The Four Seasons Garden is a succession of color throughout the year!
Year-round interest is the key to this diverse mixed border garden. A rail fence, trees, and shrubs form a backdrop for perennials, vines and biennials punctuated by running ground covers. Annuals and bulbs add a pop of seasonal color. Evergreens and foundation specimens anchor the garden's silhouette.
Camelia japonica blooming in February!
A spring time iris!
Rhododendron 'Ring of Fire' blooming in May is always an attention getter.
Nigella damascena, commonly known as Love in a Mist, is a lovely, delicate lovely annual that reseeds itself here and there through the garden in early summer.
Filipendula rubra commonly known as Queen of the Prairie. This summer bloomer waves its sprays of small pink flowers.
Hydrangea anomala petiolaris, a climbing hydrangea that adds to our summer blooms and accents our metal trellis.
Flowers of Kousa dogwood, a June blooming dogwood.
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' with its dinner plate size blooms draws lots of attention during the summer.
August brings a blast of summer color with this Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona' a bigleaf ligularia also known as leopard plant. Especially striking because it's a shade plant!
The brilliant red bush is Euonymus alatus "Compactus' commonly known as burning bush. It is at its peak color in this September picture.
A September bloomer, Heptacodium miconioides, commonly known as seven sons plant has white flower clusters followed by vivid red bracts that last through October.
Bark can be beautiful and striking as shown by the bark of this Parrotia persica, known as Persian ironwood. It can really draw our attention in winter when the garden doesn't have as much vivid color.
Hellebore brightens up the garden from November through March with various varieties.
Listed below are some of the exciting and colorful options that can be found in the Four Seasons Garden!
| # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common Name | Tree | Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsuga mertensiana | mountain hemlock | T | N | |
| 2 | Cupressus macrocarpa | 'Wilma' | Monterey cypress | T | |
| 3 | Parrotia persica | Persian ironwood | T | ||
| 4 | Cyclamen hederifolium | hardy cyclamen, fall blooming | |||
| 5 | Acer griseum | paperbark maple | T | ||
| 6 | Sarcococca humulis | sweet box | |||
| 7 | Stewartia pseudocamellia | Japanese stewartia | |||
| 8 | Rhododendron caucasicum | 'Christmas Cheer' | |||
| 9 | Euphorbia griffithii | 'Fireglow' | spurge | ||
| 10 | Saxifraga x urbium | 'Aureopunctata' | variegated London's Pride saxifrage | ||
| 11 | Camellia x williamsii | 'Donation' | |||
| 12 | Camellia japonica | Japanese camellia, rose of winter | |||
| 13 | Hydrangea macrophylla | mophead hydrangea | |||
| 14 | Osmanthus heterophyllus | 'Variegatus' | variegated false holly | T | |
| 15 | Rhododendron | 'Silver Skies' | |||
| 16 | Lonicera nitida | 'Baggesens Gold' | box honeysuckle | ||
| 17 | Oxydendrum arboreum | sourwood, sorrell tree | T | ||
| 18 | Primula x pubescens | double primrose | |||
| 19 | Rhododendron viscosum | 'Milleneum' | deciduous azalea | ||
| 20 | Rhododendron | 'Ring of Fire' | |||
| 21 | Rhododendron | 'Seaview Sunset' | |||
| 22 | Chamaecyparis pisifera | 'Aurea Nana' (Sunball TM) | sawara false cypress | T | |
| 23 | Prunus laurocerasus | 'Mount Vernon' | English laurel | ||
| 24 | Cornus kousa | kousa dogwood | T | ||
| 25 | Sequoia sempervirens | 'Adpressa' | coast redwood | T | |
| 26 | Acer palmatum | 'Garnet' | Japanese maple | T | |
| 27 | Armeria maritima | sea thrift, sea pink | |||
| 28 | Saxifraga x urbium | 'Primuloides' | dwarf London’s Pride saxifrage | ||
| 29 | Euonymus alatus | 'Compactus' | dwarf burning bush | ||
| 30 | Hosta fortunei | 'Francee' | |||
| 31 | Hosta fortunei | 'Hyacinthia' | |||
| 32 | Hosta | 'Gold Standard' | |||
| 33 | Actaea matsumurae | 'White Pearl' | Japanese bugbane | ||
| 34 | Rhododendron | 'Northern Hi-Lights' | azalea | ||
| 35 | Rhododendron | 'Klondyke' | azalea | ||
| 36 | Hydrangea arborescens | 'Annabelle' | smooth azalea | ||
| 37 | Helleborus | ||||
| 38 | Clematis | 'Nelly Moser' | early large flowered clematis | ||
| 39 | Heptacodium miconioides | seven sons' plant, autumn lilac | |||
| 40 | Narcissus | 'Tete-a-tete' | |||
| 41 | Malus | 'Bailears' | ruby tears flowering crabapple | T | |
| 42 | Carex oshimensis | 'Evergold' | sedge | ||
| 43 | Thymus lanuginosus | wooly thyme | |||
| 44 | Primula vulgaris | primrose | |||
| 45 | Campanula persicifolia | 'Chettle Charm' | peach-leaved bellflower | ||
| 46 | Colchicum autumnale | autumn crocus | |||
| 47 | Ligularia dentata | 'Desdemona' | bigleaf ligularia, leopard plant | ||
| 48 | Heuchera | 'Marmalade' | coral bells | ||
| 49 | Fillipendula rubra | queen of the prairie | |||
| 50 | Hesperantha coccinea | crimson flag | |||
| 51 | Galanthus nivalis | snowdrop | |||
| 52 | Iberis sempervirens | evergreen candytuft, perennial candytuft | |||
| 53 | Aster dumosus | 'Wood's Purple' | |||
| 54 | Chamaecyparis obtusa | 'Aurorea' | golden hinoki cypress | ||
| 55 | Dryopteris filix-mas | male fern | N | ||
| 56 | Polyshichum polyblepharum | tassle fern | |||
| 57 | Athyrium niponicum var. pictum | painted fern | |||
| 58 | Chionodoxa luciliae | 'Glory of the Snow' | |||
| 59 | Anemone nemorosa | wood anemone | |||
| 60 | Geum | avens | |||
| 61 | Hydrangea petiolaris | climbing hydrangea | |||
| 62 | Astilbe | astilbe | |||
| 63 | Polemonium reptans | Jacob's ladder | |||
| 64 | Actaea simplex | 'Black Negligee' | |||
| 65 | Crocosmia | 'George Davidson' | |||
| 66 | Phygelius rectus | 'Moonraker' | cape fuchsia | ||
| 67 | Phygelius capensis | cape fuchsia | |||
| 68 | Cupressus sempervirens | Italian cypress | |||
| 69 | Adiantum pedatum | five finger maidenhair fern | |||
| 70 | Adiantum venustum | Himalayan maidenhair fern | |||
| 71 | Penstemon mexicali | 'Sunburst Amethyst' | beard tongue | ||
| 72 | Iris | yellow (unknown variety) | |||
| 73 | Iris tenax | toughleaf iris, Oregon iris | |||
| 74 | Penstemon x hybrid | 'Quartz Rose' | beard tongue | ||
| 75 | Penstemon x hybrid | 'Husker Red' | beard tongue | ||
| 76 | Gaultheria procumbens | 'Winter Splash' | wintergreen | ||
| 77 | Lysmachia | 'Persian Chocolate' | loosestrife, moneywort | ||
| 78 | Penstemon | 'ChaCha Cherry' | |||
| 79 | Euphorbia hypericifolia | 'Breathless Blush' | baby's breath euphorbia | ||
| 80 | Erysimum x linifolium | 'Bowles Mauve' | wallflower | ||
| 81 | Allium moly | lily leek, golden garlic | |||
| 82 | Campanula garganica | Adriatic bellflower | |||
| 83 | Campanula garganica | 'Dickson Gold' | Adriatic bellflower | ||
| 84 | Lobelia fulgens | 'Queen Victoria' | Queen Victoria lobelia | ||
| 85 | Lobelia x speciosa | 'Fan Burgandy' | fan burgundy lobelia |