The Ornamental Border at Bradner Gardens Park

Friday, June 28, 2013

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

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Roses in the Ornamental Border

Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'. May 2013. Located in the Sensory Garden.

Rosa rugosa 'Hansa'. May 2013. Located in the Winter Garden.

These are Hybrid Rugosas. Derived from Rosa rugosa from Japan and Korea beginning in the 1880s, these vigorous roses are extremely hardy with excellent disease resistance. Most are extremely fragrant, repeat bloomers with moderately double flat flowers. The defining characteristic of a Hybrid Rugosa rose is its wrinkly leaves, but some hybrids do lack this trait. These roses will often set hips.

Rosa 'Compte de Chambord'. June 2013. Located in the Sensory Garden. This is a Portland Rose. This group of roses was named after the Duchess of Portland who received (from Italy about 1775) a rose then known as Rosa paestana (now known simply as 'The Portland Rose'). The whole class of Portland roses was developed from that one rose. The first repeat-flowering class of rose with fancy European-style blossoms, the plants tend to be fairly short and shrubby, with a suckering habit, with proportionately short flower stalks. The main flowering is in the summer, but intermittent flowers continue into the autumn.

Rosa 'Kathleen'. May 2013. Located in the Fragrance Garden. This is a Hybrid Musk Rose used as a climber on the trellis. Although they arose too late to qualify technically as Old Garden Roses, the hybrid musks are often informally classed with them, since their growth habits and care are much more like the Old Garden Roses than Modern Roses. The hybrid musk group was mainly developed by Joseph Pemberton, a British rosarian, in the first decades of the 20th century. Hybrid Musks are disease-resistant, repeat flowering and generally cluster-flowered, with a strong, characteristic scent. The stems tend to be lax and arching, with limited thorns.

Rosa 'Königin von Dänemark' (Queen of Denmark). June 2013. Located in the Sensory Garden. This is an Alba Rose. Alba Roses are derived from Rosa arvensis and the closely allied Rosa x alba. The latter species is a hybrid of Rosa gallica and Rosa canina. This group contains some of the oldest garden roses. The shrubs flower once yearly in the spring or early summer with scented blossoms of white or pale pink. They frequently have gray-green foliage and a vigorous or climbing habit of growth. Königin von Dänemark (1826) is one of the few pink albas and one of the most popular.

Unidentified Rose. May 2013. Located in the Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Winter Garden Plant List

The winter garden is the largest garden in the border. It is located south of the east parking area, on both sides of the path, as far as the sensory & native gardens.

Trees

Acer buergerianum (Trident Maple)

Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple)

Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple)

Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ (Contorted Hazel)

Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ (Witch Hazel)

Rhus typhina ‘Laciniata’ (Sumac)

Shrubs
Aucuba japonica ‘Picturata’ (Japanese Laurel, Aoki, Gold Dust Plant): added in 2014
Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' added in 2015

Berberis x stenophylla 'Corallina Compacta' (Compact Coral Barberry)

Berberis verruculosa (Warty Barberry) verruculosa means warty

Camellia sasanqua ‘Hana Jiman’ (Sasanqua Camellia)

Ceanothus ‘Joyce Coulter’ (California Lilac)

Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange)

Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-marginata’ (Siberian Dogwood)

Daphne x burkwoodii ‘Somerset’ (Somerset Daphne)

Drimys lanceolata (Mountain Pepper)

Elaeagnus pungens ‘Maculata’ (Thorny Olive) maculata means spotted

Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’ (Wintercreeper)
Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' added in October 2015

Hebe buxifolia (Boxleaf Hebe)

Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’ (Fetter Bush, Dog Hobble): added in 2014

Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Scarletta’ (Fetter Bush, Dog Hobble): added in 2014

Mahonia x media ‘Arthur Menzies’ (no common name)

Nandina domestica ‘Purple Passion’ (Heavenly Bamboo)

Osmanthus x burkwoodii (Burkwood Osmanthus)

Pinus mugo (Swiss Mountain Pine)

Rosa glauca (Redleaf Rose)

Rosa rugosa ‘Hansa’ (Sea Tomato)

Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis (Dwarf Sweet Box): added in 2014

Sarcococca ruscifolia (Sweet Box): added in 2014

Skimmia japonica (Japanese Skimmia, Miyama Shikimi): added in 2014
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Lingonberry)

Perennials

Alchemilla mollis (Lady’s Mantle)

Anemone x hybrida (Japanese Anemone)

Crocosmia masoniorum (Flaming Iris)
Epimedium x rubrum (Barrenwort) added in October 2015
Epimedium versicolor 'Sulphureum' (Barrenwort) added in October 2015

Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten Rose)

Iris ‘Root Beer’ (Bearded Iris)

Iris douglasiana ‘Alba’ (Douglas Iris) alba means white
Narcissus 'Ice Follies' (Daffodil) added in November 2015

Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ (Black Mondo Grass)
Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Licorice Fern) added in October 2015

Saxifraga x urbium (London Pride)

Groundcovers, Trailers & Vines

Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’ (Carpet Bugle): added in 2014

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)

Clematis lanuginosa ‘Candida’ (Clematis) lanuginosa means woolly

Fragaria chiloensis (Sand Strawberry)
Fragaria vesca (Woodland Strawberry): added in 2014

Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver' (Dead Nettle) added in 2014

Rubus pentalobus ‘Emerald Carpet’ (Creeping Bramble)

Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine)

Viola riviana (Purple Dog Violet)

The perennial border lies along the west edge of the winter garden. It was added in fall 2014 & extended to the edge of the Sensory Garden in fall 2016.

Perennial Border
Alchemilla mollis 'Auslese' (Lady's Mantle) added in 2015
Campanula poscharskyana (Serbian Bellflower) added in 2015

Echinacea purpurea ‘PowWow White’ (White Coneflower): added in 2014
Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star' (Pink Coneflower) added in 2015
Geranium 'Ann Folkard' (Cranesbill) added in 2015
Lamium maculatum ‘Aureum’ (Golden Dead Nettle) added in 2015

Lilium auratum (Gold Band Lily): added in 2014
Liriope muscari 'Big Blue' (Big Blue Lily Turf) added in 2016
Luzula sylvatica 'Aurea' (Golden Forest Grass) added in 2016

Penstemon x mexicali (Mexicali Beardtongue): added in 2014
Pieris japonica 'Bisbee Dwarf' (Lily of the Valley Shrub) added in 2016

Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’ (Lilac Sage): added in 2014