Newly established in 2016, the Welcome Garden is a mixed planting of shrubs, perennials and annuals planted on either side of the entrance gates to the patio and Gift Shop. This area was formerly planted with Dahlias which did provide amazing blossoms of varying sizes and colours beginning in late July or early August. However, volunteers wanted to showcase a mixed group of plants that provided both colour and texture in every season not just late summer.
The new plantings have joined several well-established Clematis vines that have been growing against the fence for many years. Visitors are amazed each June as hundreds of red-violet blooms on Clematis 'Jackmanii Rubra' provide a display that lasts for many weeks.
Although the Welcome Garden was planted with immature plants, most have done well and grown magnificently in such a short time. We look forward to seeing the progress as plants continue to grow over the next few years.
Our Plants
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Height | Width | Zone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquilegia 'Winky Blue & White' | Columbine | Sun-Part Shade | 18-20" | 12-15" | 3 | Late spring-early summer |
| Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' | Rose Glow Barberry | Sun-Part Shade | 4' | 3' | 3 | |
| Berberis thunbergii 'Sunsation' | Sunsation Barberry | Full Sun | 3' | 3' | 3 | |
| Clematis jackmanii | Clematis | Sun-Part Shade | 10' + | 3' | 3 | Begins early summer |
| Clematis 'Jackmanii Rubra' | Clematis | Sun-Part Shade | 8' + | 3' | 3 | Begins early summer |
| Clematis 'Nelly Moser' | Clematis | Sun-Part Shade | 8' + | 3' | 3 | Begins early summer |
| Cornus 'Hedgerow's Gold' | Hedgerow's Gold Dogwood | Sun-Part Shade | 5' | 5 | White flowers in spring | |
| Euphorbia polychroma | Spurge | Sun-Part Shade | 1.5' | 1-1.5' | 4 | Yellow spring blooms |
| Gaillardia grandiflora 'Arizona Red Shades' | Blanket flower | Full Sun | 1' | 1' | 4 | Summer |
| Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me' | Daylily 'Pardon Me' | Sun-Part Shade | 18' | 2' | 3 | Red w green throat |
| Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Quick Fire' | Little Quick Fire Hydrangea | Sun-Part Shade | 3-5' | 3-5' | 3 | White to red blooms |
| Juniperus sabina 'Calgary Carpet' | Calgary Carpet Juniper | Full Sun | 1.5-2' | 3-4' | 2b | |
| Paeonia 'Bartzella' | Peony 'Bartzella' | Sun-Part Shade | 4' | 4' | 2 | Yellow spring blooms |
| Phlox 'Blue Paradise' | Garden Phlox | Full Sun | 3.5' | 2' | 3 | Mid to late summer |
| Phlox subulata 'Drummons Pink' | Creeping Phlox | Sun-Part Shade | 4-6" | Early spring | ||
| Physocarpus opulifolius 'Amber Jubilee' | Amber Jubilee Ninebark | Sun-Part Shade | 6' | 4.5' | 2 | Orange-purple foliage |
| Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo' | Diabolo Ninebark | Sun-Part Shade | 4-8' | 4-8' | 3 | White flowers in June |
| Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rubra | Prairie Crocus, Pasque Flower | Full-part Sun | 10" | 10" | 2 | Early spring |
| Rosa 'Never Alone' | Shrub Rose | Full Sun | 3' | 2' | 3 | Red w white blooms |
| Rosa 'L.D.Braithwaite' | English Rose | Full Sun | 6' | 2' | 4 - 6 | Red blooms |
| Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow' | 3 Lobed Coneflower | Sun-Part Shade | 3' + | 1.5' | 3 | Summer to fall |
| Salvia 'Caradonna' | Meadow Sage | Full Sun | 2-2.5' | 1' | 3 | Mid to late summer |
| Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' | Sage | Full Sun | 20" | 12" | 4 | Spring thru summer |
| Sedum 'Purple Emperor' | Stonecrop | Full Sun | 15-18" | 12-18" | 3 | Mid summer thru fall |
| Sedum 'Sun Sparkler Dazzleberry' | Stonecrop | Sun-Part Shade | 8" | 1.5' | 3 | Late summer thru fall |
| Spiraea japonica 'Limebound' | Limebound Spirea | Sun-Part Shade | 1.5' | 2' | Pink flowers in spring | |
| Spirea japonica 'Magic Carpet' | Magic Carpet Spirea | Full Sun | 1.5-2' | 2' | 3 | Flowers mid-summer |
| Thuja occidentalis 'Skybound' | Skybound Cedar / Arborvitae | Full Sun | 10-20' | 3-4' | 2 | |
| Thuja occidentalis 'Danica' | Danica Cedar | Full Sun | 2' | 3' | 3 | |
| Trandescantia 'Sweet Kate' | Spiderwort | Sun-Part Shade | 1' | 1' | 3 | June - September |
| Viburnum trilobum 'Alfredo' | Alfredo American Cranberry | Full Sun | 5-7' | 5-7' | 2b | White flowers/red fruit |
