Rosalynn Carter – Japanese Threadleaf Maple

Courtesy Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum / NARA

Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Ornatum’

April 13, 1978

On April 13, 1978, First Lady Rosalynn Carter planted a Japanese threadleaf maple tree on the southern panel of the South Ground with the assistance of Irvin Williams, National Park Service Superintendent of the White House Grounds. This tree replaced one of the pair of trees planted by First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland in 1893 that was removed in 1977.

 

Japanese threadleaf maple (2025)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

Japanese threadleaf maple commemorative plaque.

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

Japanese threadleaf maple (August 2023).

NPS / Nathan King

 

White House

Commemorative Tree Plantings