Display Garden

As one might guess from the name, Bee Balm attracts bees along with hummingbirds and other pollinators. It is combined here with white Shasta Daisy and purple phlox.

This late summer border is a bold mix of color, form and texture. Monarda, goatsbeard and ligularia add height to the background, while daylilies and nepeta fill in the middle. Along the front of the border, heuchera, sedums and low grasses provide a variety of foliage colors and textures.

A surprise snow caught these tulips off guard in the spring garden.

Tulips are among the most popular spring flowers of all time, and it's no wonder. Everybody loves these easy to grow bulbs that herald the arrival of spring.

Like the light at the end of the tunnel, a walk down the woodland garden path leads to bright sunlight pouring through the branches of the weeping willow tree.

A pondless waterfall was installed in the woodland garden, offering a cool place to sit and enjoy the sights and sounds of the garden.

Intoxicating orange blooms liven the late spring to early summer garden when many bulbs have faded and summer perennials have yet to appear. The large flowers create bright spots of color framed by attractive foliage. A fantastic show! These brilliant beacons of spectacular color spread 18-36" to add an element of drama to a perennial garden, bed or border.

Globeflowers are extremely popular perennials, bursting into color in late spring and early summer. Sometimes called Buttercups, they grow well in a sunny or part-shaded border, or at the edge of a moist woodland.

Native wildflowers like Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) and Golden Poppy (Stylophorum diphylum) grow especially well in the filtered light of the early spring woodland garden.

The center garden pond and waterfall are surrounded by an ever-changing display blending sound, color, form and texture, from spring through fall.

Take a walk down the Primrose path. These charming flowers are one of the most beautiful additions to the garden, welcoming in spring with their neat foliage and showy flowers.

The flowering crab near the pond is so covered with white blossoms that it almost looks like snow.

This shady bed features a wide assortment of hostas enough to please any hosta-holic.

This bed mixes a variety of leaf shapes, sizes and textures. In the foreground, hosta 'Paul's Glory' contrasts beautifully with the gold feathery branches of 'Tiger Eyes Sumac' directly behind it. The color of the burgundy 'Rosy Glow' Barberry on the right is complemented by the Heuchera on the left. And the spikey leaves of the iris and candy lily add another dimension.

Hosta collecting has been known to be addictive, and even contagious. Of course, you can always look the other way!

Goldfish and Koi can be seen swimming among the waterlilys, iris and other water plants in our display garden pond.

Just cross the bridge to go from one area of the gardens to another, from high and dry to boggy climates, you will find them all filled with plants growing in the specific conditions required for them.

With its long spikes of violet-blue, pea-like flowers Baptisia is an excellent choice for sunny gardens. It makes an excellent cut flower, is attractive to butterflies and is drought tolerant, once established. The flowers are followed by ornamental seed pods, which when dried make very satisfactory rattles to amuse the leaders of tomorrow!

The large cones of Echinacea Big Sky Sundown invite butterflies and bees to stop in for a drink.

The lavender Veronica, purple-pink Yarrow and Sidalcea blend with the yellow Coreopsis for a cool color combination.

Installed at the edge of the woodland display garden, this bubbling rock adds a low-maintenance natural water feature to the garden. Sit nearby and listen to the sound of gurgling water as it bubbles out of the top and cascades down the contours of the rock.

Late last summer the gnomes and fairies moved into the woodland garden. However, they weren't completely happy with the area, and will be taking up roots in another area this spring. When walking through the garden, keep quiet and observant and you just may see where they have moved in.

Orange Asclepias and Echinacea Hot Papaya make a dramatic contrast with the small Drumstick allium.

Azaleas are called "the royalty of the garden". Pictured here is 'Mandarin Lights' setting the woodland garden ablaze.

Oranges and purples make a colorful combination in this bed full of butterfly loving plants.

A mix of Heliopsis, coneflowers, liatris and veronicastrum creates a low maintenance natural-looking prairie display, which is extremely attractive to butterflies and bees.

Anything but dull, this path takes you past a large bed of astilbe, lady's mantle, stachys 'Hummelo', colorful Japanese forest grass, brunnera and many other shade plants. In the spring this area is filled with columbines, primrose and bleeding hearts.

The silver artemesia, pink yarrow, blue campanula and yellow lilies make a very bright combination planting in the garden area near the pond.

Ligularia is a noble plant for the back of the border, providing a strong backdrop for shorter perennials, like nepeta, monarda, rudbeckia and daylilies. The foliage will wilt during the heat of the day or if the sun hits it, but this is a natural reaction that doesn't always mean they are dry.

The weeping larch makes a dramatic focal point from spring until late fall. Surrounded by Perovskia this bed almost glows in the late summer.

When you arrive at Winter Greenhouse you will be greeted by our resting 'Buffalo' surrounded by bright annuals, perennials and ornamental grasses.

The Red Jade crabapple tree in the display garden hangs onto its fruit for a extra long time, providing food for the birds while adding interest and extending the enjoyment of this tree into the late fall and winter.

The white spikes and dark foliage of Cimicifuga provides a dramatic contrast to the red crab apples in the fall display garden.

'Fall-ter' - what you get when you cross fall and winter! An early snow covers the display garden while brilliant fall color remains on the surrounding trees.

Ornamental grasses show off their feathery plumes starting in September and can be left to stand to provide ongoing winter interest.

An early snow hangs as a taste of things to come on the leaves and branches of a crabapple tree.

Structures like arbors, fruit trees, shrubs and ornamental grasses can provide lots of winter interest in the garden.