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Bulb Garden: Japanese silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis 'Silver Feather' & 'Zebrinus'). Canaert red cedars (Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii') - picturesque evergreens with pale blue berries.
Fruit on Donald Wyman crabapple (Malus 'Donald Wyman').
Circle Garden: Winter interest: Slender Hinoki false-cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'), Mugho pine (Pinus mugo 'Iseli White Bud'), Ohlendorf spruce (Picea abies 'Ohlendorfii'), branches of Lavender Twist® weeping redbud (Cercis canadensis 'Covey'), fruits on Donald Wyman crabapples.
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Dwarf Conifer Garden: See the great diversity of colors, textures and shapes found in
evergreens. Look for the following. Longest needles - Jeffrey
pine (Pinus jeffreyi); shortest needles - Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis 'Connecticut Turnpike'); skinniest - fastigiate douglasfir (Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Fastigiata'), weepiest - weeping blue Nootka False-cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca Pendula'); creepiest - weeping Norway spruce (Picea abies 'Pendula'), berriest - Shoosmith juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Shoosmith'), bluest - hairy white fir (Abies concolor 'Candicans'), most yellow - golden Colorado spruce (Picea pungens 'Aurea'), reddest - creeping Siberian cypress (Microbiota decussata).
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Enabling Garden: Winter interest: Many small evergreen specimens, including creeping
Siberian cypress (Microbiota decussata), weeping Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflorus 'Pendula'), Bosnian pine (Pinus leucodermis 'Green Bun'), Japanese bush spruce (Picea maximowicziana). West Flower Walk: Bark of Whitespire birches (Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'), interesting long seed pods on catalpa (Catalpa speciosa).
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English Oak Meadow:
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English Walled Garden: Checkerboard of silvery Artemisia 'Powis Castle' and Green Velvet boxwood (Buxus 'Green Velvet'), bright red fruit on Carriere euonymus (Euonymus fortunei 'Carrierei'), fruits on Zumi crabapple (Malus x zumi) and David crabapple (Malus ‘David’), branches of weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula').
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Fruit & Vegetable Garden: White fruits on Mother of Pearl snowberry (Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Mother of Pearl').
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Heritage Garden: Interesting specimens in pine family bed, green scouring rush
(Equisetum scirpioides) in non-flowering plants bed.
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Japanese Garden/ Sansho-en: The islands are beautiful when covered with snow and viewed from
a distance. Good viewing spots include the east road and top of
the Waterfall Garden. Note the gnarled, aged appearance of the
trained pines and the mounded shape of the shrubs.
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Lagoon Garden:
Landscape Gardens: Red stems of Cardinal redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’), branches of weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’), buds of Jane magnolia (Magnolia ‘Jane’), Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica) with evergreen foliage and racemes of buds awaiting spring,
rhododendrons with evergreen or purple foliage and buds. Notice
the use of tall and short hedges, including Wintergreen boxwood
(Buxus sinica insularis ‘Wintergreen’), thornless cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis), Selkirk crabapple (Malus ‘Selkirk’), Hicks yew (Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’), Mission arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis ‘Techny’). Also notice elevations, paths, rocks, water and sculptures,
used to shape and enhance various garden areas.
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McGinley Pavilion: Panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata ‘Unique’ -dried seed heads).
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Native Plant Garden: Glistening tan bark of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), sinewy gray bark of American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) - spikes of fuzzy red berries, interesting bark and "knees"
of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum).
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Rose Garden: Fruit on crabapples (Malus 'Adams', 'Red Jewel'), mottled bark on Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia), tan bark on Amur chokecherry (Prunus maackii), green twigs of Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica).
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Sensory Garden: Smooth bark of American beech (Fagus grandifolia), contorted filbert (Corylus avellana 'Contorta') -twisted branches, winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus Korean Strain) - corky bark, black alder (Alnus glutinosa) - cones & catkins, gray birch (Betula populifolia) - white bark, bear's-foot hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) - evergreen foliage, grape hollies (Mahonia aquifolium 'Compactum' & Mahonia repens) - evergreen foliage that turns purple.
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Waterfall Garden: Winter interest: Japanese plum yew (Cephalotaxus harringtoniana 'Prostrata') - deep green needles, redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea var. coloradensis) - red twigs, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) - orange bark.
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