Entrada Park Planting Plan

DESCRIPTION

Three specimen trees, two clusters of single-trunk small trees, two thickets of multi-trunk small trees. Understory and open areas of medium to large rocks laid informally on soil among plantings of mulched shrubs, perennials, annuals and grasses.

MATERIALS

Specimen Trees

  • Quercus muehlenbergii Chinquapin Oak
  • Quercus Burr Oak
  • Cupressus arizonica Arizona Cypress

Small Trees, single trunk

  • Crategus ambigua Washington, Russian - thornless
  • Platanus wrightii Arizona Sycamore
  • Prunus cistena

Small Trees, multi-trunked with shrubby habit

  • Forestiera neomexicana
  • Quercus gambelii

Shrubs – 2-6’ tall, 3-12’ wide

  • Artemesia spp. tridentata Sage Brush
  • Chamaebatiaria millefolium Fern Bush
  • Chrysothamnus nauseosus Chamisa
  • Eurotia lanata Winter Fat
  • Fallugia paradoxa Apache Plume
  • Rhus trilobata Threeleaf Sumac
  • Ribes aurem Golden Currant
  • Prunus andersonii Desert Peach

Perennials, annuals

  • Abronia Sand Verbena
  • Achillea Moonshine Yarrow
  • Aster bigelovii Purple Aster
  • Eriogonum spp. jamesii umbellatum Buckwheat
  • Erisymum Western Wall Flower
  • Gaillardia Blanket Flower
  • Hymenoxis angelina Perky Sue
  • Linum Blue Flax
  • Penstemon spp. strictus, ambigua, pinifolius, barbatus Beard Tongue
  • Psilostrophe tagetina Paperflower
  • Rudebeckia Black-eyed Susan
  • Salvia spp. lemonii, henryii, azurea mints
  • Melampodium leucanthum Black Foot Daisy
  • Zinnia grandiflora

Grasses

  • Blue Grama
  • Indian Rice Grass
  • Plains Love Grass
  • Purple Awn Grass
  • Sideoats Grama

Rock

  • Moss Rock
  • Rail Yard turntable scrap limestone
  • River rock

Mulch

  • 20 cubic yards Compost Mulch from Soilutions

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Last update 22 Feb 2005 - Anna Richardson & HvH
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