The North Conservatory Bed B bed includes: Trees None Shrubs & Subshrubs Clerodendrum bungei (Rose Glorybower) Hydrangea serrata ‘Blue Billow’ (‘Blue Billow’ Mountain Hydrangea) Hydrangea serrata “Miyama-yae-Murasaki“ Hydrangea serrata cv. (Mountain Hydrangea cultivar) Erica x veitchii ‘Exeter’ (Exeter’ Heather) Erica arborea ‘Estrella Gold’ (‘Estrella Gold’ Tree Heather) Vaccinium sp. (Blueberry) Rhododendron sp. (Evergreen azalea) Rhododendron…
Bed 501-The North Conservatory Landscape Bed- contains: Trees Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin Tree) Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) Acer japonicum ‘Vitifolium’ (‘Full Moon’ Japanese Maple Acer palmatum cv. (Japanese Maple selection) Shrubs & Subshrubs Corylopsis pauciflora (Buttercup Winter Hazel) Viburnum ‘Summer Snowflake’ Punica granatum (Pomegranate) Rhododendron ‘Unique’ Enkianthus campanulatus (Redvein Enkianthus) Rhododendron (Evergreen…
We have several dozen odd, helical iron posts at Bush’s Pasture Park that hold climbing roses. The posts date from the early 1960’s. Each year, each rose has to be pruned to the ten strongest canes, then wound and tied to the posts’ crossbars. It takes about 40-50 knots per rose and takes anywhere from…
The Ravine enhancement project is moving towards its installation phase, thanks to a supply of local boulders gifted to us by Betty O’Brien of Elton Vineyards and the folks at Willamette Valley Vineyards. Thanks, too, to the City of Salem for use of their trucks. The project is led by landscape designer Ron Miner. “The…
Bush Park’s Chinese Hawthorn tree (aka Crataegus pinnatifida) is at its peak fall color now. The Chinese use the fruit in candy, jam, jelly, and desserts. It’s common to see children eating sugar-coated Hawthorn berries on a stick. Chinese and Western herbalists also use the fruit to treat hypertension and coronary artery disease, to lower…