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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow | Allium cernuum | nodding onion | ||||
| Meadow | Calimagrostis | 'Karl Foerster' | feather reed grass | |||
| Meadow | Calimagrostis arundinacea | Korean feather reed grass | ||||
| Meadow | Camassia leichtlinii | white camas | ||||
| Meadow | Camassia quamash | blue common camas | ||||
| Meadow | Deschampsia cespitosa | 'Goldgehaenge' | tufted hair grass | |||
| Meadow | Fritillaria meleagris | checkered lily | ||||
| Meadow | Helenium | 'Rubenzwerg' | sneezeweed | |||
| Meadow | Miscanthus sinensis | 'Little Miss' | dwarf miscanthus | |||
| Meadow | Molinia caerulea | |||||
| Meadow | Muscari | grape hyacinth | ||||
| Meadow | Narcissus | daffodils (a variety) | ||||
| Meadow | Nasella tenuissima | Mexican feather grass | ||||
| Meadow | Panicum virgatum | |||||
| Meadow | Pennisetum orientale | 'Karley Rose' | oriental fountain grass | |||
| Meadow | Spodipogon sibiricus | frost grass | ||||
| Living Fence | 3 | Origanum | hardy marjoram | |||
| Living Fence | 4 | Fargesia dracocephala | 'Red Dragon' | climping bamboo | ||
| Living Fence | 6 | Polemonium caeruleum | 'White Pearl' | Jacob's ladder | ||
| Living Fence | 9 | Clethra alnifolia | 'Paniculata' | summersweet, sweet pepper bush | ||
| Living Fence | 11 | Amelanchier canadensis | eastern serviceberry, Canadian serviceberry | * | ||
| Living Fence | 12 | Geranium sanguineum | 'Album' | white cranesbill | ||
| 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 | Philadelphus | 'Buckley's Quill' | double-flowered mock orange | * | |
| Living Fence | 17 | Salvia microphylla | 'Hot lips' | salvia | ||
| Living Fence | 18 | Lavatera | annual mallow, rose mallow | |||
| Living Fence | 19 | Ceanothus gloriosus | Point Reyes ceanothus, California lilac | * | ||
| Living Fence | 20 | Anemone hupehensis | Japanese anemone | |||
| The Corner | 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 | Heuchera | coral bells | |||
| Living Fence | 27 | Miscanthus strictus | 'Strictus' | porcupine grass | ||
| 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 | 33 | Weigela rosea (syn. W. florida) | pink weigela | |||
| Living Fence | 34 | Cornus sericea (syn. C. stolonifera) | 'Flaviramea' | golden twig dogwood | ||
| 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 | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL001 | Allium cernuum | nodding onion | * | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL007 | Erica carnea | 'Springwood White' | winter heath | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL012 | Kniphofia uvaria | red-hot poker, torch lily | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL017 | Cyclamen | hardy cyclamen | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL020 | Allium azureum | blue globe onion | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL022 | Galium odoratum | sweet woodruff | * | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL037 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | lawson false cypress | * | * | |
| Cypress Island | NAL038 | Chamaecyparis obtusa | 'Nana Gracilis' | hinoki cypress | * | |
| Cypress Island | NAL039 | Ophiopogon formosanum | Taiwan mondo grass | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL046 | Acer palmatum | 'Sango-Kaku' | Japanese coral bark maple | * | |
| Cypress Island | NAL058 | Geranium phaeum | 'Margaret Wilson' | dusky cranesbill | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL077 | Helleborus orientalis | 'Royal Heritage' | lenten rose | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL084 | Iberis sempervirens | evergreen candytuft | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL085 | Rhododendron | 'Ramapo' | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL091 | Lavandula angustifolia | 'Mitcham Gray' | lavender | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL110 | Saxifraga rosacea | mossy saxifrage | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL112 | Ophiopogon planiscapus | 'Nigrescens' | black mondo grass | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL137 | Heuchera | 'Raspberry Chiffon' | coral bells | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL146 | Rhododendron roxieanum | high altitude Asian native rhododendron | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL159 | Hylotelephium (syn. Sedum) erythrostictum | 'Frosty Morn' | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL161 | Hylotelephium spectabile | 'Autumn Joy', 'Herbstfreude' | stonecrop | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL162 | Sempervivum tectorum | hen and chicks | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL166 | Spirea japonica | 'Magic Carpet' | Japanese spirea | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL176 | Festuca glauca | 'Elijah Blue' | blue fescue | ||
| Cypress Island | NAL201 | Vaccinium | blueberry | |||
| Cypress Island | NAL209 | Meconopsis cambrica | Welsh poppy | |||
| 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 | * | ||
| Meadow | NMD116 | Philadelphus lewisii | wild mock orange | |||
| Meadow | NMD128 | Pinus wallichiana | Himalayan white pine | * | ||
| 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 | * | ||
| Living Fence | NNE114 | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 'Moudry' | black fountain grass | ||
| Pond Northeast Entry | NNE127 | Cercis canadensis | eastern redbud | * | ||
| Living Fence | NNE134 | Rhododendron | 'Cheer' | |||
| Living Fence | NNE135 | Rhododendron | 'Holden' | |||
| Pond Northeast Entry | NNE138 | Rhododendron | 'Roseum Elegans' | |||
| Pond Northeast Entry | NNE144 | Erica carnea | pink spring/winter heath | |||
| Pond Northeast Entry | NNE152 | Rosa rugosa | sea tomato | |||
| Living Fence | NNE155 | Miscanthus sinensis | 'Morning Light' | eulalia grass, variegated maiden grass | ||
| 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) | NNP174 | Weigela florida | 'Variegata' | variegated weigela | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | none | Fuchsia | non-prostrate hardy fushia | |||
| Pond East | none | Dryopteris erythrosora | autumn fern | |||
| Pond East | none | Physocarpus opulifolius | 'Seward' | summer wine ninebark | ||
| Pond In The | none | Nymphaea | variegated water lily | |||
| Pond In The | none | Nymphaea | water lily | |||
| Pond In The | none | Nymphaea | water lily red | |||
| Pond In The | none | Nymphaea | waterlily - pale yellow turns to pink | |||
| Pond In The | none | Pontederia cordata | pickeral rush | |||
| Pond In The | none | Thalia dealbata | powdery alligator-flag | |||
| Pond North (Back) | none | Quercus garryana | Garry oak | * | ||
| Pond West | none | Melissa officinalis | lemon balm | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA011 | Aquilegia formosa | western columbine, red columbine | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA013 | Helleborus | hellebore | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA032 | Carpinus betulus | European hornbeam | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA041 | Cornus canadensis | bunchberry | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA053 | Viburnum davidii | David viburnum | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA054 | Epimedium grandiflorum | bishop's hat | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA060 | Bergenia cordifolia | 'Winter Glow' | pig squeak | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA067 | Gaultheria shallon | salal | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA074 | Trientalis borealis | native starflower | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA092 | Carex | sedge | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA094 | Leycesteria formosa | Himalayan honeysuckle | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA095 | Trillium ovatum | Pacific trillium | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA096 | Lilium pardalinum | leopard lily | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA106 | Zantedeschia aethiopica | 'Crowborough' | white calla, arum lily | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA111 | Oemleria cerasiformis | Indian plum, osoberry | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA120 | Picea mariana | 'Wellspire' | black spruce | * | |
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA122 | Nandina domestica | 'Gulf Stream' | heavenly bamboo | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA125 | Pinus heldreichii (syn. Pinus leucodermis) | Bosnian pine | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA150 | Ribes sanguineum | red flowering currant | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA160 | Hylotelephium (syn. Sedum) | ||||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA173 | Weigela florida | 'Bristol Ruby' | variegated weigela | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA177 | Astilbe crispa | 'Perkeo' | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA182 | Hosta fortunei | 'Fortunei Albopicta' | spring-gold hosta, white-painted plantain lily | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA187 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "A" | NSA199 | Hydrangea macrophylla | lacecap hydrangea | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB042 | Cornus kousa | kousa dogwood | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB047 | Corylus cornuta | western hazelnut, beaked hazelnut, California hazelnut | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB048 | Crocosmia | montbretia | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB055 | Rodgersia pinnata | 'Superba' | Roger's flower | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB062 | Fuchsia | regina, hardy prostrate fuchsia | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB073 | Scilla sibirica | wood hyacinth | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB089 | Drynaria filix-mas | buckler fern, male fern | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB101 | Geranium nodosum | cranesbill | |||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB120 | Picea mariana | 'Wellspire' | black spruce | * | |
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB126 | Pinus strobus | 'Fastiagata' | columnar eastern white pine | * | |
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB143 | Rhododendron pachysanthum | ||||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB148 | Rhododendron occidentale | western azalea | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB168 | Vaccinium ovatum | evergreen huckleberry | * | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB175 | Rhododendron bathyphylum | ||||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB179 | Acer circinatum | vine maple | * | * | |
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSB187 | Hosta sieboldiana | 'Elegans' | plantain lily | ||
| The Corner | NSE010 | Brunnera macrophylla | ||||
| Pond East | NSE014 | Brunnera macrophylla | 'Jack Frost' | Siberian bugloss | ||
| 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 | ||
| Hedgerow Bed "B" | NSE070 | Taxus | anglojap yew | |||
| 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 | Phygelius capensis | 'Purple Prince' | cape fuchsia | ||
| The Corner | NSE123 | Pinus contorta | shore pine | * | * | |
| The Corner | NSE124 | Pinus flexilis | 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' | limber pine | * | |
| The Corner | NSE125 | Pinus heldreichii | Bosnian 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 | |||
| Pond South (Front) | NSP019 | Berberis thunbergii | 'Crimson Pygmy' | dwarf barberry | ||
| Pond South (Front) | NSP031 | Heuchera | coral bells | |||
| Pond East | NSP068 | Geranium pratense | 'Brookside' | purple hardy geranium | ||
| 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 | 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 Northeast Entry | NWP050 | Deutzia scabra | 'Pride of Rochester' | fuzzy deutzia | ||
| 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 |