphniphyllum

  37. Stop 36: Long-Racemed Daphniphyllum

  38. Stop 37: Teysmann's Daphniphyllum

  39. Stop 38: Large-Clustered Daphniphyllum

  40. Stop 39: Large-leaf Spicebush

  41. Stop 40: Pondberry

  42. Stop 41: Phoebe Grijsii

  43. Stop 42: Chinese phoebe

  44. Stop 43: Mexican Bay Leaf

  45. Stop 44: Bollywood

  46. Stop 45: Chen's spicebush

  47. Stop 46: Reflexed spicebush

  48. Stop 47: Gray-Blue Spicebush

  49. Stop 48: Japanese spicebush

  50. Stop 49: Japanese Bay Tree

  51. Stop 50: Japanese Torreya

  52. Stop 51: Northern spicebush

  53. Stop 52: Chinese Bayberry

  54. Stop 53: Lanceleaf Actinodaphne*

  55. Stop 54: Japanese Litsea

  56. Stop 55: Zhejiang Wintersweet

  57. Stop 56: Chekiang Cinnamon

  58. Stop 57: Bigleaf Magnolia 'Satin Leaf'

  59. Stop 58: Eastern Redbud

  60. Stop 59: Hybrid Magnolia

  61. Stop 60: Chekiang Phoebe

  62. Stop 61: Maud's Magnolia

  63. Stop 62: Hong Kong Rose

  64. Stop 63: Needlewood

  65. Stop 64: Three-Stamen Glochidion

  66. Stop 65: Beaked Stewartia

  67. Stop 66: Deodar Cedar - Cedrus Deodora

  68. Stop 67: Henry's Rhodoleia

  69. Stop 68: Twinberry, Simpson's Stopper

  70. Stop 69: Burkwood Viburnum

  71. Stop 70: Japanese Aucuba

  72. Stop 71: Japanese Aucuba 'Golden King'

  73. Stop 72: Chinese Stewartia

  74. Stop 73: Chinese Weeping Cypress

  75. Stop 74: Loblolly Bay

  76. Stop 75: Lansicarpa Camellia

  77. Stop 76: Tea Plant

  78. Stop 77: Crapnell's Camellia

  79. Stop 78: Camellia Species

  80. Stop 79: Pitord's Camellia

  81. Stop 80: Fraternal Camellia

  82. Stop 81: Crapnell's Camellia

  83. Stop 82: Silver Schima

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