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Woodland and Cottage Garden Blue Print, MA

Northampton, MA

Here is Jim McSweeney’s, owner and operator of Hilltown Tree & Garden, design for a woodland and cottage garden.
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Sun Perennials – Possible choices
Butterfly Bush – Buddleia ‘Black Knight’
Coneflower – Echinacea ‘White Swan’
Black-Eyed Susan – Rudbeckia
Penstemon – Penstemon ‘Huskers Red’
Monkshood – Aconitum
Sage – Salvia X ‘May Night’
Hollyhock – Alcea ‘Black Beauty’
Foxglove – Digitalis ‘Purpurea’
Barren Strawberry – Waldsteinia Ternata
Candytuft – Iberis Sempervirens



Shade – Possible Choices
Goat’s Beard – Aruncus Dioicus
Snakeroot – Cimicifuga ‘Brunette’
Lady’s Mantle – Alchemilla
Primrose – Primula
Bleeding Heart – Dicentra Formosa ‘Aurora’

Dry Shade – Possible Choices
Anemone – Anemone Nemerosa or Sylvestris
Lily of the Valley – Convallaria Majalis
Sedge – Carex ‘Ice Dance’
Dwarf Crested Iris – Iris Cristata ‘White Angle’
Lenten Rose – Helleborus ‘White Lady Spotted’
Forget Me-Not – Myosotis Sylvatica
Barrenwort – Epimedium X Rubrum
Coral Bells – Heuchera ‘Purple Petticoats’

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