Campus Plant Identification – Grove House

The Grove House gardens are the oldest part of the arboretum. The area surrounds the Grove House and Outdoor Classroom and includes several gardens including the Ellsworth Garden named after former President Frank Ellsworth, the Eunice Pitzer Wildflower Garden and the organic garden behind the Grove House, complete with fruit trees and chicken coop.

  • Grove House-tree - Washingtonia filifera (California fan palm)
  • Grove House-tree - Syagrus romanzoffiana (Queen-Palm)
  • Grove House-tree - Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel)
  • Grove House-tree - Simmodsia chinensis (Jojoba)
  • Grove House-tree - Rhus lancea (African sumac)
  • Grove House-tree - Prunus ilicifolia (California cherry)
  • Grove-House-tree-Populus-fremontii
  • Grove-House-tree -Pithecellobium-flexicaule-Texas-ebony
  • Grove-House-Phoenix-canarensis-Canary-Island Palm
  • Grove-House-Parkinsonia-microphylla-Palo-Verde
  • Grove-House-tree -Laurus-nobilis-Bay-Tree
  • Grove-House-Larrea-tridentata-Cresote-Bush-02
  • Agave salmiana (Giant agave)
  • Beaucarnea recurvate (Pony tail palm)
  • Calibanus hookeri
  • Cycas revolute (Sago palm)
  • Encelia farinose (Brittlebush)
  • Encephalartos ferox (Zuzuland cycad)
  • Grove House-tree - Acacia pycnantha (Golden wattle)
  • Grove House back garden – Brachychiton rupestris (Queensland bottle tree)
  • Grove House-tree - Chorisia speciosa (Kapock tree, Silk floss tree)
  • Grove House, north garden – Cordia boissieri (Mexican olive)
  • Grove-House-tree-Kalanchoe-beharensis
  • Bulbine frutescens (Orange stalked bulbine), Aloe striatula, Aloe arborescens (Candelabra aloe)
  • Nandina (Heavenly bamboo)
  • Isomeris arboretum (Bladder pod)
  • Crassula multicava (Fairy crassula), Senecio vitalis (Blue chalk fingers)
  • Centranthus ruber (Red valerian)
  • Bahunia corymbosa (Phanera vine)
  • Aloe arborescens (Candelabra aloe)
  • Agave ‘Blue Glow’
  • Agave Americana
  • cat-130-Grove-House-Ribes-aureum
  • cat-129-Grove-House-Platycerium-bifurcatum
  • cat-128-Grove-House-Philadelphus-mexicanus
  • cat-127-Grove-House-Hesperaloe-funifera
  • cat-125-Grove-House-Epiphyllum-Hybrid
  • cat-124-Grove-House-Epiphyllum-Hybrid-A
Page last updated on February 24, 2020