9.22.2011

Pierson Park Ornamental Community Garden

Hen & Chicks Sempervivium

Purpletop Vervain Verbena bonariensis




Pierson Park Ornamental Community Garden Plant List
  • Wormwood Artemesia 'Powis Castle'
  • Prostrate Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'
  • Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
  • English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia
  • Garden Sage Salvia officinalis
  • Petunia
  • Jerusalem Sage Phlomis fruticosa
  • Licorice Plant Helichrysum petiolare
  • Mexican Feather Grass Nassella tenuissima
  • Purpletop Vervain Verbena bonariensis
  • Hen & Chicks Sempervivium
  • White Climbing Rose Rosa
  • Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus
  • Autumn Sage Salvia greggii
  • Blue Fescue Festuca glauca
  • Variegated New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax
  • Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus
  • Rose Rosa
  • Low-growing Lamb's Ears Stachys
  • Canna Canna

7.11.2011

HBGF Rainbow Exhibition Garden at Redwood Acres


Redwood Acres HBGF Exhibition Garden

The Redwood Acres HBGF Exhibition Garden's design was inspired by the Dedekam Ornamental Terrace Garden at the Humboldt Botanical Gardens.


HBGF Dedekam Ornamental Terrace Garden Rainbow Inspired Design


The garden moves from one band of color to the next.  Plants were selected for their foliage or flower color, hardiness and overall quality and then organized based on their strongest color attribute whether flower or foliage.

Plant List*

Red
Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet'
Berberis thunbergi 'Helmond Pillar'
Coreopsis verticillata 'Limerock Ruby'
Rosa Meidiland Scarlet

Orange 
Geum chiloense 'Princess Juliana'
Helianthemum nummularium 'Ben Nevis'

Yellow
Hemerocallis 'Stella d'Oro'
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Spirea japonica 'Goldmound'
White
Artemesia 'Powis Castle'
Cerastium tomentosum
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Rosa 'Starry Night'

Blue 
Geranium pratense x 'Blue Sunrise'
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue'
Picea pungens 'Globulosa'

Purple 
Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'
Nepeta faassanii
Penstemon x gloxinoides 'Midnight'

Pink
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Rosa 'Cecile Brunner'
*Some substitutions were made out of necessity


Above a contemporary Piet Oudolf inspired bench is set into the planting bed, which invites the user into the garden moving it beyond the typical look-at-only landscaping.

6.17.2011

Humboldt Botanical Gardens Dedekam Ornamental Terrace Garden

Rosa 'Knockout'

Geum chiloense 'Mrs. Bradshaw'

Dwarf Mouse-Eared Tickseed Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana'

Alstormeria

Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'

Rose Glow Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' in Foreground

Opal Coral Bells Heuchera 'Opal' in Bloom

Cordyline 'Electric Pink' at Center

Charming Mounds of Dianthus gratianopoitanus 'Firewitch' Approaching the Corner of the Bed


Eryngium tripartitum in Flower


Geranium 'Rozanne'





Walker's Low Catmint Nepeta faasseneii in Foreground