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Carol Tatkon Entry Garden

A mixed-border garden of spring bulbs, annuals and perennials that provide a riot of color in summer. Shrubs and trees add year-round structure and interest. Designed by Cudnohufsky Associates, 2002.

Carol Clark Tatkon, a Berkshire Botanical Garden benefactor, loved the brilliant blooms of both Western Massachusetts and Texas — the two places where she lived most of her life. This mixed border garden, created in her memory, features colorful spring bulbs, annuals, perennials, and woody plants organized into garden "rooms" — with annuals grouped by color.

Among the Collection:


American chestnut
Castanea dentata ‘Restoration 1.0’
American sweetgum
Liquidamber styraciflora ‘Silver King’
Apple
Malus domestica ‘Yellow Transparent’
Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’
Black tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
Box elder
Acer negundo
Boxwood
Buxus ‘Green Gem’
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
Cornus mas
Crabapple
Malus ‘Donald Wyman’
Crabapple
Malus ‘Louisa’
Doublefile viburnum
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’
Dwarf Alberta spruce
Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Conica’
Dwarf bush honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Dwarf hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lime'
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
Fernleaf beech
Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla ‘Asplenifolia’
Fringe tree
Chionanthus virginicus
Golden thread-leaf sawara cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera Aurea’
Green wave yew
Taxus x media ‘Green Wave’
Grey owl juniper
Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’
Hunnewelliana Colorado blue spruce
Picea pungens ‘Hunnewelliana’
Japanese maple
Acer palmatum ‘Trompenburg’
Japanese stone pine
Pinus pumila ‘Dwarf Blue’
Japanese white pine
Pinus parviflora Glauca Group
Katsura tree
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa
Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa
Large fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Linden viburnum
Viburnum dilatatum ‘Cardinal Candy’
Magnolia
Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’
Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba
Mountain pine
Pinus mugo ssp. mugo
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’
Panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lamb’
Persian ironwood
Parrotia persica
Princess tree
Paulownia tomentosa
Red horse chestnut
Aesculus x carnea ‘O'Neill’
Rock garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’
Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens ‘White Dome’
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina ’Tiger Eyes’
Thornless common honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Skyline’
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica ‘Henry's Garnet’
White fir
Abies concolor
Witch-hazel
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise'