Within a white picket fence and two arches is a collection of perennials and longer blooming annual flowers such as sweet alyssum, celosia, and zinnias, and self-seeding annuals such as foxglove and sunflowers, alongside spring flowering bulbs. They create a colorful picture of a cottage garden.
This garden is named for Homer McNeill, an advocate for the Community Education Garden as a community education resource and a knowledgeable and dedicated Master Gardener.
This plant list is current as of February 2025.
Bulbs
- Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ – ornamental onion
- Allium ampeloprasum – ornamental onion
- Allium giganteum – ornamental onion
- Crocus tomasinianus ‘Barr’s Purple’
- Lilium – Asiatic lilies
- Narcissus pseudonarcissus – daffodil
- Scilla Siberica – Siberian squill
- Tulipa bakeri ‘Lilac Wonder’ – tulip
Perennials
- Chrysanthemum indicum ‘Ryan’s Yellow’
- Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Candystripe’
- Dianthus plumarius – pinks
- Delphinium elatum ‘New Zealand Stars’
- Lavendula ‘Hidcote’ – lavender
- Liatris spicata ‘Kabold’
- Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Cream Puff’ – shasta daisy
- Lobelia Cardinalis – cardinal flower
- Lychisis chalcedonica – Maltese cross
- Mellissa officinalis – lemon balm
- Moluccella lavis – bells of Ireland
- Monarda – bee balm
- Nautica Macidona
- Paeona itoh ‘Canary brilliants’ – peony
- Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ – peony
- Penstemon barbatus ‘Scarlet Bugler’
- Phlox paniculata
- Ratibida columnifera – Mexican hat flower, prairie coneflower
- Rudbeckia hirta – black-eyed Susan
- Rudbeckia triloba – brown -eyed Susan
- Salvia officinalis – garden sage
Shrubs
- Daphne ordora ‘Marianni’
Tubers
- Dahlia pinnata
Vines
- Campsis radicans ‘Crimson Trumpet’ – trumpet vine
- Clematis ‘Jackmanii’
- Clematis paniculata ‘Niobe’
- Lonicera japonica – honeysuckle
