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CEG All Things Woody Garden

A blend of shrubs and perennials, with hardscape paths, a colorful wave of garden art, and a shaded seating area form this garden on the east border of the Community Education Garden.

Trees

Utility Friendly trees, those with a predicted mature height that is comfortable below overhead utility lines, are noted with “UF”.

  • Abies koreana ‘Ice Breaker’ – Korean fir
  • Acer palmatum ‘Shaina’ – Japanese maple
  • Fagus sylvatica  ‘Purpurea Pendula’ – weeping purple beech – UF: 5-12ft x 5-12ft
  • Picea Pungens  ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ -blue spruce – UF:  10ft x 6ft
  • Pinus contorta Taylor’s Sunburst’ – lodgepole pine – UF: 12ft x 8ft
  • Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ – Japanese tree lilac – UF:  20-25ft x 15-20ft
  • Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ – common lilac – UF: 8-16ft x 6-12ft
  • Zelkova serrata ‘Wireless’ – UF: 25ft x 36ft

Shrubs

  • Aronia melanocarpa ‘Low Scape Mound’ – black chokeberry
  • Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’
  • Berberis thunbergii ‘Goruzam’ – golden ruby barberry
  • Berberis thunbergii ‘Nancy’-  golden jackpot barberry
  • Calluna vulgaris ‘Multicolor’ –  heather
  • Caryopteris incana ‘Jason’ SUNSHINE BLUE – bluebeard
  • Cornus alba ‘Byboughen’ NEON BURST –  dogwood
  • Daphne x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’
  • Deutzia ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ – deutzia x NCDX2
  • Deutzia x rosa ‘Nikko Blush’
  • Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Rote’ – Kramer’s red winter heath
  • Gaultheria procumbens ‘Peppermint Pearl’- white- berried wintergreen
  • Hibiscus syriacus ‘Gandini Santiago’ – purple pillar rose of sharon
  • Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMPLOF’- Little Quick-Fire hydrangea
  • Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Munchkin’ – oakleaf hydrangea
  • Hydrangea serrata Seaside Serenade Cape May
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Daub’s Frosted Juniper’
  • Pinus mugo ‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ – dwarf mugo pine
  • Pinus strobus ‘Blue Shag’ – Blue Shag eastern white pine
  • Rhododendron Qback A’PP27082 ‘Solar Glow’ – sunbow azalea
  • Spiraea japonica ‘Walberton’s Plumtastic’ –  Walplum spirea
  • Taxus cuspidate ‘Monloo’ EMERALD SPREADER – Japanese yew
  • Thuja pilcata ‘Whipcord’ – western red cedar
  • Viburnum opulus ‘Nanum’ – dwarf cranberry bush
  • Weigela florida ‘Alexandra Wine & Roses’

Perennials

  • Penstemon barrettiae – Barrett’s penstemon
  • Penstemon fruticosus – shrubby penstemon