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Extension Master Gardener℠ Demonstration Garden, Durham Co.

Demo Garden Design Plan

Winter

Demo Garden Design Plan Garden age: 0 Beth Austin CC BY-NC 4.0
Description

Name: Urban Demonstration Garden.

Open to the public: Yes

County: Durham

Address: 721 Foster Street, Durham, NC

Link to the public garden map

Website: 

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7B

Extension Demonstration Garden? Yes

Approximate year the garden/landscape was established: 2023

What to look for:

  • Shady, Sunny, Vertical, Planters, and Hardscape are the themes.
  • A unique Recognition Sidewalk highlights the Hardscape theme.
  • Custom-designed Gabions highlight the Planters theme.
  • A Spoke Wheel design highlights the Shady Garden.

The garden supports the NC State Extension Master Gardener Mission (www.ces.ncsu.edu/how-extension-works/) by teaching and demonstrating practical research-based gardening techniques for a variety of urban spaces. This city garden welcomes and inspires visitors with innovative displays, practices, and programs.

Horticulture:

Automated drip Irrigation from a rainwater harvesting system.

Demo Garden Design Plan

Winter

Demo Garden Design Plan Garden age: 0 Beth Austin CC BY-NC 4.0
Spoke Wheel Design Installation in Shade Garden

Spring

Spoke Wheel Design Installation in Shade Garden. Installing small plants causes minimal disturbance to the tree's roots. Garden age: 0 Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Example of Etched Aluminum Plant ID tag with QR Code

Spring

Example of Etched Aluminum Plant ID tag with QR Code Garden age: 0 Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Prairie Beardgrass Prairie Beard Grass Schizachyrium scoparius
Recognition Walkway

Summer

Recognition Walkway Garden age: 0 Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Summer

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos spp.
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' Catmint Faassen’S Catnip Walker's Low habit, spring, Durham County, NC
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Summer

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Summer

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Stachys byzantina Donkey's Ears Lamb's Ear Lamb's-Ears Form
Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel

Summer

Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Heuchera Alumroot Coral Bells Heuchera Heuchera cultivars
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Heuchera villosa Crag-Jangle Hairy Alumroot Maple-Leaved Alumroot Form
Hosta 'Halcyon' 'Halcyon' Hosta Plantain Lily 'Halcyon' Form
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Flowers
Gabion at the Building Entrance

Summer

Gabion at the Building Entrance. The plants are heat-tolerant tropical plants treated as annuals. Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus Flower, bud, and leaves
Mandevilla Mandevilla medium pink 5-lobed trumpet shaped flower.
Reptile in the Garden - Anolis carolinensis

Summer

Reptile in the Garden - Anolis carolinensis, shedding its skin. Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Fall

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos spp.
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Fall

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Fall

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel

Fall

Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Heuchera Alumroot Coral Bells Heuchera Heuchera cultivars
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Heuchera villosa Crag-Jangle Hairy Alumroot Maple-Leaved Alumroot Form
Hosta 'Halcyon' 'Halcyon' Hosta Plantain Lily 'Halcyon' Form
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Flowers
Gabion at the Building Entrance. The plants are heat-tolerant tr

Fall

Gabion at the Building Entrance. The plants are heat tolerant treated as annuals. Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus Flower, bud, and leaves
Mandevilla Mandevilla medium pink 5-lobed trumpet shaped flower.
Bumblebee feeding on flower.

Fall

Bumblebee feeding on flower. Garden age: 5 months Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Winter

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos spp.
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' Catmint Faassen’S Catnip Walker's Low habit, spring, Durham County, NC
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Winter

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Winter

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants

Winter

Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group) Collard Collards Decorative Kale Edible Kale
Jacobaea maritima Dusty Miller Silver Ragwort Senecio cineraria
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Spring

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Iris Flag Iris Snake Lily Flower in pond pots (1.5 ft. of water) in spring in Moore County
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Spring

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Spring

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel

Spring

Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Heuchera Alumroot Coral Bells Heuchera Heuchera cultivars
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Heuchera villosa Crag-Jangle Hairy Alumroot Maple-Leaved Alumroot Form
Hosta 'Halcyon' 'Halcyon' Hosta Plantain Lily 'Halcyon' Form
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Flowers
Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants

Spring

Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Brassica oleracea Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Kohlrabi Brassica oleracea
Jacobaea maritima Dusty Miller Silver Ragwort Senecio cineraria
Demo Garden Design Plan

Winter

Demo Garden Design Plan Garden age: 0 Beth Austin CC BY-NC 4.0
Spoke Wheel Design Installation in Shade Garden

Spring

Spoke Wheel Design Installation in Shade Garden. Installing small plants causes minimal disturbance to the tree's roots. Garden age: 0 Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Example of Etched Aluminum Plant ID tag with QR Code

Spring

Example of Etched Aluminum Plant ID tag with QR Code Garden age: 0 Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Prairie Beardgrass Prairie Beard Grass Schizachyrium scoparius
Recognition Walkway

Summer

Recognition Walkway Garden age: 0 Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Summer

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos spp.
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' Catmint Faassen’S Catnip Walker's Low habit, spring, Durham County, NC
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Summer

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Summer

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Stachys byzantina Donkey's Ears Lamb's Ear Lamb's-Ears Form
Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel

Summer

Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Heuchera Alumroot Coral Bells Heuchera Heuchera cultivars
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Heuchera villosa Crag-Jangle Hairy Alumroot Maple-Leaved Alumroot Form
Hosta 'Halcyon' 'Halcyon' Hosta Plantain Lily 'Halcyon' Form
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Flowers
Gabion at the Building Entrance

Summer

Gabion at the Building Entrance. The plants are heat-tolerant tropical plants treated as annuals. Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus Flower, bud, and leaves
Mandevilla Mandevilla medium pink 5-lobed trumpet shaped flower.
Reptile in the Garden - Anolis carolinensis

Summer

Reptile in the Garden - Anolis carolinensis, shedding its skin. Garden age: 1 month Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Fall

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos spp.
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Fall

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Fall

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel

Fall

Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Heuchera Alumroot Coral Bells Heuchera Heuchera cultivars
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Heuchera villosa Crag-Jangle Hairy Alumroot Maple-Leaved Alumroot Form
Hosta 'Halcyon' 'Halcyon' Hosta Plantain Lily 'Halcyon' Form
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Flowers
Gabion at the Building Entrance. The plants are heat-tolerant tr

Fall

Gabion at the Building Entrance. The plants are heat tolerant treated as annuals. Garden age: 5 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus Flower, bud, and leaves
Mandevilla Mandevilla medium pink 5-lobed trumpet shaped flower.
Bumblebee feeding on flower.

Fall

Bumblebee feeding on flower. Garden age: 5 months Mary Kiernen CC BY-NC 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Winter

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos spp.
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' Catmint Faassen’S Catnip Walker's Low habit, spring, Durham County, NC
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Winter

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Winter

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants

Winter

Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants Garden age: 7 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group) Collard Collards Decorative Kale Edible Kale
Jacobaea maritima Dusty Miller Silver Ragwort Senecio cineraria
Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Spring

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Amelanchier Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Juneberry Close up of flower and leaves.
Anethum graveolens Anet Dill Dill-Oil Plant Anethum graveolens
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil French Parsley Garden Chervil Chervil plant
Eutrochium dubium Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Coastal Plain Joepye Weed Eutrochium dubium
Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel Fennel Finocchio Foeniculum vulgare
Iris Flag Iris Snake Lily Flower in pond pots (1.5 ft. of water) in spring in Moore County
Monarda punctata Bee Balm Dotted Beebalm Horsemint Monarda punctata in bloom in summer in Moore County
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint Narrow-Leafed Mountain Mint Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Salvia microphylla Baby Sage Blackcurrant Sage Graham's Sage Form
Center Garden with path & birdbath

Spring

Center Garden with path & birdbath Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine Columbine Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis Thread-Leaf Tickseed Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Itea virginica 'Little Henry' Tassel-White Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Willow Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Liatris spicata Blazing Star Blazing Stars Dense Blazing Star Form
Malus sylvestris Apple Common Crabapple Crabapple Malus sylvestris
Quercus phellos Oaks Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Salvia nemorosa Balkan Clary Meadow Sage Violet Sage Form in bloom
Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden

Spring

Left Side of Center & Part of Sunny Garden Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy Achillea millefolium
Allium Onion Ornamental Onions Alllium
Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry American Mulberry Beautyberry Callicarpa americana in summer in Moore County
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge Meadow Sedge Sedges Form
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis Form
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo In the summer.
Hepatica americana Round-Lobed Hepatica Round-Lobed Liverleaf Flowers
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Nepeta x faassenii Blue Catmint Faasen's Catmint Plant
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' Angled Solomon's Seal Fragrant Solomon's Seal Japanese Solomon Seal Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in spring/summer
Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel

Spring

Two Sections of the Spoke Wheel Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Heuchera Alumroot Coral Bells Heuchera Heuchera cultivars
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Alumroot Purple Palace Coral Bells Heuchera 'Palace Purple' summer
Heuchera villosa Crag-Jangle Hairy Alumroot Maple-Leaved Alumroot Form
Hosta 'Halcyon' 'Halcyon' Hosta Plantain Lily 'Halcyon' Form
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Flowers
Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants

Spring

Gabion at the Building Entrance with Winter Hardy Plants Garden age: 9 months Girish Bhatt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Brassica oleracea Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Kohlrabi Brassica oleracea
Jacobaea maritima Dusty Miller Silver Ragwort Senecio cineraria