Changes

By 1978, the Arboretum had grown to approximately 85 acres with over 2000 species, varieties, or cultivars of trees and shrubs, with the oldest remaining trees - yellow poplar, northern catalpa, and European larch - dating from 1903<ref>John E. Ford, <i>Finding List and Guide to the Secrest Arboretum</i>, p.1.</ref>. Among the notable plantings in the collection are:

By 1978, the Arboretum had grown to approximately 85 acres with over 2000 species, varieties, or cultivars of trees and shrubs, with the oldest remaining trees - yellow poplar, northern catalpa, and European larch - dating from 1903<ref>John E. Ford, <i>Finding List and Guide to the Secrest Arboretum</i>, p.1.</ref>. Among the notable plantings in the collection are:

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More than 140 varieties of flowering crabapples, affectionately known as "Crablandia"<br>

More than 140 varieties of flowering crabapples, affectionately known as "Crablandia"<br>

A grove of dawn redwood, once thought to be extinct, planted in 1953<br>

A grove of dawn redwood, once thought to be extinct, planted in 1953<br>