Woodland Garden
THE WOODLAND GARDEN
April and May
The woodland garden is home to a collection of shade-loving plants from around the world, including many North American natives and their Asian cousins. The shady garden is held together by bold-leaved plants including Rodgersia, Astilboides, Deinanthe and Hosta. These are contrasted by many varieties of woodland ferns and the glossy-leaved European ginger, which has re-seeded far and wide.
The woodland is self-mulched by leaf drop from the oaks, maples and birches. However, we rake out the bulk of the oak leaves because they have a tendency to mat down and choke out delicate woodlanders and much-valued seedlings. As needed, we apply a sprinkling of shredded maple leaves along with organic fertilizer and lime. To offset the drying effect of tree root competition, in dry times, the woodland garden is soaked overnight by overhead sprinklers.
The woodland is at the height of bloom in May and June but it is a cool and inviting place to visit through the summer months.
Glaucidium palmatum
Trillium grandiflora ‘Plena’ first pure white and later with pink blush
Helleborus ‘Goldfinch’
Arisaema sikokianum
Primula vulgaris ‘Hose-in- Hose Yellow’
Paeonia obovata ssp. japonica
Anemonella thalictroides ‘Schoaf’s Double’ blooms for several weeks
Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii
Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Trillium grandiflora ‘George Young’ strong clump former, pure white, later changing to pink (below)
Cady’s Falls Nursery
Don & Lela Avery
637 Duhamel Rd. Morrisville, Vt. 05661
802-888-5559 [email protected]
Dodecatheon meadia
Glaucidium palmatum f. leucanthemum
Rodgersia aesculifolia ‘Dark Leaf’ purple in spring, turning to green in summer
Phlox stolonifera & Hosta ‘Sagae’
Syneilesis aconitifolium
Podophyllum hexandrum, Hamalayan Mayapple
Hepatica nobilis ‘Pink Form’
Helleborus ‘Kingston Cardinal’
Helleborus tibetinus in very early April
Trillium cuneatum
Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’ leaves emerging
Rhododendron ‘Olga Mezitt’ with old fashioned forget-me-nots seeding around
Trillium viridescens
Epimedium x rubrum
Helleborus ‘Brandywine Strain’
Epimedium ’Lemon Sherbet’
Primila kisoana, a colonizing, ground covering primrose
Phlox stolonifera ‘Fran’s Purple’ with Rheum palmatum var tanguticum
Rhododendron prinophyllum, our Vermont native in late May
Rhododendron ‘Haaga’ with Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ in the foreground
Polygonatum striatum ‘Grace Barker’
Clintonia borealis
Primula ‘Corporal Baxter’
Astilboides tabularis leaves unfolding
Diphylleia cymosa, new leaves in mid- May
Epimedium ‘Tancho’ late May
