The Welcome Plaza was completed in the Fall of 2016.  It is located on Hester, south of the Student Union and east of the Paul Miller Journalism and Broadcasting building.  The concept behind the design was for the area to become the "front porch" of the University.    

 

To learn more about the statues click here: Meet the Artist

Common Name: Caddo Sugar Maple 'Flashfire'

Botanical Name: Acer saccharum

 

Common Name: Sugar Maple 'Bell Tower'

Botanical Name: Acer saccharum 'Reba'

 

Common Name: Lead Plant

Botanical Name: Amorpha canescens 

 

Common Name: Eastern Bluestar Amsonia 'Storm Cloud'

Botanical Name: Amsonia tabernaemontana

 

Common Name: Desert Honeysuckl

Botanical Name: Anisacanthus quadrifidus

 

Common Name: Chokeberry Low Scape 'Mound'

Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpa

 

Common Name: Aster Kickin 'Pink Chiffon'

Botanical Name: Aster x

 

Common Name: Fals Indigo 'Brownie Points'

Botanical Name: Baptisia x PPAF

 

Common Name: River Birch 'Dura-Heat'

Botanical Name: Betula Nigra

 

Common Name: Blue Grama Grass 'Blonde Ambition'

Botanical Name: Bouteloua gracilis

 

Common Name: Buffalograss '609'

Botanical Name: Buchloe dactyloides

 

Common Name: Wooly Butterfly Bush

Botanical Name: Buddleia marribiifolia

 

Common Name: Beauty Berry 'Pearl Glam'

Botanical Name: Callicarpa x NCCX2

 

Common Name: Blue Wood Sedge

Botanical Name: Carex flaccosperma

 

Common Name: Clustered Field Sedge

Botanical Name: Carex pregracilis

 

Comon Name: Bird of Paradise

Botanical Name: Caesalpinia gilliesii

 

Common Name: Mountain Mahogany

Botanical Name: Cercocarpus montanus

 

Common Name: Northern Sea Oats

Botanical Name: Chasmanthium latifolium

 

Common Name: Summersweet 'Ruby Spice'

Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia

 

Common Name: Ticksee Lil' Bang 'Daybreaker'

Botanical Name: Coreopsis x PPAF

 

Common Name: Roughleaf Dogwood

Botanical Name: Cornus drummondii

 

Common Name: Red Twig Dogwood 'Pucker Up'

Botanical Name: Cornus stolonifera 

 

Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle Kodiak 'Black'

Botanical Name: Diervilla rivularis

 

Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle Kodiak 'Orange'

Botanical Name: Diervilla rivularis

 

Common Name: Coneflower Sombrero 'Adobe Orange'

Botanical Name: Echinacea x 'Balsomador'

 

Common Name: Strawberry Bush 'Hearts Bustin'

Botanical Name: Euonymus americanus

 

Common Name: Dwarf Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy'

Botanical Name: Fothergilla

 

Common Name: Arkansas Alum Root

Botancial Name: Heuchera villosa v. Arkansana

 

Common Name: Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Munchkin'

Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia

 

Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Jetstream'

Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia

 

Common Name: Four-Nerve Daisy 'Prairie Sunshine'

Botanical Name: Hymenoxys scaposa

 

Common Name: Shrubby St. John's Wort

Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum

 

Common Name: Inkberry 'Shamrock'

Botanical Name: Ilex galbra

 

Common Name: American Holly

Botanical Name: Ilex opaca

 

Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Mr. Poppins'

Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata 'Farrow MrP'

 

Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Little Goblin'

Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata 'NCIV2'

 

Common Name: Dwarf Yaupon Holly 'Stokes'

Botanical Name: Ilex vomitoria

 

Common Name: Dwarf Crested Iris

Botanical Name: Iris cristata

 

Common Name: Copper Iris

Botanical Name: Iris fulva

 

Common Name: Sweetspire 'Little Henry'

Botanical Name: Itea virginica 'Sprich'

 

Common Name: Grey Owl Juniper

Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana

 

Common Name: Chinese Fringe Flower 'Emerald Snow'

Botanical Name: Loropetalum chinense 'Shang-White'

 

Common Name: Turk's Cap 'Big Momma'

Botanical Name: Malvaviscus drummondii

 

Common Name: Bull Grass 'El Toro'

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia emersleyi

Common Name: Seep Muhly

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia reverchonii

 

Common Name: Muhly Grass 'Nashville'

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia rigida

 

Common Name: Southern Wax Myrtle

Botancial Name: Myrica cerifera

 

Common Name: Southern Wax Myrtle 'Don's Dwarf'

Botanical Name: Myrica cerifera var. pumila

 

Common Name: Bear Grass

Botanical Name: Nolina microcarpa

 

Common Name: Texas Bear Grass

Botanical Name: Nolina texana

 

Common Name: Blackgum 'Red Rage'

Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica 'Haymanred'

 

Common Name: Golden groundsel

Botanical Name: Packera obovata

 

Common Nam: Switchgrass 'Heavy Metal'

Botancial Name: Panicum virgatum

 

Common Name: Switchgrass 'North Wind'

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

 

Common Name: Switchgrass Prairie Winds 

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

 

Common Name: Switchgrass Prairie Winds 'Cheyenne Sky'

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

 

Common Name: Switchgrass 'Shenandoah'

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

 

Common Name: Jacobs Ladder 'Stairway to Heaven'

Botanical Name: Pelononium reptans

 

Common Name: Luminous Pineleaf Beardtongue

Botanical Name: Penstemon pinifolius

 

Common Name: Beartongue 'Dark Towers'

Botanical Name: Penstemon x 

 

Common Name: Creeping Phlox 'Home Fires'

Botanical Name: Phlox stolonifera

 

Common Name: Ninebark 'Tiny Wine'

Botanical Name: Physocarpus opulifolius

 

Common Name: Ninebark 'Amber Jubilee'

Botanical Name: Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

 

Common Name: Western Sand Cherry 'Pawnee Buttes'

Botanical Name: Prunus besseyi 'PO115'

 

Common Name: Cutleaf Sumac 'Tiger Eyes'

Botanical Name: Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger'

 

Common Name: Quilled Dwarf Rudbeckia 'Little Henry'

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia subtomentosa

 

Common Name: Texas Sage 'Moonlight'

Botanical Name: Salvia greggii

 

Common Name: Indiangrass 'Thin Man'

Botanical Name: Sorghastrum nutans

 

Common Name: Alkali Scaton Grass

Botanical Name: Sporobolus airoides

 

Common Name: Prairie Dropseed

Botanical Name: Sporobolus heterolepis

 

Common Name: Snowberry 'Galaxy Sensation'

Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos x Doorenbosii 'Kolmgala'

 

Common Name: Coralberry Proud Berry

Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos x 'Sofie'

 

Common Name: Spider Wort 'Angelic Charm'

Botanical Name: Tradescantia

 

Common Name: Narrowleaf Ironweed

Botanical Name: Vernonia lettermannii

 

Common Name: Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye

Botanical Name: Viguiera stenoloba

 

Common Name: Salvia 'Golden Girl'

Botanical Name: Salvia jamensis

 

Common Name: Little Bluestem 'Prairie Blues'

Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scorparium

 

Common Name: Goldenrod 'Wichita Mountains'

Botanical Name: Solidago rugosa

 

Common Name: Goldenrod 'Solar Cascade'

Botanical Name: Solidago shortii

 

Common Name: Eve's Necklace

Botanical Name: Sophora affinis