Selected Plants from the Garden of Cindy & Dave Fairbrook (Expanded Plant List can be viewed at www.co.thurston.wa.us/health “garden tour”) [ (*W) denotes a Water-Wise plant; (*N) = native plant]
Trees Perennials & Unusual Annuals Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple) *W Astrantia major ‘Shaggy’ & ‘Hadspen Blood’ Acer palmatum ‘Deshojo’ (Japanese Maple) Baptisia australis Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ (Japanese Maple) Brugmansia x versicolor ‘Charles Grimaldi’ (Queen of Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ (Eastern Redbud) the Night) Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ (Wedding Cake Tree) Campanula lactiflora (Tall Bell Flower) Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ (Corkscrew Hazel) Canna ‘Tropicana’ Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree) *W Cimicifuga simplex ‘White Pearl’ Eucalyptus paroula Cimicifuga simplex ‘Brunette’ Salix gracilistyla ‘Melanostachys’ (Black Pussy Willow) Dahlia spp., including dark-foliage varieties: Salix integra ‘Hakura Nishiki’ (Dappled Willow) ‘Kingston Queen,’ ‘Apricot Brandy, ’ Salix caprea ‘Pendula’ (Weeping Pussy Willow) ‘Moon Fire,’ & Yellow Hammer’ Tsuga mertensiana ‘Mt. Hood Blue’ (Dwarf Mountain Datura meteloides (Angel’s Trumpet) Hemlock) *W Dierama pulcherrium (Fairy Wand) Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’ *W Shrubs Eryngium varifolium (Moroccan Sea Holly) *W Callicarpa bosinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie) (Beauty Berry) Geranium ‘Pink Spice’ Ceanothus griseus ‘Louis Edmunds’ (California Lilac)*W Helleborus spp. Corylopsis pauciflora ‘Butter Cup’ (Winter Hazel) Helenium autumnale ‘Moerheim Beauty’ Hamamelis (Witch Hazel); several, including: ‘Ruby Helichrysum italicum (Curry Plant) *W Glow,’ ‘Jelena,’ Hosta spp. Hypericum androsaemum ‘Albury Purple’ (St. John’s Lavandula (Lavender) *W; many varieties, including: Wort) ‘Goldberg’ (variegated hardy); ‘Otta Quast (French) Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’ (Box Limnanthes douglasii (Poached Eggs) Honeysuckle) *W Lysimachia clethroides (Gooseneck Loosestrife) Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil) *W Penstemon digitalis ‘Garnet’ & ‘Husker’s Red’ *W Stachyrus praecox ‘Magpie’ Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’ (Obedience) Viburnum plicatum tomentosum ‘Mariesii’ (Doublefile Primula — many, including: auricula, candelabra, Viburnum) *W denticulata, vialii Weigela florida ‘Foliis Purpureis’ Pulmonaria spp. (Lungwort) Weigela florida ‘Java Red’ Rudbeckia ‘Green Wizard’ Weigela ‘Looymansii Aurea’ Rudbeckia ‘Toto’ (Annual Dwarf Rudbeckia) Salvia elegans (Pineapple-Scented Sage) Grasses Sanzitalia procumbens (Creeping Zinnia) Helictrotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass) *W Tanacetum vulgare Imperata cylindrica (Japanese Blood Grass) Teucrium scorodonia ‘Crispum’ (Sage-leaved Lagrus ovatus (Hare’s Tale Grass) Germander) Molinia caerulea ‘Skyracer’ (Moor Grass) Zantedeschia rehmanii (Pink Calla) Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain Grass) *W