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Latin
Name |
Cultivar |
Common
name |
Bed |
Count |
Height/Size |
Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buxus x 'Green Velvet' | N/A | Green Velvet boxwood | A | 54 plants | 15-18" | 3' |
| Actaea simplex | 'Brunette' | Autumn Snakeroot | A | 140 plants | quart | 18" |
| Caryopteris incana | Sunshine Blue' | Sunshine Blue | A | 45 plants | 3 gallon | 3-4' |
| Artemisia | 'Powis Castle' | Wormwood | A | 150 plants | quart | 18" |
| Ilex glabra | 'Nigra' | Inkberry | A | 28 plants | 3 gallon | 4-5' |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | 'The Blues' | Bluestem | A | 90 plants | quart | 18" |
| Hydrangea serrata | 'Preziosa' | Preziosa Hydrangea | A | 16 plants | 24-30" | 4' |
| Vitex agnus-cactus | N/A | Chastetree | A | 9 plants | 3 gallon | 5' |
| Penstemon digitalis | 'Husker Red' | Penstemon | A | 90 plants | quart | 24" |
| Buxus x 'Green Velvet' | N/A | Green Velvet boxwood | B | 64 plants | 15-18" | 3' |
| Stephanandra incisa | Crispa' | Lace Shrub | B | 30 plants | quart | 2' |
| Nepeta x faassenii | Walker's Low' | Catnip | B | 95 plants | quart | 24" |
| Phlox paniculata | 'Robert Poore' | Garden Phlox | B | 135 plants | quart | 3' |
| Epimedium x rubrum | N/A | Red Barrenwort | B | 125 plants | quart | 18" |
| Iris Siberica | 'Caeser's Brother' | Siberian Iris | B | 80 plants | gallon | 2' |
| Festuca glauca | 'Blue Glow' | Blue Fescue | B | 150 plants | quart | 18" |
| Baptisia | 'Purple Smoke' | Wild Indigo | B | 60 plants | quart | 3' |
| Stewartia pseudocamellia | N/A | Japanese Stewartia | B | 1 tree | tree | 6-8' |
| Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum | Plum Delight' | B | 2 plants | |||
| Thuja occidentalis | 'Holmstrup' | American Arborvitae | C | 22 plants | 5 gallon | 3' |
| Euphorbia myrsinites | N/A | Myrtle Euphorbia | C | 115 plants | quart | 18" |
| Perovskia atriplicifolia | N/A | Russian Sage | C | 50 plants | quart | 3' |
| Gaura lindheimeri | 'Whirling Butterflies' | Gaura | C | 60 plants | quart | 2' |
| Halesia diptera | N/A | Two-winged Silverbell | C | 2 trees | 8-10- | |
| Magnolia acuminata | 'Butterflies' | Cucumber Tree | C | 1 tree | 8-10' | |
| Carex elata | Bowles Golden' | Tufted sedge | C | 50 plants | quart or gallon | 3' |
| Rosa chinensis | 'Mutabilis' | Mutabilis Rose | C | 13 plants | 3' | 8' |
| Aruncus dioicus | N/A | Goatsbeard | C | 50 plants | quart | 2' |
| Buxus x 'Green Velvet' | N/A | Green Velvet boxwood | C | 26 plants | 15-18" | 3' |
| Lavandula x intermedia | 'Grosso' | Lavander | D | 60 plants | quart | 3' |
| Rosa | 'Marie Pavie' | Marie Pavie Rose | D | 55 plants | 3 year old | 3' |
| Thuja occidentalis | 'Holmstrup' | American Arborvitae | D | 21 plants | 5 gallon | 3' |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | N/A | Muhly Grass | D | 120 plants | quart | 24" |
| Hakonechloa macra | 'Aureola' | Golden Variegated Hakone Grass | D | 200 plants | quart | 24" |
| Panicum virgatum | 'Heavy Metal' | Heavy Metal Panicum | D | 70 plants | quart | 18" |
| Rosa | 'Knockout' | Knockout rose | D | 15 plants | 3 year old | 12' |
| Cladrastus lutea | N/A | Yellow Wood | D | 3 trees | 8-10' | 8-10' |
| Buxus sempervirens | 'Green Gem' | Small-leaved boxwood | D | 26 plants | 15-18" | 3' |
| Geranium, Cranesbill | 'Rosanne' | Cranesbill geranium | E | 125 plants | quart | 24" |
| Lagerstroemia x Natchez | Natchez' | Crepe Myrtle | E | 3trees | 8-10' | |
| Styrax obassia | N/A | Fragrant Snowbell | E | 3 trees | 6-8' | |
| Tiarella wherryi | 'Oakleaf' | Wherry's foamflower | E | 145 plants | quart | 24" |
| Buxus sempervirens | 'Green Gem' | Small-leaved boxwood | E | 48 plants | 15-18" | 3' |
| Carex buchananii | N/A | Leatherleaf Sedge | E | 90 plants | quart | 2' |
| Veronica | 'Goodness Grows' | Goodness Grows Veronica | E | 100 plants | quart | 24" |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | 'Bressingham Doubloon' | Ox eye | E | 100 plants | quart | 24" |
| Astilbe x arendsii | 'Fanal' | Fanal Astilbe | E | 150 plants | gallon | 24" |
| Stipa tenuissima | 'Ponytails' | Mexican feather grass | E | 140 plants | quart | 24" |
| Convallaria majalis | 'Bordeaux' | Lily of the Valley | F | 40 flats | 8" | |
| Lagerstroemia x fauriei | N/A | Fauri's Crepe Myrtle | F | 9 trees | 8-10' | |
| Geranium macrorrhizum | N/A | Bigfoot Geranium | F | 300 plants | quart | 24" |
| Buxus sempervirens | 'Green Gem' | Small-leaved boxwood | F | 46 plants | 15-18" | 3' |
| Eupatorium purpureum | N/A | Purple Joe Pye Weed | F | 14 plants | 24-36" | 4' |
| Scabiosa columbaria | 'Pink Mist' | Pink Mist Scabiosa | F | 140 plants | quart | 16" |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | N/A | Ostrich fern | F | 300 plants | quart | 24" |
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