Naturescape
Overview
Visit Naturescape to relax and reflect in a natural setting. This informal garden room features a variety of meandering footpaths bordered by native and non-native plantings. Stroll the paths and contemplate the variety of ecosystems represented by the sunny meadow, the pond, and the shady corner. Be inspired to design your garden as a personal green space isolated from adjacent buildings and traffic.
Characteristics:
- Quiet garden experience in natural surroundings
- Mix of native and non-native plant species chosen for resilience and low maintenance
- Informal structure to enhance the natural shape of our plants and trees
- An environment that supports pollinating birds and insects, as well as garden dwelling creatures, such as small mammals, amphibians, and reptiles.
Naturescape Garden Plant List
Area | # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common name | Tree | Native |
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47 | Spirea bumalda | 'Anthony Waterer' | Japanese spirea, Japanese meadowsweet | |||
Corner | NNP174 | Weigela florida | 'Variegata' | variegated weigela | ||
Cypress Island | 1 | Iberis sempervirens | evergreen candytuft | |||
Cypress Island | 3 | Sempervivum tectorum | hen and chicks | |||
Cypress Island | 5 | Rhododendron | 'Ramapo' | |||
Cypress Island | 7 | Meconopsis cambrica | Welsh poppy | |||
Cypress Island | 9 | Chamaecyparis obtusa | 'Nana Gracilis' | hinoki cypress | * | |
Cypress Island | 13 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | lawson false cypress | * | * | |
Cypress Island | 15 | Spirea japonica | 'Magic Carpet' | Japanese spirea | ||
Cypress Island | 17 | Ophiopogon formosanum | Taiwan mondo grass | |||
Cypress Island | 19 | Vaccinium | blueberry | |||
Cypress Island | 23 | Hylotelephium spectabile | 'Autumn Joy', 'Herbstfreude' | stonecrop | ||
Cypress Island | 25 | Erica carnea | 'Springwood White' | winter heath | ||
Cypress Island | 27 | Rhododendron roxieanum | high altitude Asian native rhododendron | |||
Cypress Island | 29 | Kniphofia uvaria | red-hot poker, torch lily | |||
Cypress Island | 31 | Acer palmatum | 'Sango-Kaku' | Japanese coral bark maple | * | |
Cypress Island | 33 | Ophiopogon planiscapus | 'Nigrescens' | black mondo grass | ||
Cypress Island | 35 | Rhododendron | 'Ramapo' | |||
Cypress Island | 37 | Helleborus orientalis | 'Royal Heritage' | lenten rose | ||
Cypress Island | 39 | Saxifraga rosacea | mossy saxifrage | |||
Cypress Island | 45 | Cyclamen | hardy cyclamen | |||
Cypress Island | 47 | Allium cernuum | nodding onion | * | ||
Cypress Island | 49 | Hylotelephium (syn. Sedum) erythrostictum | 'Frosty Morn' | |||
Cypress Island | NAL020 | Allium azureum | blue globe onion | |||
Cypress Island | NAL022 | Galium odoratum | sweet woodruff | * | ||
Cypress Island | NAL058 | Geranium phaeum | 'Margaret Wilson' | dusky cranesbill | ||
Hedgerow | 100 | Picea mariana | 'Wellspire' | black spruce | * | |
Hedgerow | 101 | Lilium pardalinum | leopard lily | * | ||
Hedgerow | 102 | Epimedium grandiflorum | bishop's hat | |||
Hedgerow | 104 | Cornus canadensis | bunchberry | * | ||
Hedgerow | 105 | Gaultheria shallon | salal | * | ||
Hedgerow | 106 | Leycesteria formosa | Himalayan honeysuckle | |||
Hedgerow | 108 | Carex | sedge | |||
Hedgerow | 109 | Aquilegia formosa | western columbine, red columbine | * | ||
Hedgerow | 111 | Carpinus betulus | European hornbeam | * | ||
Hedgerow | 112 | Zantedeschia aethiopica | 'Crowborough' | white calla, arum lily | ||
Hedgerow | 115 | Hosta fortunei | 'Fortunei Albopicta' | spring-gold hosta, white-painted plantain lily | ||
Hedgerow | 117 | Hylotelephium (syn. Sedum) | ||||
Hedgerow | 119 | Weigela florida | 'Bristol Ruby' | variegated weigela | ||
Hedgerow | 120 | Picea mariana | 'Wellspire' | black spruce | * | |
Hedgerow | 121 | Bergenia cordifolia | 'Winter Glow' | pig squeak | ||
Hedgerow | 122 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily | ||
Hedgerow | 124 | Trillium ovatum | Pacific trillium | * | ||
Hedgerow | 126 | Trientalis borealis | native starflower | * | ||
Hedgerow | 127 | Helleborus | hellebore | |||
Hedgerow | 128 | Ribes sanguineum | red flowering currant | * | ||
Hedgerow | 130 | Oemleria cerasiformis | Indian plum, osoberry | * | ||
Hedgerow | 132 | Hydrangea macrophylla | lacecap hydrangea | |||
Hedgerow | 134 | Viburnum davidii | David viburnum | |||
Hedgerow | 136 | Pinus heldreichii (syn. Pinus leucodermis) | Bosnian pine | * | ||
Hedgerow | 138 | Rodgersia pinnata | 'Superba' | Roger's flower | ||
Hedgerow | 140 | Geranium nodosum | cranesbill | |||
Hedgerow | 142 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily | ||
Hedgerow | 145 | Hylotelephium spectabile | 'Autumn Joy', 'Herbstfreude' | stonecrop | ||
Hedgerow | 147 | Rhododendron pachysanthum | ||||
Hedgerow | 149 | Crocosmia | montbretia | |||
Hedgerow | 151 | Cornus kousa | kousa dogwood | * | ||
Hedgerow | 153 | Drynaria filix-mas | buckler fern, male fern | * | ||
Hedgerow | 155 | Rhododendron bathyphylum | ||||
Hedgerow | 158 | Pinus heldreichii (syn. Pinus leucodermis) | Bosnian pine | * | ||
Hedgerow | 159 | Fuchsia | non-prostrate hardy fushia | |||
Hedgerow | 161 | Acer circinatum | vine maple | * | * | |
Hedgerow | 163 | Rhododendron occidentale | western azalea | * | ||
Hedgerow | 165 | Fuchsia | regina, hardy prostrate fuchsia | |||
Hedgerow | 167 | Pinus strobus | 'Fastiagata' | columnar eastern white pine | * | |
Hedgerow | 170 | Scilla sibirica | wood hyacinth | |||
Hedgerow | 172 | Rodgersia | ||||
Hedgerow | 174 | Vaccinium ovatum | evergreen huckleberry | * | ||
Hedgerow | 177 | Corylus cornuta | western hazelnut, beaked hazelnut, California hazelnut | * | ||
Hedgerow | 179 | Taxus | anglojap yew | |||
Living Fence | 1 | Miscanthus sinensis | 'Morning Light' | eulalia grass, variegated maiden grass | ||
Living Fence | 2 | Rhododendron | 'Holden' | |||
Living Fence | 4 | Fargesia dracocephala | 'Red Dragon' | clumping bamboo | ||
Living Fence | 5 | Origanum | hardy marjoram | |||
Living Fence | 8 | Rhododendron | 'Cheer' | |||
Living Fence | 9 | Clethra alnifolia | 'Paniculata' | summersweet, sweet pepper bush | ||
Living Fence | 10 | Geranium sanguineum | 'Album' | white cranesbill | ||
Living Fence | 11 | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 'Moudry' | black fountain grass | ||
Living Fence | 12 | Amelanchier canadensis | eastern serviceberry, Canadian serviceberry | * | ||
Living Fence | 13 | Carex testacea | New Zealand sedge | |||
Living Fence | 14 | Rhododendron | 'Vera' | |||
Living Fence | 15 | Hesperantha coccinea | crimson flag, river lily | |||
Living Fence | 16 | Salvia microphylla | 'Hot lips' | salvia | ||
Living Fence | 17 | Philadelphus | 'Buckley's Quill' | double-flowered mock orange | * | |
Living Fence | 18 | Dicentra formosa | Pacific bleeding heart | |||
Living Fence | 19 | Ceanothus gloriosus | Point Reyes ceanothus, California lilac | * | ||
Living Fence | 20 | Anemone hupehensis | Japanese anemone | |||
Living Fence | 21 | Berberis thunbergii | 'Crimson Pygmy' | dwarf barberry | ||
Living Fence | 22 | Polygonatum biflorum | Solomon's seal | |||
Living Fence | 23 | Ginkgo biloba | ginkgo, maidenhair tree | * | ||
Living Fence | 25 | Phlox | ||||
Living Fence | 28 | Betula papyrifera | paper birch | * | ||
Living Fence | 29 | Carex oshimensis | 'Evergold' | variegated sedge | ||
Living Fence | 30 | Cotinus coggygria | 'Purpureus' | smoke tree | ||
Living Fence | 32 | Weigela rosea, (syn. W. florida) | pink weigela | |||
Living Fence | 34 | Cornus sericea (syn. C. stolonifera) | 'Flaviramea' | golden twig dogwood | ||
Living Fence | 36 | Lavatera | annual mallow, rose mallow | |||
Pond | none | Nymphaea | waterlily (pale yellow turns to pink) | |||
Pond | none | Nymphaea | variegated water lily | |||
Pond | none | Nymphaea | water lily (red) | |||
Pond | none | Nymphaea | water lily | |||
Pond | none | Pontederia cordata | pickeral rush | |||
Pond | none | Thalia dealbata | powdery alligator-flag | |||
Pond East | NEP002 | Acer palmatum | Japanese maple | * | ||
Pond East | NEP003 | Adiantum aleuticum | western maidenhair fern | * | ||
Pond East | NEP006 | Amelanchier canadensis | eastern serviceberry, Canadian serviceberry | * | ||
Pond East | NEP043 | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | * | ||
Pond East | NEP051 | Hosta | 'Golden Tiara' | plantain lily | ||
Pond East | NEP083 | Phedimus kamtschaticus (syn. Sedum kamchaticum) | creeping stonecrop | |||
Pond East | NEP107 | Sambucus nigra | 'Eva' | European elderberry | * | |
Pond East | NEP113 | Hamamelis x intermedia | 'Diane' | witch hazel | ||
Pond East | NEP132 | Dryopteris erythrosora | Autumn fern | |||
Pond East | NEP133 | Rhododendron | 'Gaiety' | azalea | ||
Pond East | NEP183 | Hosta | 'Royal Standard' | plantain lily | ||
Pond East | NEP184 | Hosta fortunei | 'Fortunei Aureomarginata' | plantain lily | ||
Pond East | NEP185 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily | ||
Pond East | NEP186 | Anemone blanda | Grecian windflower | |||
Pond East | NEP200 | Pteridium filix-femina | lady fern | * | ||
Pond East | none | Dryopteris erythrosora | autumn fern | |||
Pond East | none | Physocarpus opulifolius | 'Seward' | summer wine ninebark | ||
Pond East | NSE014 | Brunnera macrophylla | 'Jack Frost' | Siberian bugloss | ||
Pond East | NSP068 | Geranium pratense | 'Brookside' | purple hardy geranium | ||
Pond North (Back) | NNP030 | Carex buchananii | leatherleaf sedge | |||
Pond North (Back) | NNP043 | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | * | ||
Pond North (Back) | NNP044 | Cornus sericea | 'Flaviramea' | yellow twig dogwood | ||
Pond North (Back) | NNP059 | Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-Pye weed | |||
Pond North (Back) | NNP065 | Iris sibirica | Siberian iris | |||
Pond North (Back) | NNP072 | Phlomis fruticosa | Jerusalem sage | |||
Pond North (Back) | NNP149 | Ribes indecorum | white-flowering currant | |||
Pond North (Back) | NNP150 | Ribes sanguineum | red-flowering currant | * | ||
Pond North (Back) | NNP154 | Salix matsudana | 'Tortuosa' | corkscrew willow | * | |
Pond North (Back) | NNP156 | Lonicera involucrata | twinberry, bush honeysuckle | * | ||
Pond North (Back) | none | Quercus garryana | Garry oak | * | ||
Pond Northeast Entry | NNE016 | Aruncus dioicus | goatsbeard | * | ||
Pond Northeast Entry | NNE024 | Calamagrostis | 'Karl Foerster' | feather reed grass | ||
Pond Northeast Entry | NNE056 | Lamprocapnos (syn. Dicentra) cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches, bleeding heart | * | ||
Pond Northeast Entry | NNE127 | Cercis canadensis | eastern redbud | * | ||
Pond Northeast Entry | NNE138 | Rhododendron | 'Roseum Elegans' | |||
Pond Northeast Entry | NNE144 | Erica carnea | pink spring/winter heath | |||
Pond Northeast Entry | NWP050 | Deutzia scabra | 'Pride of Rochester' | fuzzy deutzia | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP019 | Berberis thunbergii | 'Crimson Pygmy' | dwarf barberry | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP031 | Heuchera | coral bells | |||
Pond South (Front) | NSP090 | Kolkwitzia amabilis | beautybush | |||
Pond South (Front) | NSP093 | Pieris japonica | 'Valley Rose' | valley rose pieris | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP100 | Uncinia rubra | 'Red Hook' | varigated sedge | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP103 | Mahonia repens | creeping Oregon grape | * | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP114 | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 'Moudry' | black fountain grass | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP115 | Carex buchananii | New Zealand sedge | |||
Pond South (Front) | NSP178 | Crocosmia masoniorum | 'Lucifer' | montbretia | ||
Pond South (Front) | NSP183 | Hosta | 'Royal Standard' | plantain lily | ||
Pond West | none | Melissa officinalis | lemon balm | |||
Pond West | NWP025 | Origanum vulgare | oregano | |||
Pond West | NWP027 | Primula juliae | 'Sue Jervis' | primrose | ||
Pond West | NWP035 | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | 'Blue Blossom' | California lilac | ||
Pond West | NWP036 | Centranthus ruber | red valerian, Jupiter's beard | |||
Pond West | NWP063 | Fuchsia magellanica | 'Alba' | hardy fuchsia | ||
Pond West | NWP071 | Gunnera tinctoria | chilean rhubarb, dinosaur food | |||
Pond West | NWP077 | Helleborus orientalis | 'Royal Heritage' | lenten rose | ||
Pond West | NWP099 | Koelreuteria paniculata | golden rain tree | * | ||
Pond West | NWP100 | Uncinia rubra | 'Belinda's Find' | red hook sedge | ||
Pond West | NWP115 | Carex buchananii | New Zealand sedge | |||
Pond West | NWP130 | Polystichum munitum | western swordfern | * | ||
Pond West | NWP131 | Potentilla | cinquefoil | |||
Pond West | NWP147 | Rhododendron occidentale | 'Irene Koster' | deciduous western azalea | * | |
Pond West | NWP150 | Ribes sanguineum | red-flowering currant | * | ||
Pond West | NWP180 | Allium schoenoprasum | chive | |||
The Corner | 21 | Berberis thunbergii | 'Crimson Pygmy' | dwarf barberry | ||
The Corner | 35 | Cornus florida | 'Rutgan' | stellar pink flowering dogwood | * | |
The Corner | 36 | Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus (syn. H. flava) | lemon daylily | |||
The Corner | 37 | Cornus sericea (syn. C. stolonifera) | 'Flaviramea' | golden twig dogwood | ||
The Corner | 39 | Penstemon centranthifolius | scarlet bugler | |||
The Corner | 40 | Hypericum palatum | 'Hidcote' | St. John's wort | ||
The Corner | 42 | Garrya eliptica | silk tassel bush | * | ||
The Corner | 43 | Smilacina racemosa | false Solomon's seal | * | ||
The Corner | 45 | Picea omorika | Serbian spruce | * | ||
The Corner | 46 | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | * | ||
The Corner | 47 | Rhododendron | 'Taurus' | |||
The Corner | 48 | unknown | ||||
The Corner | 50 | Picea abies | 'Elegans' | dwarf Norway birds-nest spruce | ||
The Corner | 53 | Brunnera | ||||
The Corner | 53 | Rhododendron ponticum | 'Blue Peter' | |||
The Corner | 55 | Lonicera involucrata | twinberry, bush honeysuckle | |||
The Corner | NSE010 | Brunnera macrophylla | ||||
The Corner | NSE015 | Rhododendron thomsonii | ||||
The Corner | NSE023 | Hemerocallis fulva | 'Stella de Oro' | daylily | ||
The Corner | NSE034 | Carex oshimensis | 'Evergold' | golden Japanese sedge | ||
The Corner | NSE045 | Cornus sericea (syn. C. stolonifera) | 'Silver and Gold' | yellow twig dogwood, variegated | ||
The Corner | NSE048 | Crocosmia | montbretia | |||
The Corner | NSE049 | Brunnera macrophylla | Siberian bugloss | |||
The Corner | NSE064 | Fuchsia magellanica | 'Riccartonii' | hardy fuchsia | ||
The Corner | NSE078 | Hemerocallis fulva | orange daylily, tawny daylily | |||
The Corner | NSE080 | Holodiscus discolor | ocean spray | * | ||
The Corner | NSE082 | Hydrangea macrophylla | hydrangea | |||
The Corner | NSE087 | Cornus florida | 'Rutgan' | stellar pink dogwood | * | |
The Corner | NSE089 | Drynaria filix-mas | buckler fern, male fern | * | ||
The Corner | NSE097 | Hemerocallis | 'Pink Damask' | daylily | ||
The Corner | NSE102 | Mahonia aquifolium | tall Oregon grape | * | ||
The Corner | NSE111 | Oemleria cerasiformis | Indian plum, osoberry | * | ||
The Corner | NSE119 | conver | 'Purple Prince' | cape fuchsia | ||
The Corner | NSE123 | Pinus contorta | shore pine | * | * | |
The Corner | NSE130 | Polystichum munitum | western swordfern | * | ||
The Corner | NSE145 | Hamamelis | witch hazel | |||
The Corner | NSE153 | Veronica repens | creeping veronica, creeping speedwell | |||
The Corner | NSE163 | Asplenium (Phyllitis) scolopendrium | wavyleaf hart's tongue fern | |||
The Corner | NSE204 | Polystichum polyblepharum | tassel fern | |||
The Corner | NSE205 | Adiantum venustum | Himalayan maidenhair fern | |||
The Corner | NSE206 | Osmunda regalis | 'Purpurascens' | purple-stem royal fern | ||
The Corner | NSE207 | Polystichum aff. Neolobatum | long-eared fern, shiny holly fern | |||
The Corner | NSE208 | Polypodum scouleri | Scouler's native hanging fern |