Naturescape
Overview
As the largest of the mini-gardens, Naturescape is a quiet place to contemplate the natural surroundings. Perennial native and non-native plants attract numerous birds, butterflies, small mammals, amphibians and reptiles. A treed windbreak, meadow and pond accent the plantings.
Naturescape Garden Plant List
| Area | # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | NAL001 | Allium cernuum | nodding onion | |
| Alpine | NAL007 | Erica carnea | 'Springwood White' | winter heath |
| Alpine | NAL012 | Kniphofia uvaria | red-hot poker, torch lily | |
| Alpine | NAL017 | Cyclamen | hardy cyclamen | |
| Alpine | NAL020 | Allium azureum | blue globe onion | |
| Alpine | NAL022 | Galium odoratum | sweet woodruff | |
| Alpine | NAL037 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | lawson false cypress | |
| Alpine | NAL038 | Chamaecyparis obtusa | 'Nana Gracilis' | hinoki cypress |
| Alpine | NAL039 | Ophiopogon formosanum | Taiwan mondo grass | |
| Alpine | NAL046 | Acer palmatum | 'Sango-Kaku' | Japanese coral bark maple |
| Alpine | NAL058 | Geranium phaeum | 'Margaret Wilson' | dusky cranesbill |
| Alpine | NAL077 | Helleborus orientalis | 'Royal Heritage' | lenten rose |
| Alpine | NAL084 | Iberis sempervirens | evergreen candytuft | |
| Alpine | NAL085 | Rhododendron | 'Ramapo' | |
| Alpine | NAL091 | Lavandula angustifolia | 'Mitcham Gray' | lavender |
| Alpine | NAL110 | Saxifraga rosacea | mossy saxifrage | |
| Alpine | NAL112 | Ophiopogon planiscapus | 'Nigrescens' | black mondo grass |
| Alpine | NAL137 | Heuchera | 'Raspberry Chiffon' | coral bells |
| Alpine | NAL146 | Rhododendron roxieanum ? | high altitude asian native rhododendron | |
| Alpine | NAL159 | Hylotelephium (formerly Sedum) erythrostictum | 'Frosty Morn' | |
| Alpine | NAL161 | Hylotelephium spectabile | 'Herbsfreude' | stonecrop |
| Alpine | NAL162 | Sempervivum tectorum | hen and chicks | |
| Alpine | NAL166 | Spirea japonica | 'Magic Carpet' | Japanese spirea |
| Alpine | NAL176 | Festuca glauca | 'Elijah Blue' | blue fescue |
| Alpine | NAL201 | Vaccinium | blueberry | |
| Alpine | NAL209 | Meconopsis cambrica | Welsh poppy | |
| East Bed | NEB006 | Amelanchier canadensis | Eastern serviceberry, Canadian serviceberry | |
| East Bed | NEB009 | Anemone hupehensis | Japanese anemone | |
| East Bed | NEB026 | Ceanothus gloriosus | Point Reyes ceanothus | |
| East Bed | NEB029 | Weigela rosea, syn. W. florida | pink weigela | |
| East Bed | NEB044 | Cornus sericea, syn. C. stolonifera | 'Flaviramea' | golden twig dogwood |
| East Bed | NEB052 | Philadelphus | 'Buckley's Quill' | mock orange, double-flowered |
| East Bed | NEB087 | Cornus comus | stellar pink dogwood | |
| East Bed | NEB098 | Ginkgo biloba | ginkgo, maidenhair tree | |
| East Bed | NEB104 | Miscanthus gracillimus | 'Strictus' | porcupine grass |
| East Bed | NEB108 | Clethra alnifolia | 'Paniculata' | summersweet, sweet pepper bush |
| East Bed | NEB129 | Polygonatum biflorum | Solomon's seal | |
| East Bed | NEB141 | Rhododendron | 'Vera' | |
| East Bed | NEB157 | Cornus florida | flowering dogwood | |
| East Bed | NEB158 | Hesperantha coccinea | crimson flag | |
| East Bed | NEB171 | Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, syn. H. flava | lemon daylily | |
| East Pond | NEP002 | Acer palmatum | Japanese maple | |
| East Pond | NEP003 | Adiantum aleuticum | Western maidenhair fern | |
| East Pond | NEP004 | Spirea bumalda | 'Anthony Waterer' | Japanese spirea, Japanese meadowsweet |
| East Pond | NEP006 | Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry | |
| East Pond | NEP043 | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | |
| East Pond | NEP051 | Hosta | 'Golden Tiara' | plantain lily |
| East Pond | NEP083 | Phedimus kamchaticus | creeping stonecrop | |
| East Pond | NEP105 | Miscanthus sinensis | 'Zebrinus' | zebra grass |
| East Pond | NEP107 | Sambucus nigra | 'Eva' | European elderberry |
| East Pond | NEP113 | Hamamelis | 'Diane' | witch hazel |
| East Pond | NEP133 | Rhododendron | 'Gaiety' | azalea |
| East Pond | NEP183 | Hosta | 'Royal Standard' | plantain lily |
| East Pond | NEP184 | Hosta fortunei | 'Fortunei Aureomarginata' | plantain lily |
| East Pond | NEP185 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily |
| East Pond | NEP186 | Anemone blanda | Grecian windflower | |
| East Pond | NEP200 | Pteridium filix-femina | lady fern | |
| Meadow | NMD116 | Philadelphus lewisii | wild mock orange | |
| Meadow | NMD128 | Pinus wallichiana | Himalayan white pine | |
| Meadow | Allium cernuum | nodding onion | ||
| Meadow | Calimagrostis arundinacea | Korean feather reed grass | ||
| Meadow | Calimagrostis | 'Karl Foerster' | feather reed grass | |
| Meadow | Camassia leichtlinii | camas, white | ||
| Meadow | Camassia quamash | common camas, blue | ||
| Meadow | Fritillaria meleagris | checkered lily | ||
| Meadow | Miscanthus sinesis | 'Little Miss' | dwarf miscanthus | |
| Meadow | Muscari | grape hyacinth | ||
| Meadow | Narcissus | daffodils, a variety | ||
| Meadow | Mollanea caerulea | |||
| Meadow | Panicum virgatum | |||
| Meadow | Pennisetum orientale | 'Karley Rose | oriental fountain grass | |
| Meadow | Deschampsia cespitosa | 'Goldgehaenge' | tufted hair grass | |
| Meadow | Nasella tenuissima | Mexican feather grass | ||
| Meadow | Helenium | 'Rubenzwerg' | sneezeweed | |
| Meadow | Spodipogon sibiricus | frost grass | ||
| North (Back) Pond | NNP004 | Spirea bumalda | 'Anthony Waterer' | Japanese spirea, Japanese meadowsweet |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP030 | Carex buchananii | leatherleaf sedge | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP043 | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP044 | Cornus sericea | 'Flaviramea' | yellow twig dogwood |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP059 | Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe Pye weed | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP061 | Filipendula vulgaris | dropwort | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP065 | Iris sibirica | Siberian iris | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP072 | Phlomis fruticosa | Jerusalem sage | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP076 | Rubus parviflorus | thimbleberry | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP149 | Ribes indecorum | white-flowering currant | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP150 | Ribes sanguineum | red-flowering currant | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP154 | Salix matsudana | 'Tortuosa' | corkscrew willow |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP156 | Lonicera involucrata | twinberry, bush honeysuckle | |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP169 | Panicum virgatum | 'Shenandoah' | switchgrass |
| North (Back) Pond | NNP174 | Weigela florida | 'Variegata' | variegated weigela |
| Northeast Entry | NNE016 | Aruncus dioicus | goatsbeard | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE024 | Calamagrostis | 'Karl Foerster' | feather reed grass |
| Northeast Entry | NNE056 | Lamprocapnos (formerly Dicentra) cucullaria | Dutchman's breeche,s bleeding heart, | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE079 | Polemonium caeruleum | 'White Pearl' | Jacob's ladder |
| Northeast Entry | NNE105 | Miscanthus sinensis | 'Zebrinus' | zebra grass |
| Northeast Entry | NNE114 | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 'Moudry' | black fountain grass |
| Northeast Entry | NNE116 | Philadelphus lewisii | wild mock orange | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE117 | Phlox paniculata | 'Orange King' | summer phlox |
| Northeast Entry | NNE117 | Phlox paniculata | 'Franz Schubert' | summer phlox |
| Northeast Entry | NNE127 | Cercis canadensis | eastern redbud | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE134 | Rhododendron | 'Cheer' | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE135 | Rhododendron | 'Holden' | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE138 | Rhododendron | 'Roseum Elegans' | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE144 | Erica carnea | spring/winter heath | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE152 | Rosa rugosa | sea tomato | |
| Northeast Entry | NNE155 | Miscanthus sinensis | 'Morning Light' | eulalia grass; variegated maiden grass |
| Northeast Entry | NNE170 | Alchemilla mollis | lady's mantle | |
| Pond | Nymphaea | waterlily - pale yellow | ||
| Pond | Nymphaea | waterlily - pinkish | ||
| Pond | Thalia dealbata | powdery alligator-flag | ||
| South (Front) Pond | NSP019 | Berberis thunbergii | 'Crimson Pygmy' | dwarf barberry |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP028 | Lilium | 'Star Gazer' | star gazer lily |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP031 | Heuchera villosa | 'Dark Secret' | coral bells |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP033 | Heuchera | 'Obsidian' | coral bells |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP068 | Geranium pratense | 'Brookside' | hardy geranium |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP069 | Geranium sanguineum | 'Album' | cranesbill, white |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP081 | Heuchera | 'Purple Prince' | coral bells |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP086 | Iris douglasiana | Pacific coast beardless (rhizomatous) iris | |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP088 | Cistus corbariensis | rock rose, white | |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP090 | Kolkwitzia amabilis | beautybush | |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP093 | Pieris japonica | 'Valley Rose' | valley rose pieris |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP103 | Mahonia repens | creeping Oregon grape | |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP114 | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 'Moudry' | black fountain grass |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP178 | Crocosmia masoniorum | 'Lucifer' | montbretia |
| South (Front) Pond | NSP183 | Hosta | 'Royal Standard' | plantain lily |
| South Bed "A" | NSA011 | Aquilegia formosa | western columbine, red | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA013 | Helleborus | hellebore | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA018 | Astilbe simplicifolia | 'Inshriach Pink' | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA032 | Carpinus betulus | European hornbeam | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA041 | Cornus canadensis | bunchberry | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA053 | Viburnum davidii | David viburnum | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA054 | Epimedium grandiflorum | bishop's hat | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA057 | Erica | 'Furzey' | heath |
| South Bed "A" | NSA060 | Bergenia cordifolia | 'Winter Glow' | pig squeak |
| South Bed "A" | NSA067 | Gaultheria shallon | salal | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA074 | Trientalis borealis | native starflower | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA075 | Heuchera (Darlene has for now) | 'Kassandra' | coral bells |
| South Bed "A" | NSA092 | Carex | sedge | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA094 | Leycesteria formosa | Himalayan honeysuckle | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA095 | Trillium ovatum | Pacific trillium | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA096 | Lilium pardalinum | leopard lily | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA106 | Zantedeschia aethiopica | 'Crowborough' | calla or arum lily, white |
| South Bed "A" | NSA111 | Oemleria cerasiformis | Indian plum; Oso berry | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA120 | Picea mariana | 'Wellspire' | black spruce |
| South Bed "A" | NSA122 | Nandina domestica | 'Gulf Stream' | heavenly bamboo |
| South Bed "A" | NSA125 | Pinus heldreichii | Bosnian pine | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA150 | Ribes sanguineum | red flowering currant | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA160 | Hylotelephium | ||
| South Bed "A" | NSA173 | Weigela florida | 'Bristol Ruby' | variegated weigela |
| South Bed "A" | NSA177 | Astilbe crispa | 'Perkeo' | |
| South Bed "A" | NSA182 | Hosta fortunei | 'Fortunei Albopicta' | spring-gold hosta; white-painted plantain lily |
| South Bed "A" | NSA187 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily |
| South Bed "A" | NSA199 | Hydrangea macrophylla | lacecap hydrangea | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB042 | Cornus kousa | kousa dogwood | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB047 | Corylus cornuta | western, beaked or California hazelnut | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB048 | Crocosmia | montbretia | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB055 | Rodgersia pinnata | 'Superba' | Roger's flower |
| South Bed "B" | NSB056 | Lamprocapnos (formerly Dicentra) cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches; bleeding heart | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB062 | Fuchsia | hardy fuchsia, prostrate | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB073 | Scilla sibirica | wood hyacinth | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB089 | Drynaria filix-mas | Buckler or male fern | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB101 | Geranium nodosum | cranesbill | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB120 | Picea mariana | 'Wellspire' | black spruce |
| South Bed "B" | NSB126 | Pinus strobus | 'Fastiagata' | columnar eastern white pine |
| South Bed "B" | NSB143 | Rhododendron pachysanthum | ||
| South Bed "B" | NSB148 | Rhododendron occidentale | western azalea | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB161 | Hylotelephium spectabile | 'Autumn Joy'; 'Herbstfreude' | stonecrop |
| South Bed "B" | NSB168 | Vaccinium ovatum | evergreen huckleberry | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB175 | Rhododendron bathyphylum | ||
| South Bed "B" | NSB179 | Acer circinatum | vine maple | |
| South Bed "B" | NSB187 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily |
| Southest Corner | NES010 | Brunnera macrophylla | 'Jack Frost' | Siberian bugloss |
| Southest Corner | NES023 | Hemerocallis fulva | 'Stella de Oro' | daylily |
| Southest Corner | NES070 | Taxus | anglojap yew | |
| Southest Corner | NES204 | Polystichum polyblepharum | tassel fern | |
| Southest Corner | NES205 | Adiantum venustum | Himalayan maidenhair fern | |
| Southest Corner | NES206 | Asmunda regalis | 'Purpurascens' | purplestem royal fern |
| Southest Corner | NES207 | Polystichum aff. Nelobatum | long-eared or shiny holly fern | |
| Southest Corner | NSE005 | Picea abies | 'Elegans' | dwarf norway birds-nest spruce |
| Southest Corner | NSE010 | Aquilegia skinneri | 'Tequila Sunrise' | columbine |
| Southest Corner | NSE015 | Rhododendron thomsonii | ||
| Southest Corner | NSE043 | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | |
| Southest Corner | NSE045 | Cornus sericea (syn. C. stolonifera) | 'Silver and Gold' | yellow twig dogwood, variegated |
| Southest Corner | NSE048 | Crocosmia | 'Lucifer' | |
| Southest Corner | NSE049 | Brunnera macrophylla | Siberian bugloss | |
| Southest Corner | NSE064 | Fuchsia magellanica | 'Riccartonii' | hardy fuchsia |
| Southest Corner | NSE066 | Garrya eliptica | silk tassel bush | |
| Southest Corner | NSE078 | Hemerocallis fulva | orange or tawny daylily | |
| Southest Corner | NSE080 | Holodiscus discolor | ocean spray | |
| Southest Corner | NSE082 | Hydrangea macrophylla | lacecap hydrangea | |
| Southest Corner | NSE087 | Cornus florida | 'Rutgan' | stellar pink dogwood |
| Southest Corner | NSE097 | Hemerocallis | 'Pink Damask' | daylily |
| Southest Corner | NSE102 | Mahonia aquifolium | Oregon grape | |
| Southest Corner | NSE111 | Oemleria cerasiformis | indian plum; oso berry | |
| Southest Corner | NSE118 | Thalictrum rochebrunianum | meadow rue | |
| Southest Corner | NSE119 | Phygelius capensis | 'Purple Prince' | cape fuchsia |
| Southest Corner | NSE121 | Picea omorika | Serbian spruce | |
| Southest Corner | NSE123 | Pinus contorta | shore pine | |
| Southest Corner | NSE124 | Pinus flexilis | 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' | limber pine |
| Southest Corner | NSE125 | Pinus hendreichii | Bosnian pine | |
| Southest Corner | NSE136 | Hypericum palatum | 'Hidcote' | St. John's wort |
| Southest Corner | NSE139 | Rhododendron | 'Taurus' | |
| Southest Corner | NSE142 | Rhododendron ponticum | 'Blue Peter' | |
| Southest Corner | NSE145 | Hamamelis | witch hazel | |
| Southest Corner | NSE151 | Penstemon centranthifolius | scarlet bugler | |
| Southest Corner | NSE153 | Veronica repens | creeping veronica, creeping speedwell | |
| Southest Corner | NSE156 | Lonicera involucrata | twinberry; bush honeysuckle | |
| Southest Corner | NSE164 | Smilacina racemosa | false Solomon's seal | |
| Southest Corner | NSE165 | Sorbus aucuparia | European mountain ash; rowan | |
| Southest Corner | NSE202 | Echinaceae | 'Salsa Red' | coneflower |
| Southest Corner | NSE202 | Echinaceae purpurea | 'Sandy Yellow' | coneflower |
| Southest Corner | NSE202 | Echinaceae purpurea | 'Feeling White' | coneflower |
| Southest Corner | NSE203 | Monarda didyma | bee balm - 3 different colors | |
| Southest Corner | NSE208 | Polypodum scouleri | Scouler's native hanging ferm | |
| West Pond | NWP025 | Origanum vulgare | oregano | |
| West Pond | NWP027 | Primula juliae | 'Sue Jervis' | primrose |
| West Pond | NWP035 | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | 'Blue Blossom' | wild lilac |
| West Pond | NWP036 | Centranthus ruber | red valerian, jupiter's beard | |
| West Pond | NWP040 | Coreopsis verticillata | 'Moonbeam' | thread-leaved coreopsis |
| West Pond | NWP050 | Deutzia scabra | 'Pride of Rochester' | fuzzy deutzia |
| West Pond | NWP063 | Fuchsia magellanica | 'Alba' | hardy fuchsia |
| West Pond | NWP071 | Gunnera tinctoria | chilean rhubarb; dinosaur food | |
| West Pond | NWP077 | Helleborus orientalis | 'Royal Heritage' | Lenten rose |
| West Pond | NWP099 | Koelreuteria paniculata | golden rain tree | |
| West Pond | NWP104 | Miscanthus gracillimus | 'Strictus' | porcupine grass |
| West Pond | NWP130 | Polystichum munitum | Western sword fern | |
| West Pond | NWP131 | Potentilla | cinquefoil | |
| West Pond | NWP147 | Rhododendron occidentale | 'Irene Koster' | Western azalea, deciduous |
| West Pond | NWP150 | Ribes sanguineum | red-flowering currant | |
| West Pond | NWP180 | Allium schoenoprasum | chive |