Bed 532 – Tree Lilac Bed
This bed contains: Trees Betula nigra (River Birch) Syringa reticulata (Japanese Tree Lilac) Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac) Shrubs and Subshrubs Mahonia sp.
Bed 533 – Sculpture Lawn and Border
This bed contains: Trees Betula nigra ‘Heritage’ Shrubs & Subshrubs Spirea douglasii (Douglas spirea) Nandina domestica (Heavenly Bamboo) Kolkwitzia amabilis (Beauty Bush) Abelia x grandiflora Glossy Abelia) Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan Honeysuckle)
Bed 547 – Yew Bed
Bed 547-the Yew Bed-contains: Trees Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki Cypress) Shrubs & Subshrubs Viburnum ‘Chesapeake’ Mahonia aquifolium Taxus sp. (Yew selection) Euonymus cv. Philadelphus coronarius Perennials Polystichum munitum (Sword Fern) Sisyrinchium striatim Epimedium cv.
Bed 546 – Pieris Bed
Bed 546-the Pieris Bed-contains: Trees Magnolia soulangeana (Saucer Magnolia) Tsuga sp. (Hemlock species) Shrubs & Subshrubs Pieris japonica ‘Variegatus’ (Variegated Japanese Andromeda) Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda) Enkianthus campanulatus (Redvein Enkianthus) Viburnum opulus ‘Nanum’ (Dwarf Cranberry Bush) Perennials Polystichum munitum
Bed 517b – Root House Foundation Bed
Shrubs & Subshrubs Buxus sempervirens Rhaphiolepis indica
Conservancy Starts Rehabilitating Crabapple Collection
The Conservancy has started the much-needed rehabilitation of the park’s historic crabapple collection, which likely dates back to the 1940’s. The collection was first inventoried and mapped in 2003 by crabapple expert Arthur Jacobsen. He determined that the collection included at least 44 individual trees representing 42 different species or cultivars of Malus. Several trees have…
Winter Jasmine Adds Color to the Garden
Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is a cascading deciduous shrub with tiny non-fragrant bright yellow flowers that bloom on bare bright green stems in late winter before its leaves appear in spring. It can be grown as a mounding shrub or trained on a support, though it doesn’t have tendrils for climbing. If left as a…
MSPC Replaces Dead Flowering Plum Tree
Last month, we removed a dead Thundercloud flowering plum, likely planted by the landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver. This month, we planted its replacement. This was one of many actions MSPC is taking to rehabilitate the park’s flowering tree collection.
Rose Garden Brick Rehabilitation Album
The City and MSPC plan to rehabilitate the historic brickwork that encircles and defines the focal point of the Lord & Schryver-designed garden, which houses the Mae Tarter Old Rose Collection. The work includes removing the existing bricks, installing a concrete base, then reinstalling the bricks in the exact pattern in which they were originally…
Photo Album: The Ravine Enhancement Project at Bush’s Pasture Park
The Ravine Enhancement Project broke ground in late October 2018, but work planning the project, preparing the landscape, selecting plants, and sourcing boulders began almost a year earlier. These photos document the project.