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Plant Lists

The Mixed Herbaceous Border for Public Spaces
A good garden is a mixture of elements: good underlying design, good soil, paths, benches and many different kinds of plants well-combined for continuing pleasure throughout the seasons. The most important ingredient for successful long-lasting public plantings is good soil.

What follows is a list of some of the plants I use most often to produce public gardens in New York City. The shrubs are the year-round backbone of the garden while the perennials add beautiful flowers and foliage and annuals and bulbs give splashes of color.

I have found these plants to be hardy, reliable, and noteworthy for public garden use in the greater New York area, generally Zones 6 and 7. Overall, these have proved to be relatively low-maintenance plants. 


For more extensive lists of great plant selections, click on the following:
Deciduous Trees, Shrubs, and Vines 
Evergreen Trees and Shrubs 
Roses 
Grasses 
Perennials 
Annuals 
Bulbs
Four-Season-Low-Maintanance-Plants 
Plant lists organized by their Design Functions