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
Community Education Gardens
CEG Overview
All Things Woody Garden
Butterfly Garden
Deer Resistant Garden
Welcome Garden
Natives ‘N More Garden
Rose Garden
Sun and Shadow Garden
Utility Friendly Trees
Vegetable Garden
Winnie the Pig Garden