With a large diversity of plants, the garden looks different almost daily. Here’s a recent scene featuring Deutzia ‘Nikko’ (white flowers, front), Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ (pinkish center), Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Chirimen’ (left of the nandina) and Acer palmatum ‘Kashima’ (behind the Chirimen).
What a beautiful landscape! The team at Juniper Level Botanical Garden could give Piet Ouldof et al. some serious competition. A ‘naturalized garden landscape’ may require much less year-to-year maintenance/editing than the traditional prairie styled perennial garden. Increased use of local pollinator natives that naturally evolve into symbiotic plant communities would please the native plant community as well. Have you ever thought of entering the public garden arena?
Thanks for the note. We are a public botanic garden, and have been in that arena for over three decades. Our garden is also highly focused on native pollinators, and as our garden has repeatedly demonstrated, that doesn’t require planting solely plants that evolved with them.
Ouldolf created Hummelo, Avent created JLBG; different, yet two masterpieces. Raleigh needs a ‘signature public garden space’ to complement its many university/research-based botanical gardens, arboretums and parks. In the future Dix Park will likely play the role of Raleigh’s ‘Central Park”, and offers a much more diverse landscape to work with. Let’s hope those overseeing the development of Dix Park make the most of this opportunity.
Greg