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. Fire-resistant plants are noted with 
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This list is current as of May 2026.
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 cortorta ‘Taylor’s Sunburst’ – lodgepole pine – UF: 12ft x 8f
- Pinus parviflora ‘Kinpro’ – Japanese white pine
- Syringa retuculata ‘Ivory Silk’ – Japanese tree lilac – UF: 20-25ft x 6-12ft
- Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ – common lilac – UF: 8-16ft x 6-12ft
- Syringa retuculata ‘Ivory Silk’ – Japanese tree lilac – UF: 20-25ft x 6-12ft
- Zelkova serrata ‘Wireless’ – Japanese zelkova – UF: 25ft x 36ft
Shrubs
- Aronia melanocarpa ‘Low Scape Mound’ – low mound chokeberry
- Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’ – black chokeberry
- 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’ – 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
- Picea abies ‘Little Gem’ – dwarf spruce
- Pinus mugo ‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ – dwarf mugo pine
- Rosa rugosa ‘Therese Bugnet’ – rugosa rose
- Rosa rugosa ‘Robusta’ – rugosa rose
- Sambucas racemosa ‘Lemon Lace’ – elderberry
- Spirea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ – Japanese spirea
- Spirea japonica ‘Walplum’ – Walberton’s Plumtastic spirea
- Weigela florida ‘Alexandra Wine & Roses’
- Weigela florida ‘Sonic Bloom Wine’
Perennials
- Agastache foeniculum ‘Mango Tango’ – anise hyssop
- Aquilegia vulgaris – columbine
- Dryopteris marginalis – leatherwood fern
- Geranium cinereum ‘Laurence Flatman’ – cranesbill geranium
- Hosta plantaginea
- Penstemon fruticosus – shrubby penstemon
- Penstemon rupicola – cliff beardstongue
- Penstemon venustus – elegant penstemon
- Sempervivum techtorum – hen and chicks
- Sidalcea oregana – Oregon checker mallow
- Solidago dansolitlem ‘Little Lemon’ – goldenrod
- Trillium luteum – yellow trillium
