A Northeast Sensory Garden Plan

Create a Northeast garden founded on the pleasures of the senses with these suggested design features and plantings.

Plant List 

A. Striped maple (Acer pensylvanica) 
Alternative: Other small accent tree 

B. Red twig dogwood (Cornus sericea) 
Alternative: Medium-sized shrub, three to five feet tall 

C. Hummingbird summersweet (Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird') 
Alternative: Other small shrub, two to three feet tall 

D. Green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) 
Alternative: Three-toothed cinquefoil (Potentilla tridentata), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) or other groundcover 6 to 12 inches tall 

E. Palm sedge (Carex muskingumensis) 
Alternative: Other small ornamental grass, one foot tall 

F. Green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) 
Alternative: Three-toothed cinquefoil (Potentilla tridentata), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) or other groundcover 6 to 12 inches tall 

G. Rose tickseed (Coreopsis rosea) 
Alternative: Other herbaceous plant, one to two feet tall 

H. Sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) 
Alternative: Lady fern (Athyrium felix-femina) or other grass or fern, two to three feet tall 

I. Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) 
Alternative: Other herbaceous plant, two to three feet tall 

J. Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) 
Alternative: Other herbaceous accent plant, one to three feet tall 

K. Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) 
Alternative: Other groundcover, 6 to 12 inches tall 

Key

1. Butterfly house
2. Existing patio