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Known at Stonecrop simply as Eupatorium sp. this towering species--easily over ten feet tall in the Gravel Garden--could be known as Eupatorium sp. sp. for "Eupatorium special species" and easily wins a spot in the "Giants of Stonecrop" collection!
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Eupatorium sp.
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Clematis and Juniperus
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Continuing in the Gravel Garden--but at only about 18 inches high--another species of yellow Clematis--C. tibetana subsp. vernayi (AGM)--rambles over the steely blue foliage of Juniperus 'Blue Rug' which is also known as J. Horizontalis 'Wiltonii.' (AGM)
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Shown starting to bloom on September 8, the Groundsel Tree is really quite decorative covered with its clusters of tiny white flowers that look like very fine artists paint brushes.
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Baccharis halimifolia
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Aster eridoides 'Snow Flurries'
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Small white flowers of a very short Aster--blooming on plants only about six inches tall growing along the rocks on the north end of the Cliff.
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Like the Aster above and to the right, this Dendrathemum is also only about six inches tall and is growing along the rocks on the south end of the Cliff, but its white flowers are much larger.
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Dendrathemum zawadskii 'White Bomb'
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Daphne caucasica
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Shown blooming in a hot sunny spot near the bottom of the Cliff on July 18, this Daphne seems to be continuing to be in full bloom and looks like it will continue to do so until the first frost. Quite a long blooming season for this Daphne which, not surprisingly, is native to the Caucasus Mountains.
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Another of the small flowering water plants growing in the small ponds on the Cliff--the well named Water Fringe--also known as the Water Snowflake. Native to northern Australia and a member of the Menyanthaceae family.
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Nymphoides indica
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Sinocalycanthus chinensis
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The flowers, shown with their pale pink petals with yellow centers on June 21 may be long gone, but this shrub continues to be a tremendous asset in the garden with its leaves so large and glossy it looks like it could be a tropical guest for summer--rather than the winter hardy plant it is.
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About to enter its next phase, the sepals are turning a much darker red and spreading to reveal the single blue berry where once there was a flower.
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Clerodendrum trichotomum
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Clerodendrum trichotomum
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There are just a few more fragrant flowers to finish blooming--and then all eyes will be on the blue berries surrounded by the dark red sepals.
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Also on the Himalayan Slope, a mass of white Cimicifuga ramosa with a few plants of the huge mass of yellow Ligularia dentata still flowering.
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Cimicifuga ramosa
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Viburnum dilatatum 'Michael Dodge'
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Shown close-up on September 8, this Viburnum in the Woodland is now covered with clusters of yellow berries.
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Blooming in one of the poly houses, a well named cultivar of Correa, introduced by Ray Collett at the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum. See also C. decumbens on September 8 and C. pulchella on January 10.
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Correa 'Dawn in Santa Cruz'
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Colquhounia coccinea
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Also blooming in a poly house--and pronounced "cul-hoon-ia"--a member of the Lamiaceae family with whorls of interestingly marked small orange flowers. Native to the Himalayas, this evergreen shrub can grow to ten feet. The genus is named after Robert Colquhounia, a patron of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in the early 1800s.
AGM
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