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…
The porte-cochere landscape bed was installed after the Bush House and property became a City park. Roughly one-third of the bed consists of annual plantings, often tulips in the spring followed by a second planting of later annuals, while the remaining two-thirds consists of trees and shrubs, including: Trees Betula pendula (Silver Birch) Cornus sp. (Dogwood) Shrubs…
Bed 513-the Dogwood Bed-on the grounds of the Bush House Museum includes: Trees Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood) Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ (‘Golden Glory’ Cornelian Cherry) Corylus avellana cv. (Hazelnut) Heptacodium micenoides (Seven Sons’ Tree) Shrubs & Subshrubs Duetzia x ‘Cherry Blossom’ Hydrangea macrophylla cv. (Mophead Hydrangea selection) Hydrangea serrata ‘Preziosa’ Lagerstroemia x ‘Enduring Summer Fuchsia’…
Bed 512-the Trident Maple Bed-contains: Trees Trident maple (Acer buergeranum) Shrubs & Subshrubs Silver Showers Mock Orange (Philadelphus x lemoinei ‘Silberregan’) Bridalwreath Spirea (Spirea x vanhouttei) Perennials, Vines & Grasses Barrenwort (Epimedium), Unknown species or cultivar Bronze Peacock Rodgersia (Rodgersia pinnata ‘Bronze Peacock) Huechera cvs. Golden Panda Fumewort (Corydalis flexuosa ‘Golden Panda’) ‘Brilliance’ Autumn Fern…