Winter Garden, Dry Garden & Sensory Garden Improvement Projects

Winter Garden
The following perennials were planted along the lawn in the northernmost corner of the Winter Garden on 10/27/18.
Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle) 3
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) 3
Penstemon x mexicali (Mexicali Beardtongue) 5

Dry Garden
The following perennials & shrubs were planted along the stairs in the Dry Garden on 10/27/18.
Antennaria dioica 'Rubra' (Pink Pussy-Toes) 1
Dorycnium hirsutum (Hairy Canary Clover) 3
Gypsophila cerastioides (Clumping Baby's Breath) 1
Gypsophila repens 'Rosea' (Pink Creeping Baby's Breath) 1
Penstemon eatonii (Eaton's Beardtongue) 4

Sensory Garden
The following perennials & shrubs were planted along the lawn in the in the Sensory Garden on 10/27/18.
Dorycnium hirsutum (Hairy Canary Clover) 3
Penstemon eatonii (Eaton's Beardtongue) 2

Sensory Garden Improvement Project

After 5 cubic yards of compost was spread at the October work party, these plants were installed in the Sensory Garden on 10/9/16. At the same time, new plants were added to the Winter Garden in the area where these 2 gardens meet. A rose & 2 Osmanthus x burkwoodii were removed from the Sensory Garden. Very little else was growing in this area at that time. The 5 lowest branches of the Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) were removed.

Shrubs

Mahonia repens (Creeping Mahonia)
Hebe ‘Western Hills’ (Veronica)
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ (Oakleaf Hydrangea)
Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ (St John’s Wort)
Olearia x haastii (Daisy Bush)
Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Ogon’ (Golden False Holly)

Perennials
Alchemilla mollis (Lady’s Mantle)
Carex dolichostachya ‘Kaga Nishiki’ (Gold Fountain Sedge)
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Flaming Iris)
Echinacea purpurea ‘Now Cheesier’ (Coneflower)
Epimedium grandiflorum ’Pseudo-Larchmont’ (Barrenwort)
Epimedium x youngianum ‘Roseum’ (Barrenwort)
Erigeron karvinskianus (Santa Barbara Daisy)
Geranium macrorrhizum (Cranesbill)
Lilium auratum (Gold Band Lily)
Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’ (Big Blue Lily Turf)
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain Grass)
Penstemon serrulatus (Cascades Beardtongue)
Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Licorice Fern)
Scilla peruviana (Giant Squill)

Groundcovers
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Vancouver Jade’ (Kinnikinnick)
Sedum hybridum ‘Immergrunchen’ (Stonecrop)
Sedum palmeri (Stonecrop)
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ (Stonecrop)
Sedum sexangulare (Stonecrop) 

Sensory Garden Plant List

The Sensory Garden is located west of the path, across from the Native Garden, south of the Winter garden & north of the Dry Garden.

Trees

Betula pendula 'Purpurea'  (Purple Birch)

Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura Tree)

Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' (Limber Pine)

Shrubs

Buddleia davidii 'Harlequin' (Butterfly Bush)
Clerodendrum trichotomum (Harlequin Glorybower): 2
Dorycnium hirsutum (Hairy Canary Clover) added in October 2018

Eleagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge' (Silverberry)
Itea japonica 'Beppu' (Dwarf Japanese Sweetspire)

Osmanthus x burkwoodii (Burkwood Osmanthus)

Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert' (Rugosa Rose)

Perennials 

Agapanthus campanulatus added in October 2017
Festuca ovina var. glauca (Blue Fescue)

Helleborus argutifolius (Corsican Hellebore)
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' added in October 2017
Heuchera x villosa 'Caramel' added in October 2017

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' (Maiden Grass)

Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' (Oregano)
Pennisetum alopecuroides added in October 2017
Penstemon eatonii (Eaton's Beardtongue) added in October 2018 

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ears)

Groundcovers

Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
Sedum 'Angelina' added in October 2017
Sedum kamtschaticum added in October 2017
Sedum oreganum added in October 2017
Sedum spathulifolium 'Carnea' added in October 2017

Sedum spurium (Stonecrop)

Sensory Garden Plant Photos

Betula pendula 'Purpurea' (Purple Birch) May 2013

Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura Tree) May 2013

Eleagnus ebbingei 'Gilt Edge' (Silverberry) June 2013

Helleborus argutifolius (Corsican Hellebore) May 2013

Clerodendrum trichotomum (Harlequin Glorybower) June 2013