Julie Fassett Garden

Plant list

Trees

Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura tree)
Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ (Redbud ‘Forest Pansy’)
Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood)
Malus species (Flowering Crabapple)
Manolia soulangian ‘Alba Superba (‘Alba Superba’ Saucer Magnolia)
Sophora japonica (Scholar Tree)
Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula’ (Weeping Higan Cherry)
Thuja occidentalis ‘Pyramidalis’ (Pyramid Arborvitae)

Shrubs

Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’ (English Boxwood)
Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ (Compact Burning Bush)
Hamamellis (Whitch 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)
R.C. ‘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 d’Oro’ (Stella d’Oro Daylily)
Heuchera ‘Lime Rickey’ (Lime Coral Bells)
Hosta species
Iris siberica ‘Summer Sky’ (Siberian Iris ‘Summer Sky’)

Groundcover

Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian Bugloss)
Cotoneaster adpressus praecox (Creeping Cotoneaster)
Hedera helix (English Ivy)
Vinca minor (Periwinkle)

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.

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