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Lower Evergreen Border
Lower Evergreen Border
A concrete foundation for a compost pile was created on this site to serve a nearby Victory Vegetable Garden during World War II. After the war, the foundation and surrounding area was filled in with soil and graded and a collection of unusual evergreens planted on top. The concrete foundation can still be seen at one end.
Among the Collection:
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Endless Summer’
Boxwood
Buxus ‘Green Gem’
Flaky juniper
Juniperus squamata ‘Holger’
Golden hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Crippsii’
Japanese garden juniper
Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’
Korean Fir
Abies koreana ‘Prostrata’
Rocky Mt. juniper
Juniperus scopulorum ‘Moonglow’
Thread-leaf sawara cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’
Vintage gold sawara cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Vintage Gold’
Weeping eastern white pine
Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’
Weeping Serbian spruce
Picea omorika ‘Pendula’
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