A Northeast Sensory Garden Plan
Landscape plan Leah Gardner/Illustrations by Simutis Illustrations
Your senses will come alive in this garden designed specifically for the Northeast.
Create a Northeast garden founded on the pleasures of the senses with these suggested design features and plantings.
Plant List
Landscape plan Leah Gardner/Illustrations by Simutis Illustrations
This sensory garden plan is tailor-made for the Northeast.
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
- Butterfly house
- Existing patio
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