VINE & OUTCROPPING Plants

This garden demonstrates the cliff plant community and related native vines.  In many places the plants found naturally on cliffs and outcrops is fragile and often threatened.  Many need protection to survive...

Here's a list of the plants in this garden:

An open, rather loose deciduous shrub which grows as an upright, branched bush. 6-15 ft tall and equally wide. Fragrant, very showy pink flowers appear in early spring.

Needs an acidic soil. Azaleas do best with plenty of organic matter in the soil. Very shallow roots. Grow in part to nearly full shade, or in full sun. It will be bushier the more sun it gets. Does best in slightly moist soils. It suffers during droughts. Hardy Zones 6-8.

Woody shrub with an irregular upright habit, growing 5-10 ft in ht. Soft pink to white flowers with orange freckles before leaves emerge; not fragrant; flowers lack tubes like most native azaleas. Foliage turns deep burgundy in fall.

Sun to partial shade; moist well drained soil but tolerates very moist soil. Hardy zones 5-9. May be damaged by deer.

******ALL PARTS OF THIS PLANT ARE POISONOUS******

Evergreen shrub growing 9-20'. Thrives in acidic soil and grows densely in wet areas. Blooms in May and June in shades from light pink to white clusters. Cultivars have darker shades of pink, almost red and maroon.

The wood of the mountain laurel is heavy and strong but brittle, with a close, straight grain.

******ALL PARTS OF THIS PLANT ARE POISONOUS******

Dense, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically grows 3ft tall by 2-4 ft spread, but can reach 5 ft under ideal conditions. Fast growth rate. Full sun to part shade. Dry to moist, well-drained, mesic sand and loam soils. Can tolerate nutritionally poor soil. Fragrant, white flowers June to August and seeds ripen from Aug to October. Nitrogen fixing shrub. Hardy zones 4-10 . Young twigs are noticeably yellow and stand out in winter.

Established shrubs are difficult to transplant.

A dense, 12-20 ft. shrub/small tree with upright stems which become arching with age. Flat-topped clusters of white flowers in spring. Summer fruit are pinkish at first, later ripening to dark blue; 1/2 inch long in hanging clusters. Fruit ripen in the fall and persist through the winter.

Foliage is smoother and more lustrous than most viburnums with good fall color.

Flowers are showy, pink to reddish-purple blooms appearing in before leaves emerge in spring. Flat, brown, pea-like pods mature in August to October.

Understory, deciduous tree typically growing 20–30ft tall with a 26–33ft spread. Often has a twisted trunk. A 10-year-old tree will generally be around 16ft tall. Bark is dark in color, smooth, later scaly with ridges. Adapts well to a variety of growing conditions. Hardy zones 4-9.

Deciduous, upright, spreading shrub. Grows 5-9’ tall. Noted for its exfoliating bark on mature branches, which peels in strips to reveal several layers of reddish to light brown inner bark. Small pink or white flowers appear in clusters during late spring. Flowers are followed by clusters of reddish fruit.

Easy to grow in average, slightly acidic, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, especially in the south. Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. Prune as needed immediately after bloom and no later than mid-August. Plants may be cut close to the ground in winter to rejuvenate. Hardy zones 2-8.

Good nesting for birds and small mammals.

Native, perennial, sod-forming, warm

-season grass reaching 2-3 ft ht, with an 18-24” spread.

The  green leaves can reach up to 20 inches long, but

are only an 1/8 inch wide. Prefers dry, rocky conditions, but is tolerant

of a wide range of soils, even heavy clays.Flowers and fruits August through November. 

The seedhead has a faint but unmistakable

fragrance, resembling a combination of fresh popcorn

and cilantro.  Golden yellow in fall. Hardy Zones

3-9.