duPont Garden

Plant list

Trees

Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple)
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
Carpinus betulus (European Hornbeam)
Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)

Perennials

Astilbe japonica 'Montgomery' (False Spirea)
Cimicifuga (Bugbane)
Dicentra sectabilis 'Alba' (White Bleeding Hearts)
Heuchera 'Caramel' (Coral Bells 'Caramel')
Hosta 'June' (June Hosta)
Hosta 'Sagae' (Sagae Hosta)

Shrubs

Azalea
Buxus sepervierens (Boxwood)
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' (Smooth Hydrangea)
Ilex crenata 'Schworbel Compacta' (Schworbel's Compact Japanese Holly)
Ilex glabra (Inkberry)
Rhododendron catawbiense (miscellaneous varieties)
Rhododendron maximum (miscellaneous varieties)
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim' (Manchurian Lilac)
Taxus cuspidata ‘Greenwave’ (Yew Greenwave)
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum 'Shasta' (Shasta Viburnum)

Groundcover

Acorus calamus variegatus (Variegated 'Sweet Flag' Grass)
Hedera helix (English Ivy)
Liriope muscari 'Silver Dragon' (Silver Dragon Lilyturf)
Liriope spicata (Creeping Spicata)
Pachysandra terminolis (Pachysandra)

Did you know?

The duPont Garden is located next to the duPont Athletic Center which was built in 1958 in dedication to David Flett duPont, an MIT student of Metalurgy.

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