Bed 529 contains: Trees Chamaecyparis thyoides – Atlantic White Cedar Malus cv. – propagated from L&S Gaiety Hollow garden crabapple Malus seiboldii var. arborescens (Toringo Crabapple) Pices pungens ‘Iseli Foxtail’ (‘Foxtail’ Colorado Blue Spruce) Shrubs & Subshrubs Abelia x grandiflora (Glossy Abelia( Berberis x ottawensis ‘Silver Miles’ Berberis thunbergia ‘Admiration’ Berberis thunbergia ‘Sunjoy Neo’ Cotoneaster…
Bed 528 contains: Trees Malus hupensis Shrubs & Subshrubs Rhododendron sp. – deciduous azalea
(remove bird cherry, crabapple seedling, etc.) – add Kolkwitzia/lilac – ‘Ivory . . .’/ Deutzia, Viburnum. . .
Landscape Bed 526 contains: Trees Cedrus sp. Cornus florida Oxydendron arboretum Pinus contorta Shrubs Abelia x grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) Camellia sasanqua ‘Mine-no-yuki’ (White Doves Winter Camellia) Hamamelis vernalis ‘Lombart’s Weeping‘ (Lombart’s Weeping Witch Hazel) Perennials Paeonia mlokosewitschii (Molly-the-Witch Peony)
Trees Shrubs & Subshrubs Calycanthus sp. Berberis sp. Calluna vulgaris ‘Anthony Davis’ Erica carnea ‘Springwood White’
Bed 524 contains: Trees Hamamelis vernalis Shrubs and Subshrubs Corylopsis spicata ‘Aurea’ Perennials & Vines Huchera cv. Geophytes Crocus tommasinianus
Bed 523-the Camas bed-is one of the earliest landscape beds in the park, dating back to the era of Miss Sally Bush at the turn of the 20th Century. It originally contained bearded iris, but transitioned to a tree and shrub bed between the 1930’s and 1960’s. Currently, the bed contains: Trees Magnolia soulangeana (Saucer…
Bed 522-the Lady Jane bed-contains: Trees Magnolia soulangeana (Saucer Magnolia) Malus cv. (Crabapple Selection) Shrubs & Subshrubs Sorbaria sorbifolia (Ural False Spirea) Rhododendron sp. (Exbury Deciduous Azalea) Bulbs, Rhizomes, Tubers & Corms Tulipa clusiana ‘Lady Jane‘ (Lady Jane Candlestick Tulip)
This small bed is located in The Orchard and it was likely installed between 1939 and 1972. The presence of a Deutzia cultivar hints at the involvement of Lord & Schryver. The bed contains: Punica grantaum (Pomegranate) Deutzia cultivar Philadelphus cultivar A sword fern (Polystichum munitum) has self-seeded into the bed. The small boulder is…
(Vaccinium ovatum, snowberry, Halesia, Rhododendron ponticum?)