Perennial Garden
Background
The perennial bed, located just below the upper picnic area was created by PPatch gardeners a couple of years after the PPatch was opened, for providing a colorful garden for the enjoyment by gardeners and the public. All the plants in the bed, which include perennials, bulbs and a few shrubs, have been donated by gardeners over the years. While plants in the bed have come and gone, current plants include the following:
Shrubs & Vines
China rose (Rosa chinensis Mutabilis)
Professor Grootendorst rose
Flowering quince
Tree mallow (Lavatera)
Himalayan honeysuckle
Live Oak (possibly the native “Canyon Oak)
Box leaf honeysuckle (Lonicera pileata)
Clematis
Perennials
Shasta daisy
Yellow primrose
Sedums
Yarrow (native)
Slender leaf cinquefoil (native)
Poppies
Sea Holly “Miss Willmott’s ghost” (Eryngium)
Daylilies (including Stella d’oro)
Peony
Gooseneck loosestrife
Campanula (various)
Penstemon
Bistort/smartweed/knotweed (Persicaria)
Cornflower/bachelor button (Centaura)
Umbrella plant (Darmera peltata)
Goldenrod (native)
Hardy geranium (various)
Indigo Woodland Sage, (Salvia forskaohlei)
Russian sage
Hellebore
Cape fuschia (Phygelius)
Bulbs, Corms, Tubers & Rhizomes
Crocosmia Lucifer
Dahlias
Peruvian Lily
Bearded Iris
Oriental lilies
Siberian Iris
