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.

This list is current as of January, 2025.

Trees

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

• Acer palmatum ‘Shaina’ – Japanese maple
• Fagus sylvatica  ‘Purpurea Pendula’ – weeping purple beech – UF: 5-12ft x 5-12ft
• Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ – star magnolia
• Picea Pungens  ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ -blue spruce – UF:  10ft x 6ft
• Pinus contorta ‘Taylor’s Sunburst’ – lodgepole pine – UF: 12ft x 8ft
• Pinus parviflora ‘Kinpro’ – Japanese white pine
• 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
• Calluna vulgaris ‘Multicolor’ –  heather
• Caryopteris incana ‘Jason’ SUNSHINE BLUE – bluebeard
• Cornus alba ‘Byboughen’ NEON BURST –  dogwood
• Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ – contorted filbert or Harry Lauder’s walking stick
• Cotoneaster apiculatus – cranberry cotoneaster
• Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ – winter daphne
• Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Rote’ – Kramer’s red winter heath
• Hibiscus syriacus ‘Gandini Santiago’ – purple pillar rose of Sharon
• Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Munchkin’ – oakleaf hydrangea
• Hydrangea serrata ‘Seaside Serenade Cape May’
• Juniperus chinensis ‘Daub’s Frosted Juniper’
• Juniperus x pfitzeriana ‘Old Gold’ – Chinese juniper
• Pinus mugo ‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ – dwarf mugo pine
• Rosa rugosa ‘Therese Bugnet’ – rugosa rose
• Rosa rugosa ‘Robusta’ – rugosa rose
• Spirea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ – Japanese spirea
• Spiraea japonica ‘Walberton’s Plumtastic’ –  Walplum spirea
• Weigela florida ‘Alexandra Wine & Roses’

Perennials

• Agastache foeniculum ‘Mango Tango’ – anise hyssop
• Aquilegia vulgaris – columbine
• Dryopteris marginalis – leatherwood fern
• Geranium cinereum ‘Laurence Flatman’ – cranesbill geranium
• Hosta plantaginea – hosta
• Penstemon fruticosus – shrubby penstemon
• Penstemon rupicola – cliff beardtongue
• Penstemon venustus – Venus penstemon
• Sempervivum techtorum – hen and chicks
• Sidalcea oregana – Oregon checker mallow
• Solidago dansolitlem ‘Little Lemon’ – goldenrod
• Trillium luteum – yellow trillium