Winter 2023 Seasonal Container Plant List

Use this list to identify the container plants and other seasonal plants featured throughout our winter displays. This list will be updated as the seasons change.

Overlook Pavilion Birch Pots

  • Abies fraseri (Fraser fir)
  • Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar)
  • Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ (bloodtwig dogwood)
  • Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ (red-osier dogwood)
  • Cupressus arizonica var. glabra ‘Carolina Sapphire’ (Arizona cypress)
  • × Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress)
  • Ilex verticillata (winterberry)
  • Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ (eastern red cedar)
  • Lindera angustifolia (Oriental spicebush)
  • Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)

Overlook Pavilion Terra Cotta Pots

  • Abies fraseri (Fraser fir)
  • Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar)
  • Carex flagellifera ‘Toffee Twist’ Graceful Grasses® (weeping brown sedge)
  • Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ (bloodtwig dogwood)
  • Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ red-osier dogwood
  • Chamaecyparis sp. (false cypress)
  • Cupressus arizonica var. glabra ‘Carolina Sapphire’ (Arizona cypress)
  • × Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress)
  • Ilex verticillata (winterberry)
  • Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’ (decumbent juniper)
  • Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)
  • Thuja plicata ‘4EVER’ Forever Goldy® (western red cedar)

Overlook Pavilion Standing Lighted Tree Display

  • Abies fraseri (Fraser fir)
  • Chamaecyparis sp. (false cypress)
  • Ilex × meserveae ‘Conapri’ Blue Princess® (Meserve holly)
  • Juniperus × pfitzeriana ‘Sea Green’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ (eastern red cedar)
  • Picea pungens (Colorado blue spruce)
  • Pinus heldreichii (Bosnian pine)
  • Pinus mugo ‘Slowmound’ (mugo pine)
  • Thuja plicata ‘4EVER’ Forever Goldy® (western red cedar)

Bamboo Allee Terra Cotta Pots (In front of Bamboo Grove Entrance)

  • Abies fraseri (Fraser fir)
  • Acer palmatum ‘Wilson’s Pink Dwarf’ (Japanese maple)
  • Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar)
  • Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’ (New Zealand hair sedge)
  • Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ (bloodtwig dogwood)
  • Cupressus arizonica var. glabra ‘Carolina Sapphire’ (Arizona cypress)
  • × Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress)
  • Ginkgo biloba ‘Mariken’ (maidenhair tree)
  • Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)
  • Pinus heldreichii (Bosnian pine)
  • Pinus mugo ‘Slowmound’ (mugo pine)

Conservatory Terrace Terra Cotta Pots (Adjacent to Poplar Tree Court)

  • Abies fraseri (Fraser fir)
  • Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’ (New Zealand hair sedge)
  • Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ ColorGrass® (orange New Zealand sedge)
  • Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ (bloodtwig dogwood)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Trautman’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ (eastern red cedar)
  • Lindera angustifolia (Oriental spicebush)
  • Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)

Oasis Garden Cast Concrete Pot

  • Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’ (New Zealand hair sedge)
  • Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ ColorGrass® (orange New Zealand sedge)
  • Hedera helix ‘Glacier’ (English ivy)
  • Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’ (decumbent juniper)
  • Pinus heldreichii (Bosnian pine)

Main Fountain Garden Terra Cotta Pot (Near the Main Fountain Garden Wall)

  • Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ ColorGrass® (orange New Zealand sedge)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Hetzii Columnaris’ (Chinese juniper)

Rose & Fragrance Garden Cast Concrete Pots

  • Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’ (New Zealand hair sedge)
  • Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ ColorGrass® (orange New Zealand sedge)
  • Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Gracilis’ (hinoki falsecypress)
  • Hedera helix ‘Glacier’ (English ivy)
  • Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’ (coral bells)
  • Picea glauca ‘Rainbow’s End’ (white spruce)

Children’s Garden Pots

  • Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar)
  • Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’ (New Zealand hair sedge)
  • Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ ColorGrass® (orange New Zealand sedge)
  • Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’ (hinoki false cypress)
  • Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Tempelhof’ (hinoki falsecypress)
  • Chamaecyparis sp. (false cypress)
  • Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ (bloodtwig dogwood)
  • Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ (red-osier dogwood)
  • Cupressus arizonica var. glabra ‘Carolina Sapphire’ (Arizona cypress)
  • × Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress)
  • Heuchera ‘Berry Smoothie’ (coral bells)
  • Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’ (Japanese holly)
  • Juniperus × pfitzeriana ‘Sea Green’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Angelica Blue’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Robusta Green’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Trautman’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’ (shore juniper)
  • Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltonii’ (creeping juniper)
  • Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’ (decumbent juniper)
  • Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ (eastern red cedar)
  • Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)
  • Picea pungens ‘Sester Dwarf’ (Colorado blue spruce)
  • Pinus mugo ‘Slowmound’ (mugo pine)
  • Pinus strobus ‘Shaggy Dog’ (eastern white pine)
  • Thuja plicata ‘Grüne Kugel’ (western red cedar)

Pollinator and Bird Garden Pots

  • Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar)
  • Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’  (New Zealand hair sedge)
  • Carex flagellifera ‘Toffee Twist’ Graceful Grasses® (weeping brown sedge)
  • Cupressus arizonica var. glabra ‘Carolina Sapphire’ (Arizona cypress)
  • × Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Angelica Blue’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Gold Lace’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’ (Chinese juniper)
  • Juniperus communis ‘Gold Cone’ (common juniper)
  • Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ (eastern red cedar)
  • Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Conica’ (dwarf Alberta spruce)
  • Pinus heldreichii (Bosnian pine)
  • Pinus mugo ‘Slowmound’ (mugo pine)
  • Thuja occidentalis ‘Thusid 1’ Gold Strike™ (northern white cedar)
  • Thuja plicata ‘Grovepli’ Spring Grove® (western red cedar)
  • Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Glauca’ (Alaska cedar)