The Ornamental Natives Garden

This garden has been many things over the years. Part of Hauck’s original donation of the “Sooty Acres” estate, it has been lovingly tended by generations of gardeners. Once home to hundreds of varieties of hostas, it now showcases our collection of spring ephemerals and a growing number of native plants, all in the shade of mature trees planted many years ago by Hauck himself. This garden dispels the misconception that native plants are messy or disorganized, instead demonstrating their incredible beauty and ornamental value.

This garden is so dense we broke it into sections! Each of the four color-coded zones is broken out in more detail on the pages linked below the map. Find the zone you’re looking at, then click on the corresponding triangle for a more detailed view.

(1) Quercus x leana - Lea’s Oak (tree)
(2) Quercus laurifolia - Laurel Oak (tree)
(3) Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood (tree)
(4) Gingko biloba - Gingko (tree)
(5) Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple (tree)
(6) Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber Magnolia (tree)
(7) Cladrastis kentukea - Kentucky Yellowwood (tree)
(8) Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia (tree)
(9) Platanus x acerifolia - London Plane Tree (tree)
(10) Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea' - Purple Catalpa (tree)
(11) Fagus grandiflora - American Beech (tree)
(12) Carpinus caroliniana ‘Firespire’ - Firespire American Hornbeam (tree)
(13) Cercis canadensis - Redbud (tree)
(14) Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’ - Weeping White Pine (tree)
(15) Magnolia x soulangeana - Saucer Magnolia (tree)
(16) Tsuga canadensis ‘Sargentii’ - Sargent’s Weeping Hemlock (tree)
(17) Rhus copallinum - Winged Sumac (tree)
(18) Sambucus nigra - Elderberry (tree)
(19) Syringa reticulata - Japanese Tree Lilac (tree)
(20) Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ - Weeping Alaskan Cypress (tree)
(21) Ilex opaca - American Holly (tree)
(22) Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood (tree)
(23) Euonymus atropurpureus - Eastern Wahoo (tree)
(24) Acer palmatum ‘Ryusen’ - Weeping Japanese Maple (tree)
(25) Hydrangea paniculata - Panicled Hydrangea (tree)
(26) Cercis canadensis ‘Vanilla Twist’ - Vanilla Twist Redbud (tree)
(27) Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ - Wolf Eyes Kousa Dogwood (tree)
(28) Ostrya virginiana - Hop Hornbeam (tree)
(29) Magnolia virginiana - Sweet Bay Magnolia (tree)
(30) Cornus mas - Cornellian Cherry Dogwood (tree)
(31) Taxus baccata - English Yew (shrub)
(32) Hydrangea quercifolia - Oakleaf Hydrangea (shrub)
(33) Lindera angustifolia - Asian Spicebush (shrub)
(34) Hamamelis virginiana - Common Witch Hazel (shrub)
(35) Cornus sericea ‘Farrow’ - Arctic Fire Redtwig Dogwood (shrub)
(36) Amelanchier x ‘Autumn Brilliance’ - Serviceberry (tree)
(37) Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany Serviceberry (tree)
(38) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ - Arnold Promise Witch Hazel (shrub)
(39) Magnolia tripetala - Umbrella Magnolia (tree)
(40) Callicarpa americana - American Beautyberry (shrub)
(41) Thuja occidentalis ‘Golden Globe’ - Golden Globe Arborvitae (shrub)
(42) Taxus x media - Hybrid Yew (shrub)
(43) Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Alice’ - Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea (shrub)
(44) Jasminum nudiflorum - Winter Jasmine (vine)
(45) Lonicera sempervirens f. sulphurea - Yellow Trumpet Honeysuckle (vine)