Terraced Gardens

The Terraced Gardens were created to display a few options for hillside gardening or terraced gardens commonly found in front yards of homes. Most plants selected for this area are able to withstand both our hot & humid summers and being placed behind a brick retaining wall, which tends to retain heat and also dry out the soil.

This garden design features four different retaining walls, an arbor and two trellises; the west gardens are by the shed and the east gardens are toward the woods. The east trellis features a hops vine that blooms to show the interesting flower color and shape. The pathway features ground cover plantings that can be used in high traffic areas around pavers or stone.

Many of the annuals are started from seed during the earliest weeks of spring in the homes of Master Gardeners. The plants in this garden are a mix of perennials (indicated by *) which are hardy for the agricultural zone and many colorful annuals, which require more frequent watering but give instant beauty all summer long. 

Plant list

A	bloody dock – Rumex sanguines **
AA	Japanese iris (cream) – Iris.sp **
B	alyssum – Lobularia maritima
BB	bachelor buttons – Centaurea.sp
C	wild bergamot – Monarda fistulosa. **
CC	crested cocks comb – Celosia.sp
D	wild ginger – Asarum canadense **
DD	coral bells – Green – Heucheras.sp **
EE	coral bells – Red – Heucheras.sp **
F	astilbe – Dwarf pink – Astilbe.sp **
FF	Japanese painted fern – Athyrium niponicum **
G	hosta – Hosta ‘El nino’ **
GG	avalanche feather reed grass – Calamagrostis.sp. **
H	snapdragons – Antirrhinum majus
HH	tassle flower – Emilia coccinea
II	hops – Cascade – Humulus.sp. **
J	Ruby wedding masterwort – Astrantia.sp **
JJ	overdam feather reed grass – Calamgrostis acutiflora **
K	daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Stella De Oro’ **
KK	black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta. **
L	New England Aster – Symphyotrichum.sp. **
LL	brown-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba **
M	blanket flower – Gaillardia pulchella**
MM	virgin’s bower – Clematis virginiana**
N	hollyhocks – Alcea rosea
NN	stonecrop – Phedimus aizoon **
O	echinacea pom pom – Echinacea.sp **
P	golden flame honeysuckle – Lonicera heckrottii. **
Q	marigolds – Tagetes.sp
R	nasturtium – Nasturtium.sp
RR	lance leaf coreopis – Coreopis lanceolata **
S	zinnias – Zinnia.sp
T	oregano – Origanum vulgare
TT	stonecrop matrona – Stonecrop.sp. **
U	statis flower – Limonium sinuatum
V	silver mound – Artemisia schmidtina **
W	moss rose – Portulaca grandiflora
Z	dianthus – Dianthus.sp **

Garden map, east terrace

Garden map, west terrace

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