I've visited a number, and they can very much be arboretums. As a kid and having relatives buried there, one in Hagerstown has several county champs in it, one is a ginkgo.

Same cemetery as I show above has the county coffeetree champ.

Bedford PA cemetery has a Norway spruce w/a huge lower limb. And also a spooky scene w/white oaks.

Cemetery in Mercersburg, PA has a big sugar maple.

I have always kinda thought of cemeteries as arboretums.

That KCT is awesome. has an elm-like quality. spectacular. And I like my cemeteries kinda spooky lol

Couple more in a north-end Hagerstown MD cemetery (not the one I showed above). A line of blue atlas cedars, and then an old, sprawling yellowwood.

Then, another yellowwod in a tiny cemetery in the middle of Bedford, PA, followed by a silver maple on the edge of that cemetery.

And last, a concolor fir in that cemetery.

Couple more, 2 sassafras's coloring nicely in the tiny Bedford cemetery, then an interesting hybrid oak just across the street from there in front of an old schoolhouse turned office building. It's labeled a swamp white oak, but the acorns show it's at least half bur oak.

And one more that's rather amazing in the little Bedford cemetery, a Kousa dogwood w/a rather bountiful fruit crop. Berries when ripened to softness are quite good -- strawberry-like.

Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum in St. Louis, MO is stunning - curved roadways, lakes, trees, native plants, mausoleums with Tiffany glass, historical graves.

Nice trees and thank you for sharing. I recently visited Spring Grove in Cincinnati, which is a large cemetery and quite beautiful. I've also seen Cave Hill in Louisville, Mt. Auburn in Boston. and Green-Wood in Brooklyn. They are all amazing!

As a side note, I find it surprising that Concolor Fir does so well outside its native range. The one Ben has shown in Bedford, PA, looks perfect. I've got a few and they have all done well.

One more, haven't visited this cemetery, but came across this pic of a big tuliptree in bloom at a Pittsburgh, PA cemetery.

I’ve read that Sycamore is considered the largest decidous tree in NA. That may be so, but Liriodendron would give it a run for its money.

"I recently visited Spring Grove in Cincinnati"

I've only visited a few cemeteries that would also be considered arboreta, and Spring Grove would be my favorite by far. But it's been quite a few years since I've been there, so I'm hoping you can share some photos with us! Spring Grove's website - Champions of the Grove - lists a couple dozen trees on their grounds that are state of Ohio champions.

It seems the older I get the fewer pictures I take. I took a few at Spring Grove, but not very many. I was especially looking forward to seeing the one time national champion American Yellowwood (Cladrastis). I knew it had been declining for many years, but I was hoping for a bit more vibrancy than this.

On a positive note, I saw beautiful specimens all over the City of Cincinnati.

Wow did not know yellowood had flowers like that. marvelous

arbordave,

When this thread began, I couldn't quite make the connection between Cemetaries and Arboretums but the Spring Grove Cemetary is quite unique.

Thanks!

When black locusts bloom well (not every year), they can look very similar to the yellowwoods maackia shows, although they don't have the spreading form of the yellowwoods.

PS maackia, someone planted a number of concolor firs along the route I take to Bedford, PA on Rt 326. They always look very healthy and uniform. And the irony here is the near-dead blue spruce in the far background.

This small tree was’t labeled. Any idea what it might be?

Perhaps Aesculus.

possibly Aesculus hippocastanum variegata?

I didn’t know such a thing existed. Thanks!

I'm late to the party, but just saw this thread and had to include the beautiful cemetery and arboretum in my hometown. I don't have any pictures I've taken, but here is a link to their website where you can read about it, and if you go to their homepage you will find some pictures.

https://lexcem.org/nature/

maackia, I love to visit cemeteries; they're the most peaceful places, and there are always beautiful trees and flowers. I guess it is ironic in a way, but, hopefully, we will all be in an attractive, well-tended one with a lot of trees!