Four Seasons Garden

Year-round interest is the key to this diverse mixed border garden. A rail fence, trees, and shrubs form a backdrop for perennials, vines and biennials punctuated by running ground covers. Annuals and bulbs add a pop of seasonal color. Evergreens and foundation specimens anchor the garden's silhouette.

The Four Seasons Garden

is a succession of color throughout the year!

Camelia japonica blooming in February!

A spring time iris!

Rhododendron 'Ring of Fire' blooming in May is always an attention getter.

Nigella damascena, commonly known as Love in a Mist, is a lovely, delicate lovely annual that reseeds itself here and there through the garden in early summer.

Filipendula rubra commonly known as Queen of the Prairie. This summer bloomer waves its sprays of small pink flowers.

Hydrangea anomala petiolaris, a climbing hydrangea that adds to our summer blooms and accents our metal trellis.

Flowers of Kousa dogwood, a June blooming dogwood.

Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' with its dinner plate size blooms draws lots of attention during the summer.

August brings a blast of summer color with this Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona' a bigleaf ligularia also known as leopard plant. Especially striking because it's a shade plant!

The brilliant red bush is Euonymus alatus "Compactus' commonly known as burning bush. It is at its peak color in this September picture.

A September bloomer, Heptacodium miconioides, commonly known as seven sons plant has white flower clusters followed by vivid red bracts that last through October.

Bark can be beautiful and striking as shown by the bark of this Parrotia persica, known as Persian ironwood. It can really draw our attention in winter when the garden doesn't have as much vivid color.

Hellebore brightens up the garden from November through March with various varieties.

Listed below are some of the exciting and colorful options that can be found in the Four Seasons Garden!

#	Botanical Name	Cultivar	Common name	Tree	Native
1	Tsuga mertensiana		mountain hemlock	*	*
2	Cupressus macrocarpa	'Wilma'	Monterey cypress	*
3	Parrotia persica		Persian ironwood	*
4	Cyclamen hederifolium		hardy cyclamen, fall blooming
5	Acer griseum		paperbark maple	*
6	Sarcococca humulis		sweet box
7	Stewartia pseudocamellia		Japanese stewartia	*
8	Rhododendron caucasicum	'Christmas Cheer'
9	Euphorbia griffithii	'Fireglow'	spurge
10	Saxifraga x urbium	'Aureopunctata'	variegated London's Pride saxifrage
11	Camellia x williamsii	'Donation'
12	Camellia japonica		Japanese camellia, rose of winter
13	Hydrangea macrophylla		mophead hydrangea
14	Osmanthus heterophyllus	'Variegatus'	variegated false holly	*
15	Rhododendron	'Silver Skies'
16	Lonicera nitida	'Baggesens Gold'	box honeysuckle
17	Oxydendrum arboreum		sourwood, sorrell tree	*
18	Primula x pubescens		double primrose
19	Rhododendron viscosum	'Milleneum'	deciduous azalea
20	Rhododendron	'Ring of Fire'
21	Rhododendron	'Seaview Sunset'
22	Chamaecyparis pisifera	'Aurea Nana' (Sunball TM)	sawara false cypress	*
23	Prunus laurocerasus	'Mount Vernon'	English laurel
24	Cornus kousa		kousa dogwood	*
25	Sequoia sempervirens	'Adpressa'	coast redwood	*
26	Acer palmatum	'Garnet'	Japanese maple	*
27	Armeria maritima		sea thrift, sea pink
28	Saxifraga x urbium	'Primuloides'	dwarf London’s Pride saxifrage
29	Euonymus alatus	'Compactus'	dwarf burning bush
30	Hosta fortunei	'Francee'
31	Hosta fortunei	'Hyacinthia'
32	Hosta	'Gold Standard'
33	Actaea matsumurae	'White Pearl'	Japanese bugbane
34	Rhododendron	'Northern Hi-Lights'	azalea
35	Rhododendron	'Klondyke'	azalea
36	Hydrangea arborescens	'Annabelle'	smooth azalea
37	Helleborus
38	Clematis	'Nelly Moser'	early large flowered clematis
39	Heptacodium miconioides		seven sons' plant, autumn lilac
40	Narcissus	'Tete-a-tete'
41	Malus	'Bailears'	ruby tears flowering crabapple	*
42	Carex oshimensis	'Evergold'	sedge
43	Thymus lanuginosus		wooly thyme
44	Primula vulgaris		primrose
45	Campanula persicifolia	'Chettle Charm'	peach-leaved bellflower
46	Colchicum autumnale		autumn crocus
47	Ligularia dentata	'Desdemona	bigleaf ligularia, leopard plant
48	Heuchera	'Marmalade'	coral bells
49	Fillipendula rubra		queen of the prairie
50	Hesperantha coccinea		crimson flag
51	Galanthus nivalis		snowdrop
52	Iberis sempervirens		evergreen candytuft, perennial candytuft
53	Aster dumosus	'Wood's Purple'
54	Chamaecyparis obtusa	'Aurorea'	golden hinoki cypress
55	Dryopteris filix-mas		male fern		*
56	Polyshichum polyblepharum		tassle fern
57	Athyrium niponicum var. pictum		painted fern
58	Chionodoxa luciliae	'Glory of the Snow'
59	Anemone nimorosa		wood anemone
60	Geum		avens
61	Hydrangea petiolaris		climbing hydrangea
62	Astilbe		astilbe
63	Polemonium reptans		Jacob's ladder
64	Actaea simplex	'Black Negligee'
65	Crocosmia	'George Davidson'
66	Phygelius rectus	'Moonraker'	cape fuchsia
67	Phygelius capensis		cape fuchsia
68	Cupressus sempervirens		Italian cypress	*
69	Adiantum pedatum		five finger maidenhair fern		*
70	Adiantum venustum		Himalayan maidenhair fern
71	vacant
72	Iris		yellow-unknown variety
73	Iris		purple-unknown variety
74	Penstemon x hybrid	'Quartz Rose'	beard tongue
75	Penstemon x hybrid	'Dark Towers	beard tongue
76	Gaultheria procumbens	'Winter Splash'	wintergreen
77	Lysmachia	'P’ersian Chocolate'	loosestrife, moneywort
78	Pentemon	'ChaCha Cherry'
79	Andromeda polifloia	'Blue Ice'	bog rosemary
80	Erysimum x linifolium	'Bowles Mauve'	wallflower