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The Walnut Grove started life as a hog pen. The
result was great soil buried beneath barbed wire, broken bottles and
weeds. Once the surface debris was cleared, and the soil tilled
and free of most roots, a plan was drawn. The 1996 plan included
the following plant list:
|
| BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
PLANTED FROM |
PURPOSE |
Qty |
COST |
| EVERGREENS |
|
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|
|
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| Illicium floridanum |
Anise |
cuttings |
scent, screening |
5 |
$0 |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides |
White Cedar |
3 gal |
conifer |
1 |
$6.00 |
| Prunus carolinianum |
Cherry Laurel |
3 gal |
white flowers, low grower |
6 |
$3.00 |
| Ilex glabra |
Inkberry 'Shamrock' |
3 gal |
black berries |
3 |
$5.00 |
| Agarista populifolia |
Pipestem, fetterbush |
1 gal |
screening |
3 |
$4.00 |
| Osmanthus americanus |
Tea Olive |
|
scent, upright |
2 |
$6.00 |
| DECIDUOUS |
|
|
|
|
|
| Clethra
'Hummingbird' |
|
potted |
|
2 |
$6.00 |
| Clethra 'Rosea' |
|
pottred |
|
2 |
$6.00 |
| Rhododendron canescens |
Piedmont azalea |
6-8 ft |
flowers |
2 |
$8.00 |
| Rhododendron flammeum
(austrinum) |
Florida Flame azalea |
8-10 ft. |
flowers |
1 |
$8.00 |
| Euonymus americanus |
Strawberry Bush |
division |
seed pods |
2 |
$0 |
| Alnus serrulata |
Common Alder |
division |
winter interest, catkins |
2 |
$0 |
| Chionanthus virginicus |
Grancy Greybeard |
3 gal. |
spring flowers |
1 |
$10.00 |
| Hydrangea quercifolia |
Oakleaf Hydrangea |
|
flowers, fall color |
3 |
$6.00 |
| Cornus alternifolia |
alternate leaf dogwood |
3 gal. |
preservation |
1 |
$6.00 |
| Ceonothus americanus |
New Jersey Tea |
divisions |
flowers |
8 |
$0 |
| Calycanthus floridus |
Sweet Shrub |
3 gal
seedlings |
scent |
3
2 |
$6.00
$0 |
| Aesculus (U/K) |
Buckeye |
seedlings |
flowers |
3 |
$0 |
| Clethra alnifolia |
Sweet Pepperbush,
Summersweet |
3 gal
2-4 ft.
3-6 ft. |
scent |
1
2
1 |
$8.00
$6.00
$6.00 |
| Cornus florida |
Florida Dogwood |
3 gal. |
flowers |
1 |
$5.00 |
| Itea virginica |
Virginia Willow |
3 gal. |
|
2 |
$5.00 |
| Ilex decidua
'Sparkleberry' |
Possum Ham |
3 gal. |
red berries |
2 |
$5.00 |
According to the Master Gardener inventory of May 1998, they had added:
| Acer rubra | Red Maple |
| Agrimonia striata | Agrimony |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Columbine |
| Asarum arifolium | Ginger |
| Asplenium playneuron | Ebony Spleenwort |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine |
| Botrychium virginianum | Rattklesnake fern |
| Callicarpa americana | Beautyberry |
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