Torreya taxifolia
in Morton Arboretum

Lisle IL (25 miles west of Chicago)

  • November 2017 / Connie Barlow / First Torreya seedling donated to Morton Arboretum, Chicago

    November 2, 2017, my husband and I were near Chicago, and I realized that the famed Morton Arboretum would be a superb home for the one remaining seedling I had been nurturing in a pot out west from the set of 3,900 seeds that Frank Callahan had donated to Torreya Guardians from his 2-tree harvest in Medford OR, fall 2016. See video: "Florida Torreya Seed Production in Medford OR."

       PHOTO LEFT: Matt Lobdell, Head of Collections and Curator, was happy to accept this gift, along with the source information (National Arboretum seeds 25 years ago grown into trees in Medford OR).

    Morton already had an Asian species onsite, T. nucifera, and they are a leader in promoting future-adapted species for street tree plantings in Chicago.

    The near PHOTO was taken June 17.

    NOTE: As of March 2025, Torreya Guardians could not navigate the current Morton Arboretum website to determine if this specimen is still in its living collections.
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