Tawes Plaza Garden
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While enhancing the attractiveness of the plaza, the new
planting scheme has encouraged both people and pollinators to spend a little
more time in the area. The renovation also broadened the plant palette found
within the arboretum and botanic garden collection by introducing unrepresented
species or additional newer cultivars of existing species, including: tall
Stewartia, Stewartia monadelpha; Issai Beautyberry, Callicarpa
dichotoma ‘Issai’; White Dome® Smooth Hydrangea, Hydrangea arborescens
‘Dardom’’; Camellia x ‘Winter’s Snowman’; Tiger Eyes Staghorn Sumac,
Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’; Geranium ‘Rozanne’ or Hardy Cranesbill; and
‘Kim’s Knee High’ Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea ‘Kim’s Knee
High’.
University of Maryland Arboretum / Horticultural Services horticulturist Sam
Bahr was responsible for the landscape design for this garden and directs the
crew responsible for its maintenance. Lorenz, Inc. of Baltimore, MD was the
installation contractor for this landscape renovation.