Aralia elata 'Variegata' (Variegated Japanese Aralia), leaves on branches (3.101004)
Date: August 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Aralia elata 'Variegata' (Variegated Japanese Aralia), dappled sunlight highlights the variegation of the large binnately compound leaf. A large pannicle of tiny greenish-white flowers appears to sit atop the leaf.
Extent: 1 slide
Aralia elata 'Variegata' (Variegated Japanese Aralia), habit (3.101005)
Date: June 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Aralia elata 'Variegata' (Variegated Japanese Aralia), view of a small Aralia elata 'Variegata' tree, planted in a plaza setting
Extent: 1 slide
Aralia racemosa L. (American spikenard), habit (3.101013)
Date: September 2001Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Aralia racemosa L. (American spikenard), a sloping hillside, with a stone retaining wall, is covered with Aralia racemosa. Above the dark green leaves, white, globe like inflorescences are blooming.
Extent: 1 slide
Arisaema consanguineum Schott (Himalayan cobra lily), habit (3.101171)
Date: June 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arisaema consanguineum Schott (Himalayan cobra lily), amid a bed of large leafed blue Hosta , stands solitary Himalayan cobra lily. The lily has a single stalk, topped by a single leaf with multiple narrow leaflets. The effect is like a green pinwheel. Along the lower portion of the stem is a short stem which hold the spathe and spadix of the future Jack in the Pulpit.
Extent: 1 slide
Artemisia lactiflora 'Guizhou' (white mugwort), habit (3.101262)
Date: June 2001Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Artemisia lactiflora 'Guizhou' (white mugwort), habit
Extent: 1 slide
Asarum europaeum L. (European wild-ginger), habit (3.103123)
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Asarum europaeum L. (European wild-ginger), habit; polystichum polyblepharum (tassel fern) in foreground.
Extent: 1 slide
Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britton & Baker) Small (large-flowered heartleaf), leaves (3.103126)
Date: July 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britton & Baker) Small (large-flowered heartleaf), leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britton & Baker) Small (large-flowered heartleaf), habit (3.103127)
Date: June 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britton & Baker) Small (large-flowered heartleaf), habit
Extent: 1 slide
Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britton & Baker) Small (large-flowered heartleaf), habit (3.103128)
Date: July 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britton & Baker) Small (large-flowered heartleaf), habit
Extent: 1 slide
Asarum canadense L. (wild-ginger), habit (3.103145)
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Asarum canadense L. (wild-ginger), habit; interspersed with euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'.
Extent: 1 slide
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed), close-up of flowers, open and in bud (3.103828)
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed), close-up of flowers, open and in bud
Extent: 1 slide
Athyrium filix-femina 'Fielding' (lady fern), potted specimen (3.104152)
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Athyrium filix-femina 'Fielding' (lady fern), potted specimen; rocks in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Athyrium niponicum 'Samurai sword' (Samurai sword Japanese painted fern), habit (3.104153)
Date: June 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Athyrium niponicum 'Samurai sword' (Samurai sword Japanese painted fern), habit; plant marker in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese painted fern), leaves (fronds) (3.104160)
Date: August 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese painted fern), leaves (fronds)
Extent: 1 slide
Bergenia Moench (pigsqueak), habit (3.105293)
Date: May 1970Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bergenia Moench (pigsqueak), many basal leaved plants
Extent: 1 slide
Betula L. (birch), winter habit (3.105302)
Date: January 1999Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Betula L. (birch), single tree with upright branches, white bark, surrounded by other types of trees, snow on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Betula nigra ‘Little King’ (FOX VALLEY® river birch), habit (3.105384)
Date: August 1996Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Betula nigra ‘Little King’ (FOX VALLEY® river birch), small tree with many blue-green leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire’ (Whitespire gray birch), winter habit (3.105455)
Date: January 1999Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire’ (Whitespire gray birch), several multi-stemmed birches, in snow
Extent: 1 slide
The Hedge Garden: Rehabilitating an Arboretum Treasure (3.11076)
Date: December 21 1994 – March 20 1995Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Article
Laying the Foundation: Landscape Architecture at The Morton Arboretum, O.C. Simonds and Clarence Godshalk, 1922-1953 (3.11089)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1995Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Article
The Future of the Arboretum Landscape (3.11092)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1995Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Article
Suzette Morton Davidson at her apartment on Astor St. (3.3169)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Suzette Morton Davidson standing in between two columns in her Chicago apartment on Astor St.
These columns shown in her apartment were the inspiration for the Four Columns built at the edge of the Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 negative
Visitor Center Landscape Improvements (3.32005)
Date: May 7 1996Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Concept Design for I-88 and Route 53 Interchange Landscape, Scheme A (3.32006)
Date: December 15 2004Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Concept Design for I-88 and Route 53 Interchange Landscape, Scheme B (3.32007)
Date: December 15 2004Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Concept Design for I-88 and Route 53 Interchange Landscape, Scheme C (3.32008)
Date: December 15 2004Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Expansion Study for Visitor Center (3.32021)
Date: January 3 1995Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Interview with Tony Tyznik: collections development, biodiversity, and landscape design during his tenure (3.33430)
Date: February 28 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Tony Tyznik conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , Scott Mehaffey (Landscape Architect), and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include development of collections at The Morton Arboretum, biodiversity conservation, and decisions in landscape design during Tyznik's tenure.
Extent: 2 cassettes
Entry Road Landscape Plan; Visitor Center Landscape Plan; Staff Lot Landscape Plan (3.36078)
Date: May 22 2003Creator: Hitchcock Design Group, Pelkonen, Peggy
Type: Plan
Description:L1.1 - Entry Road Landscape Plan - PP
L1.2 - Entry Road Landscape Plan - PP
L1.3 - Entry Road Landscape Plan - PP
L1.4 - Entry Road Plant List - PP
L2.1 - Visitor Center Landscape Plan - PP
L2.2 - Roof and Retail Gardens Landscape Plan & Section - PP
L2.3 - Visitor Center, Roof and Retail Garden Plant Lists - PP
L3.1 - Staff Lot Landscape Plan - PP
L3.2 - Staff Lot Plant List - PP
L4.1 - Planting Details - HD
PP - Drawn by Peggy Pelkonen
HD - Hitchcock Design
Extent: 11 sheets, stapled
1998 Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Garden #29. The Ground Cover Garden (3.36080)
Date: August 1 1997Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Ginkgo biloba ‘Magyar’ (Magyar ginkgo) (3.37033)
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ginkgo biloba ‘Magyar’ (Magyar ginkgo), non-fruiting male 'Magyar' cultivar, characterized by upright, ascending branching
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), summer (3.37242)
Date: August 1996Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description: Acer campestre (hedge maple), in summer
Extent: 1 slide
Acer forrestii (Forrest’s maple), leaves (3.37254)
Date: October 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer forrestii (Forrest’s maple), upward view into dense twigs with green foliage
Extent: 1 slide
Acer forrestii (Forrest’s maple), branches and leaves (3.37255)
Date: October 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer forrestii (Forrest’s maple), partial view of bark on tree trunk and branches with green leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Acer forrestii (Forrest’s maple) (3.37256)
Date: October 1998Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer forrestii (Forrest’s maple), tree adjacent to small foot bridge and connecting path
Extent: 1 slide
Acer x freemanii (Freeman’s maple) and Acer saccharum (sugar maple), along Lake Marmo showing fall color (3.37262)
Date: November 1999Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer x freemanii (Freeman’s maple) on left and Acer saccharum (sugar maple) on right, along Lake Marmo lakefront, showing fall color
Extent: 1 slide