FORT TRYON PARK WINTER INTEREST LIST 2018/19
Billings Lawn Pine Lawn
Blooming between November and March, Interesting Leaves timing depending on weather Yucca filamentosa – Adam’s Needle Corylopsis pauciflora – Buttercup Winterhazel (growing in the eastern cliffside!) Helleborus x – Lenten Rose Conifers Conifers Pinus parviflora ‘Brevifolia’ – Short-Leafed Chamaecyparus obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’ –Dwarf Japanese White Pine Hinoki Falsecypress Pinus strobus – Eastern White Pine Juniperus virginiana ‘Gray Owl’ – Eastern Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’ – Weeping White Pine Redcedar Pinus thunbergii – Japanese Black Pine J. conferta ‘Blue Pacific’ – Shore Juniper Pinus wallichiana – Himalayan Pine Taxus baccata ‘Repandens’ – English Yew Taxus cvs. –Yews Margaret Corbin Circle
Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Blooming between November and March, Abelia x grandiflora – Glossy Abelia timing depending on weather Cretaegus ‘Winter King’ – Hawthorne Corylopsis pauciflora – Buttercup Winterhazel Kalmia latifolia – Mountain Laurel Corylus americana – American Filbert Magnolia virginiana – Sweetbay Magnolia Malus cvs. – Crabapples Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Callicarpa ‘Profusion’ – Beautyberry Billings Arcade Path Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’ – Emerald Gaiety Wintercreeper Blooming between November and March, Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ – Nellie Stevens Holly timing depending on weather Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’ – Heavenly H. mollis ‘Goldcrest’ – Chinese Witch-Hazel Bamboo Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis – Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Sweetbox Ilex glabra ‘Shamrock’ – Inkberry Ilex opaca ‘Xanthocarpa’ – Yellow-Berried Seasonal Arrangements at Corbin Circle & American Holly Linden Terrace stairs Pieris japonica cv.– Japanese Andromeda Abies procera – Noble Fir boughs Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luykens’ – Otto Calocedrus decurrens ‘Maupin Glow’? – Gold- Luykens Cherrylaurel Variegated Incense-Cedar boughs Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’ – Adam’s Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Ffilifera Aurea’ – Gold Needle Mop Sawara Falsecypress boughs Pinus sp. – pinecones Conifers Pseudotsuga menziesii – Douglas Fir boughs Picea orientalis – Oriental Spruce Salix sp. – Willow stems [painted red] Pinus bungeana – Lacebark Pine Taxus sp. – Yew hedge and boughs Pinus flexilis ‘Vanderwoolf’s Pyramid’ – Vanderwoolf’s Pyramid Limber Pine Pinus parviflora ‘Glauca’ – Blue-Leafed Japanese White Pine Pinus strobus – White Pine Pinus wallichiana – Himalayan Pine
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Heather Garden
Blooming between November and March, Interesting Leaves and Stems timing depending on weather Abelia x grandiflora ‘Rosecreek’, ‘Sherwoodii’ Edgeworthia chrysantha – Paperbush – Glossy Abelia Erica carnea, E. x darleyensis cvs. – Heath Arum italicum ‘Marmoratum’ – Arrowroot varieties Buxus sempervirens – Common Box Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’, ‘Pallida’ – Calluna vulgaris ‘Beoley Gold,’ ‘Cupraea,’ ‘Firefly,’ ‘Gold Haze,’ ‘Kerstin,’ ‘Winter Witch Hazel Chocolate’ , ‘Robert Chapman’, ‘Orange Helleborus x ‘Lady Series’, H. x nigercors, H. Queen’– Heathers with colored leaves orientalis – Lenten and Christmas Roses Cretaegus ‘Winter King’ – Hawthorne Mahonia ‘Orangee Flame’ – Grapeholly Cytisus scoparius cvs. – Scotch Broom Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ – Japanese Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' – Golden Pieris Japanese Forest Grass Ilex crenata ‘Convexa’ – Japanese Holly Conifers Lavandula ‘Munsted’, ‘Provence’ – Lavender Cedrus deodara ‘Prostrate Beauty’ – Magnolia virginiana – Sweetbay Magnolia Himalayan Cedar Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Ebony Knight' – Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Juniperoides Aurea' – Black Mondo Grass Gold Sawara Falsecypress Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’ –variegated Juniperis horizontalis ‘Blue Chip, ‘Limeglow’, dwarf Japanese Pieris ‘Silver Mist’, ‘Wilsonii’ – Creeping Juniper Rhododendron ‘Chionoides,’ ‘Jenny Tabol,’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides- Dawn Redwood ‘Roseum Elegans’ – Rhododendrons Pinus densiflora ‘Low Glow’- Low Glow Thuja occidentalis ‘Fire Chief’ – Fire Chief Japanese Red Pine Arborvitae Pinus mugo’White Bud’- White Bud Dwarf Yucca filamentosa – Adam’s Needle Mogo Pine Juniperus virginiana ‘Gray Owl’ – Eastern Interesting Fruits and Buds Redcedar Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’, C. Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’ – Birds Nest Norway ‘Profusion’ – Beautyberries Spruce Cotoneaster apiculata –Cranberry Cotoneaster Picea glauca ‘Montgomery’ – Montgomery C. dammeri – Bearberry Cotoneaster Blue Spruce C. horizontalis – Rockspray Cotoneaster Pinus strobus – White Pine M. stellata – Star Magnolia Taxus baccata ‘Repandens’ – English Yew Malus cvs. – Crabapples T. canadensis – Canadian Yew; Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ – Japanese T. cuspidata ‘Thayerae’ – Japanese Yew Pieris Pyracantha coccinea – Scarlet Firethorn Taxus spp. – Yews
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New Leaf Café Berm & Sunrise Slope Southern Comfort along path from Heather Garden north to New area below and southeast of Linden Terrace Leaf Café front entrance and just beyond Blooming between November and March, timing depending on weather Blooming between November and March, Cornus mas– Corneliancherry Dogwood timing depending on weather Hamamelis mollis ‘Goldcrest’ – Chinese Helleborus x hybrida – Lenten Rose Whitchazel Magnolia ‘Edith Bogue’ – Southern Magnolia Helleborus x hybrida – Lenten Rose Abelia x grandiflora ‘Sherwoodii’ – Glossy Sarcococca hookeriana – Sweetbox Abelia Berberis julianae – Wintergreen Barberry Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Pieris floribunda x japonica ‘Brouwer’s Beauty’ Arum italicum – Lords and Ladies – Japanese Andromeda Buxus x ‘Green Velvet’ – Boxwood Callicarpa ‘Profusion’ – Beautyberry Conifers Picea glauca – White Spruce Ilex crenata ‘Convexa’ – Japanese Holly Pinus strobus – Eastern White Pine I. glabra – Inkberry Holly P. parviflora ‘Glauca’ – Japanese White Pine Magnolia ashei – Ashe Magnolia Taxus sp. – Yew M. virginiana – Bull-Bay M. macrophylla – Bigleaf Magnolia Cloister Lawn Area and Path Mahonia aquifolium – Oregon Grapeholly Malus ‘Sugar Tyme’ – Sugar Tyme Crabapple Blooming between November and March, Rhododendron sp. – Rhododendron timing depending on weather Rosa caroliniana – Carolina Rose Cornus mas – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Helleborus x hybrid ‘Burgundy’ – Lenten Rose Abby’s Lawn below and north of Linden Terrace Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems
Betula nigra – River Birch Blooming between November and March, Poncirus trifoliata – Trifoliate Orange timing depending on weather Helleborus spp. – Lenten Rose Conifers Chamaecyparus obtusa nana gracilis – Hinoki Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Falsecypress Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanie’ – Japanese Aucuba C. pisifera filiformis ‘Sungold’ – Sawara Leucothoe fontanesania – Fetterbush Falsecypress Miscanthus sinensis – Eulalia Grass Lavandula ‘Munsted’ – English Lavender Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Roseum Elegans’ Juniperus ‘Gray Owl’ – Juniper – Catawba Rhododendron
P. mariana ‘Nana’ – Dwarf Black Spruce Conifers Pinus mugo – Swiss Mountain Pine X Cupressocyparis leylandii – Leyland Cypress Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’ – Weeping White Pine
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Arden Street Entrance Garden & Bennett Avenue Entrance Anne Loftus Playground Blooming between November and March, Blooming between November and March, timing depending on weather timing depending on weather Cornus mas – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Cornus mas – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Cretaegus ‘Winter King’ – Winter King Corylopsis pauciflora – Winter-Hazel Hawthorne Hamamelis intermedia ‘Diane’ – Witch-Hazel Crocus tommasinianus ‘Ruby Giant’ – Snow Crocus Helleborus ‘Brandywine’, cvs. – Lenten Roses Helleborus argustifolius, H. ‘Brandywine’, H. x hybridus ‘Anna's Red’ – Lenten Rose Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems
Cornus mas – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Cornus cv. – Redtwig Shrub Dogwood Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' –Japanese Sedge Euonymus kiautschovicus 'Manhattan' Cercis canadensis 'Whitewater' – Weeping Ilex x meservae – Meserve Hybrid Holly Variegated Eastern Redbud Malus cv. – Crabapple Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' –Japanese Sedge Nandina domestica – Heavenly Bamboo Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Corylopsis paucifolia – Buttercup Winterhazel Conifers Cretaegus phaenopyrum – Washington Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ – Blue Atlas Cedar Hawthorne Cryptomeria japonica – Japanese Cedar Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance' – Autumn Taxus sp. – Yew Fern
Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’ – Gold Japanese Dongan Place Entrance Forest Grass Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’ – Purple Blooming between November and March, Dragon Deadnettle timing depending on weather Mahonia bealei – Leatherleaf Grapeholly Cornus mas – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Microbiota decussatta – Russian Arborvitae Helleborus ‘Brandywine’ – Lenten Rose Prunus 'Otto Luykens' –Cherrylaurel Helleborus argustifolia – Corsican Hellebore Conifers Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Cryptomeria japonica – Japanese Cedar Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' –Japanese Sedge Pinus strobus – Eastern White Pine Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats Taxus sp. – Yew Cornus mas – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance' – Autumn Fern Hydrangea quercifolia – Oakleaf Hydrangea Ilex aquifolium – American Holly I. crenata – Japanese Holly Prunus 'Schipkaensis' – Skip Cherrylaurel
Conifers Chamaecyparis pisifera filifera 'Gold Mop' – Gold Mop Falsecypress Ilex aquifolium – American Holly Pinus strobus – Eastern White Pine Taxus sp. – Yew For more information on the Heather Garden and monthly bloom lists see www.FortTryonParkTrust.org FORT TRYON PARK WINTER INTEREST LIST 2018/19
Alpine Garden, Grotto Area Alpine Staircase slope behind Dongan Place to below the Grotto Blooming between November and March, timing depending on weather Blooming between November and March, Erica carnea 'Winter Beauty' – Heath timing depending on weather Jasminum nudum – Winter Jasmine Hamamellis ‘Arnold’s Promise’, ‘Jelena’ – Lonicera frangrantissima – Winter Witch-Hazel Honeysuckle Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats Calluna vulgaris ‘Kerstin’, ‘Tib’ –Heathers Hakenochloa macra 'Aureola' – Golden Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' –Japanese Sedge Japanese Forest Grass Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Ffilifera Aurea’ – Gold Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' – Shamrock Inkberry Kalmia latifolia 'Pink Charm' – Mountain Mop Sawara Falsecypress Laurel Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty', 'Streib's Matteucia struthiopteris – Ostrich Fern Findling' – Cotoneaster Polystichum acrosthichoides – Christmas Fern Cytisus scoparius 'Lena' – Lena Scotch Broom P. polyblepharum – Tassel Fern Daphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' – Carol Prunus 'Schipkaensis' – Skip Cherrylaurel Mackie Daphne Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’ – Adam’s Festuca 'Boulder Blue' – Blue Fescue Needle
Hakenochloa macra 'All Gold' – All Gold Conifers Japanese Japanese Forest Grass Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata' – Hypericum x 'Albury Purple' – St. John’s Wort Japanese Plumyew Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’ – Helleri Japanese Holly Tsuga canadensis ‘Pendula’ – Weeping Pieris japonica 'Cavantine'– Japanese Hemlock Adromeda Santolina chamaecyparissus – Lavender Cotton Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis – Sweetbox Thymus sp. –Thyme Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’ – Adam’s Needle
Conifers Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Ffilifera Aurea’ – Gold Mop Sawara Falsecypress Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana' –Hinoki Falsecypress Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' – Japanese Garden Juniper Picea pungens 'Montgomery' – Montgomery Blue Spruce Tsuga canadensis ‘Pendula’ – Weeping Hemlock For more information on the Heather Garden and monthly bloom lists see www.FortTryonParkTrust.org FORT TRYON PARK WINTER INTEREST LIST 2018/19
Alpine Garden Upper Area from above the Grotto to The Cloisters
Blooming between November and March, timing depending on weather Erica carnea 'Winter Beauty' – Heath Jasminum nudum – Winter Jasmine Lonicera frangrantissima – Winter Honeysuckle
Interesting Fruits, Leaves, and Stems Acer griseum – Paperbark Maple Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Repens' – creeping Willowleaf Cotoneaster Cytisus scoparius 'Lena' – Lena Scotch Broom Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae – Wood Spurge Hypericum x 'Albury Purple' – St. John’s Wort Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’ – Helleri Japanese Holly Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Whitewater’ – variegated Doghobble Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ – Japanese Andromeda Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’ – Adam’s Needle
Conifers Pinus thunbergii ‘Thunderhead’ – Japanese Black Pine
For more information on the Heather Garden and monthly bloom lists see www.FortTryonParkTrust.org