Four Seasons Garden
Overview
Year-round interest with minimal care are key to maintaining 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.
Four Seasons Garden Plant List
| # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common Name | Tree | Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsuga mertensiana | mountain hemlock | * | ||
| 2 | Cedrus atlantica | 'Glauca Pendula' | weeping blue atlas cedar | * | |
| 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 | Rhododendron degronianum ssp. yakushimanum | 'Ken Janick' | |||
| 11 | Camellia 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 | 'Baggesen's Gold' | box honeysuckle | ||
| 17 | Oxydendrum arboreum | sourwood; sorrell tree | * | ||
| 18 | Primula auricula | double primrose | |||
| 19 | Rhododendron viscosum | 'Milleneum' | deciduous azalea | ||
| 20 | Rhododendron | 'Ring of Fire' | |||
| 21 | Rhododendron | 'Seaview Sunset' | |||
| 22 | Chamaecyparis pisifera aurea nana | 'Wells TM 'Sunball' | 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 | Ameria maritima | sea thrift; sea pink | |||
| 28 | Aconitum | 'Bressingham Spire' | monkshood | ||
| 29 | Euonymus alatus | 'Compactus' | dwarf burning bush | ||
| 30 | Hosta fortunei | 'Francee' | |||
| 31 | Hosta fortunei | 'Hyacinthia' | |||
| 32 | Hosta | 'Gold Standard' | |||
| 33 | Fatsia japonica | 'Spider Web' | |||
| 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 | Sedum | 'Autumn Joy' | stonecrop | ||
| 41 | Malus | 'Bailears' | ruby tears flowering crabapple | * | |
| 42 | Carex oshimensis | 'Evergold' | sedge | ||
| 43 | Thymus lanuginosus | wooly thyme | |||
| 44 | Primula pubescens | primrose | |||
| 45 | Campanula persicifolia | 'Chettle Charm' | peach-leaved bellflower | ||
| 46 | Colchicum autumnale | autumn crocus | |||
| 47 | Ligularia dentata | 'Desdemona' | bigleaf ligularia; leopard plant | ||
| 48 | Heuchera | 'Marmadade' | coral bells | ||
| 49 | Fillipendula rubra | queen of the prairie | |||
| 50 | Hesperantha coccinea | crimson flag | |||
| 51 | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |||
| 52 | Iberis sempervirens | evergreen or 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 | Arthyrium niponicum picturn | painted fern | |||
| 58 | Chionodoxa luciliae | 'Glory of the Snow' | |||
| 59 | Anemone nimorosa | wood anemone | |||
| 60 | Tradescantia | 'Blue & Gold' | spiderwort | ||
| 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 |