Sustainable Landscape Practices Garden Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center 1444 Diamond Springs Rd., Virginia Beach, VA

Sustainable landscaping can also be called low maintenance, green, environmentally friendly, or conservation landscaping.

Sustainable Concepts

• biological diversity – using many different promotes beneficial insects, provides food & habitat for animals, & reduces pest impact • resource conservation – using existing topography, water, plants, & views in the design reduces costs & disturbance to the environment • long term planning – planning for mature sizes & the long-term look & use of the landscape reduces costs & minimizes plant crowding & maintenance • low impact / input – disturbing the site as little as possible & using healthy, well- adapted plants reduce maintenance & pesticide & fertilizer use • water conservation – grouping plants with similar water needs, using rain sensors, rain chains, rain barrels, & rain gardens/swales to collect runoff, help to conserve valuable water resources

Sustainable Practices Used in this Landscape

• Rain chains • Long term planning • Rain sensors • Correct planting • Rain barrel • Minimal site disturbance • Landscaped swales • Grasscycling • Permeable paving • Recycled products • Ground covers • Resource conservation • Mulches • Promote beneficial insects • Compost • Low input lawn • Canopy layering • Reduced fertilizers • Passive solar • Zero pesticides heating/cooling • Solar lights • Plant diversity • Soil testing • Plant selection • Fertilizer placement • Drip irrigation • Storm drain protection • Watering bags • Minimal deadheading • Healthy soil

Products Used in this Landscape

Mulches Cedar Mulch Clam/Oyster Shells Cypress Mulch Lava Rock Pinebark Nuggets Pinestraw Red-colored Mulch Rosetta Chip Gravel Rubber Mulch River Jack Stone (rain chain display) Shredded Hardwood Mulch Chipped Mixed Wood Mulch

Edgings Split logs Cobble stone Concrete forms Colored bottles Fast Edge® panels Landscape timbers Fiber-Edge® green edging Pro Plus® black plastic edging Timberwolf® recycled edging (46 milk jugs)

Permeable Paving Slate Eagle Bay Turfstone® (patio) Eagle Bay SF Rima™ pavers Granite countertop cut outs Smart Stone® (80 grocery bags each) Design Wood® flexible decking panels Sustainable Landscape Plant List

Trees Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’ Coral-bark Maple Camellia japonica Common camellia Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’ Lavender TwistTM Weeping Redbud Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ (PP# 17740) Redbud Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Brave’ Red Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Princess’ White Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida ‘Stellar Pink’ Pink Flowering Dogwood Cornus x ‘KN30-8’ (PP# 16309) VenusTM Korean Dogwood Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’ Purple Plum

Shrubs Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ (PP# 16988) Abelia Abelia x grandiflora ‘Little Richard’ Abelia Abelia x grandiflora ‘Mardi Gras’ (PP# 15203) Variegated Abelia Azalea x ‘Conlec’ (PP# 10580) Autumn RoyaltyTM EncoreTM Azalea Azalea x ‘Conlee’ (PP# 10567) Autumn AmethystTM EncoreTM Azalea Azalea x ‘Conles’ (PP# 12109) Autumn EmpressTM EncoreTM Azalea Azalea x ‘Robleja’ (PP# 16249) Autumn SweetheartTM EncoreTM Azalea Azalea x ‘Robleo’ (PP# 19899) Autumn BelleTM EncoreTM Azalea Azalea ’Gumpo Pink’, ’Gumpo White’ Satsuki Azalea Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Wintergreen’ Korean Boxwood Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’ Sweet Pepperbush Corylus avellana ‘Red Majestic’ (PP# 16048) Purple Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick Cytisus scoparius ‘Moonlight’ Pale Yellow Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius ‘Hollandia’ Red & Yellow Scotch Broom Gardenia jasminoides Gardenia Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Cardinal Red’ Bigleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pia’ Dwarf Bigleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mariesii’ Variegated Lacecap Hydrangea Hydrangea quicerifolia ‘PeeWee’ Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea Ilex glabra ‘Shamrock’ Inkberry Holly Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Virginia Sweetspire Lagerstroemia ‘GAMAD IV’ (PP# 17219) Ruby DazzleTM Dwarf Crapemyrtle Lagerstroemia ‘GAMAD III (PP# 17171) Snow DazzleTM Dwarf Crapemyrtle Nandina domestica ‘Jaytee’ Harbor BelleTM Dwarf Nandina Nerium oleander Oleander Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ Japanese Pieris Pieris japonica ‘Valley Rose’ Japanese Pieris Pieris japonica ‘Temple Bells’ Japanese Pieris Rhaphiolepis x delacourii ‘Georgia Petite’ (PP# 9983) Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Monme’=’Pink Lady’ SpringtimeTM Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Sodark’ CalistoTM Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis umbellate ‘Blueberry Muffin’ Indian Hawthorn Rosa ‘Radcor’ (PP# 17346) Rainbow Knock OutTM Rose Rosa ‘Radwhite’ (PPAF) White OutTM Rose Rosa ‘Radsuny’ (PPAF) SunnyTM Rose Ternstroemia gymnanthera ‘Fortunei’ Variegated Japanese Cleyera Weigela florida ‘Elvera’ (PP# 12217) Midnight WineTM Weigela

Annuals (vines) Basella rubra Climbing Spinach Dolichos lablab Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine alba Moon Vine Exotic Love Ipomoea pennata Cypress Vine Ipomoea X multifida Cardinal Climber Thunbergia alata Black-eyed Susan Vine peregrinum Canary Climber

Grasses Calamagrostis x acutifora ‘Karl Foerster’ Feather Reed Grass Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ Golden Hakone Grass Miscanthus sinenesis ‘Morning Light’ Maiden Grass Pennisetum orientale ‘Karly Rose’ Fountain Grass Zoysia japonica ‘Zeon’ Fine leaf zoysiagrass

Groundcovers Ajuga reptans ‘Binblasca’ (PP# 15815) Black Scallop Bugleweed Ajuga reptans ‘Bronze Beauty’ Bugleweed Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’ Bugleweed Atennaria dioica ‘Rubra’ Pink Pussytoes Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Pierre’ Green and Gold Delosperma cooperi ‘Kelaidis’ (PP# 13876) Mesa VerdeTM Ice Plant Dianthus x ‘Tiny Rubies’ Cheddar Pinks Dianthus x ‘Spangled Star’ (PP# 13029) Pinks Dichondra carolinensis Dichondra Dymondia margaretae Silver Carpet Helianthemum nummularium ‘Dazzler’ Rock Rose Helianthemum ‘Wisley Pink’ Rock Rose Herniaria glabra ‘Sea Foam’ (PP# 15989) Striped Rupturewort Isotoma fluvialis Blue Star Creeper Leptinella gruveri Miniature Brass Buttons Liriope muscari Lilyturf Liriope muscari ‘Monroe White’ Lilyturf Liriope muscari ‘Royal Purple’ Lilyturf Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’ Lilyturf Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ Golden Creeping Jenny Mentha requienii Corsican Mint Muhlenbeckia axillaris Green Wirevine Nierembergia repens White Cup Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nana’ Dwarf Mondo Grass Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’ Golden Oregno Pachysandra terminalis Green Pachysandra Phlox x subulata ‘Blue Emerald’ Creeping Phlox Phlox x subulata ‘Fort Hill’ Creeping Phlox Potentilla neumanniana ‘Nana’ Cinquefoil Saponaria x ‘Oliviana’ Polish Soapwort Sedum kamtschaticum ‘Variegatum’ Variegated Stonecrop Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’ Stonecrop Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ Stonecrop Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’’Fuldaglut’ Two-row Stonecrop (red foliage) Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’ Two-row Stonecrop (green foliage) Sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’ Two-row Stonecrop (variegated foliage) Thymus praecox ‘Pseudolanuginosus’ Wooly Thyme Thymus serpyllum ‘Coccineus’ Red Creeping Thyme Thymus x citriodorus ‘Doone Valley’ Creeping Lemon Thyme Veronica ‘New Century’ Creeping Speedwell Veronica ‘Waterperry Blue’ Creeping Speedwell Veronica repans Creeping Speedwell

Perennials Acanthus mollis Bear’s Breeches Alchemilla mollis ‘Thriller’ Lady’s Mantle Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Tower Dark Blue’ Columbine Astilbe x arendsii ‘Snowdrift’ Astilbe Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum ‘Regal Red’ Japanese Painted Fern Baptisia x ‘Carolina Moonlight’ False Indigo Baptisia x ‘Purple Smoke’ False Indigo Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglut’ Heartleaf Bergenia Campanula punctata ‘Cherry Bells’ Spotted Bellflower Carex dolichostachya ‘Kaga Nishiki’ Gold Fountains Sedge Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’ Pink Turtlehead Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise’ Double Tickseed Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’ White Bleeding Heart Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ Autumn Fern Echinacea ‘Emily Saul’ (PP# 18768) After MidnightTM Big SkyTM Coneflower Echinacea ‘Katie Saul’ (PPAF) Summer SkyTM Big SkyTM Coneflower Echinacea purpurea ‘Kim’s Knee High’ (PP# 12242) Dwarf Coneflower Epimedium x rubrum Barrenwort Euphorbia x ‘Glacier Blue’ (PP# 19027) Spurge Euphorbia x ‘Shorty’ (PP# 19808) Spurge Farfugium japonicum ‘Aureomaculata’ (Synonym: Ligularia tussilaginea) Leopard Plant Fatsia japonica Japanese Aralia Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersen’s Variety’ Bigroot Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ Bloody Cranesbill Hedychium coronarium Hardy White Ginger Helleborus foetidus Bear’s-foot Hellebore Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pink Lady’’Red Lady’ Lenten Rose Helleborus ‘WalHelIvor’ (PP# 16199) Ivory Prince Hellebore Hemerocallis x ‘Always Afternoon’ Daylily Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’ Daylily Hemerocallis ‘Joan Senior’ Daylily Hemerocallis Plum PerfectTM (PPAF) Daylily Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ (PP# 14836) Coral Bells Hosta ‘Guacamole’ Hosta Hosta Krossa Regal’ Hosta Hosta ‘Liberty’ (PP# 12531) Hosta Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’ Hosta Hosta ‘Wolverine’ Hosta Iris ‘Bountiful Harvest’ Reblooming Bearded Iris Iris ensata ‘Variegata’ Variegated Japanese Water Iris Iris germanica ‘War Chief’ Bearded Iris Iris ‘Sea Swells’ Tall Bearded Iris Leucanthemum maximum ‘Leumayel’ (PP# 19242) Broadway LightsTM Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Crazy Daisy’ Shasta Daisy Nepeta x faassenii ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint Paeonia lactiflora ‘Adolphe Rousseau’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Bunker Hill’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Dr. Alexander Fleming’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Duchesse de Nemours’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Felix Crousse’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Karl Rosenfield’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Monsieur Jules Elie’ Peony Paeonia lactiflora ‘Shirley Temple’ Peony Penstemon x mexicali ‘Red Rocks’ Beardtongue Phlox divaricata ‘Clouds of Perfume’’Louisiana Blue’Woodland Phlox Phormium ‘Black Rage’ New Zealand Flax Platycodon grandiflorus White Balloon Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’ Blue Balloon Flower Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’ Lungwort Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia speciosa ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’ Dwarf Black-eyed Susan Ruellia brittoniana ‘Katie’ Dwarf Mexican Petunia Salvia ‘Rose Sensation’ Dwarf Pink Meadow Sage Salvia nemorosa ‘Schneehugel’ Snow Hill Hardy Salvia Scabosia ‘Pink Mist’ Pink Pincushion Sedum spectabile ‘Neon’ Showy Stonecrop Sedum x ‘Purple Emperor’ Tall Purple Stonecrop Solidago sphacelata ‘Golden Fleece’ Goldenrod Stokesia laevis ‘Honeysong Purple’ Stokes Aster Veronica x ‘Giles Van Hees’ Speedwell Veronica spicata ‘Rotfuchs’ Red Fox Spiked Speedwell Veronica spicata ‘Glory’ (PP# 18932) Royal CandlesTM Spiked Speedwell Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’ Speedwell

Bulbs Dahlia ‘Gallery Rembrandt’ Dahlia Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star, American Cowslip Hippeastrum ‘Benfica’ Amaryllis Lilium ‘After Eight’ Dwarf Oriental Lily Lilium ‘Free Choice’ Oriental Lily Lilium Tiny GhostTM Dwarf Asiatic Lily Lilium Tiny ToddTM Dwarf Asiatic Lily Lilium ‘Rose Dimple’ Dwarf Oriental Lily Lilium ‘Golden Splendour’ Trumpet Lily Lilium ’Pink Perfection’ Trumpet Lily Lilium x marhan ‘Mrs. R.O. Backhouse’ Heirloom Lily Lilium x ‘Altari’ Orienpet (Oriental x Trumpet) Lily Narcissus ‘Dutch Master’, ‘Ice Follies’ Daffodils

*PPAF = Plant Patent Applied For *PP# = Association Number *TM = Trademarked Plant Name

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