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​                        Low Maintenance Plants for Low Maintenance Gardens

Bruce Crawford                                                                                  June 16, 2018
Director, Rutgers Gardens  


​Trees
Amelanchier lamarckii   - Serviceberry
Franklinia alatamaha  - Franklin Tree
Poliothyrsis sinensis  - Chinese Pearlbloom

Perennials and Shrubs
Carex cherokeensis   - Cherokee Sedge
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ -  Ice Dance Sedge
Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’  - Eversheen sedge
Delosperma’Ruby’  -  Ruby Iceplant
Geranium x ‘Rozanne’ -  Rozanne Cranesbill
Helleborus x hybridus - Lenten Rose
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Hass Halo’ -  Hass Halo Smooth Hydrangea
Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’ -  Crested Iris
Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ - Virginia Sweetspire
Matteuccia struthiopteris  - Ostrich Fern
Nepeta ‘Walkers Low’  -  Catmint
Oenothera berlanderi ‘Siskiyou’ - Evening Primrose
Persicaria affinis  - Himalayan Fleeceflower
Petasites japonicus  -  Fuki
Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ - Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Rohdea japonica  - Sacred Lily
Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis - Sweetbox
Sporobolus heterolepis -  Prairie Dropseed
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’  - Cutleaf Stephanandra
Tiarella cordifolia ‘Running Tapestry’ - Foam Flower
Vaccinium angustifolium  - Lowbush Blueberry
Xanthorhiza simplicissima  - Yellowroot                                                                                        














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