Julie Fassett Garden

Plant list

Trees

Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura Tree)
Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood)
Malus species (Flowering Crabapple)
Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula’ (Weeping Higan Cherry)
Thuja occidentalis ‘Pyramidalis’ (Pyramid Arborvitae)

Shrubs

Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’ (English Boxwood)
Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ (Compact Burning Bush)
Hamamellis (Witch Hazel)
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’ ('Hellers Japanese Holly)
Ilex meserveae (Varieties: ‘China Boy’,‘China Girl’, ‘Blue Prince’, ‘Blue Princess’)
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry Holly)
Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)
Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rollissoni’ (Drooping Levcotheoe)
Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet Firethorn)
Rhododendron catawbiense (Catawba Rhododendron)
Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Scintillation’ (Scintillation Rhododendron)
Rhododendron x laetevirens (Wilson Rhododendron)
Rosa ‘Meidiland Bonica’ (Bonica Meidiland Rose)
Taxus x media 'Hicksii' (Hicks Yew)
Taxus x media ‘Densiformis’ (Dense Spreading Yew)

Perennials

Alchmilla mollis (Lady’s Mantle)
Asarum europaeum (European Wild Ginger)
Astilbe ‘Fanal’ (Fanal Astilbe)
Convallaria majalis (Lily-of-the-Valley)
Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro’ (Stella de Oro Daylily)
Hosta species

Groundcover

Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian Bugloss)
Cotoneaster adpressus praecox (Creeping Cotoneaster)

Did you know?

The Julie Fassett Garden was built in 1968 in memory of the wife of Frederick Fassett, former MIT Associate Dean of Residence.