Amphitheater Garden Plant List - Living Lab Gardens

Spurge laurel in the foreground and Hubricht's bluestar in the background — Wood spurge & Hubricht’s bluestar

Threadleaf coreopsis in bloom — Threadleaf coreopsis

late-flowering boneset in full bloom, with white flowers — Late-flowering boneset

Flowering Perennials

Amsonia hubrichii – Hubricht’s bluestar

Baptisia australis – Blue false indigo

Baptisia x ‘Purple Smoke’ – Purple smoke false indigo

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Full Moon’ – Full Moon coreopsis

Eupatorium hyssopifolium – Hyssop-leaved boneset

Eupatorium serotinum – late-flowering boneset^

Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae – Wood spurge

Heliopsis helianthoides – False sunflower^

Pycnanthemum tenufolium – Narrowleaf mountain mint

Rudbeckia fulgida – Brown-eyed Susan

Solidago nemoralis – Gray goldenrod’

Symphyotrichum laeve – Smooth aster

Switchgrass in bloom with IFNH in the background — Switchgrass

Switchgrass with volunteer false sunflower

Ornamental Grasses

Panicum virgatum – Switchgrass

^volunteer (seeded in on its own)

Garden Evolution

Several species from the original planting design did not survive due to a variety of site conditions such as deer herbivory, drought, soil type and texture, and competition with neighboring plants. The following species did not succeed in the Amphitheater Garden over time:

Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’ – Paprika yarrow (red flower)

Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis ‘Flowertime’ – Flowertime Chinese kousa dogwood

Geranium x ‘Rozanne’ – Rozanne hardy geranium

Pennisetum alopercuroides ‘Hameln’ – Fountain grass

Phlox stolonifera ‘Blue Ridge’ – Blue ridge creeping phlox

Phlox stolonifera ‘Sherwood Purple’ – Sherwood purple creeping phlox

Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing Ovation’ – Little bluestem ‘Standing Ovation’

Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ – Autumn Joy sedum

Tiarella cordifolia ‘Brandywine’ – Brandywine foamflower

Tiarella x ‘Crow Feather’ – Crow feather foamflower