FEATURED PLANTS
Here's just a few plants we don't want you to miss. Click to learn where to find them and more!
Gerald Darby Versicolor Iris
Iris x robusta 'Gerald Darby'
Rhododendron
Rhododendron 'Vernus'
False Indigo
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'Take a deep dive into our plant records
Use the Garden Explorer tool to search current information directly from our plant database including each plants’ location.
FEATURED GARDENS
Our diverse cultivated collection of plants are located within specialty gardens surrounding the Nevin Welcome Center and within the nearby 150-acre F. R. Newman Arboretum.
Young Flower Garden
Explore a collection of flowering plants that hold symbolic meaning by cultures around the world.
Treman Woodland Walk
This intimately-scaled, hemlock-shaded, streamside garden displays moisture-loving plants that cannot be grown well elsewhere at Cornell Botanic Gardens.
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Explore over 100 varieties of rhododendrons and a rich mix of shrubs, trees, and herbaceous perennials on this small hill.
FEATURED NATURAL AREAS
We steward over 3,600 acres of biologically diverse landscapes that represent the full range of ecological communities found in the Finger Lakes region.
Lick Brook
Long appreciated as one of Ithaca's most beautiful wooded gorges and for its cascading series of waterfalls.
Upper Cascadilla
Enjoy a walk along Cascadilla Creek and buffering woods via the East Hill Recreation Way.
Frost Ravine
Part of a larger area nominated for National Landmark status for of the old-growth forest there.
grow (plants) yourself!
For gardeners in parts of New York State and Connecticut, you can order plants seen at Cornell Botanic Gardens from ShrubBucket, a distributor of high-quality perennials.