Longwood Gardens
Jets leaping in the Main Fountain Garden, a great conservatory with Victoria lilies in its courtyard pools, blue-tiled Italian pools under lindens, 600 feet of summer borders and a park of 200-year-old trees.
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| Inspired by | Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) |
|---|---|
| Size | 112 × 80 m |
| Latitude | 39.9° N |
| Climate | temperate |
| Plants | 408 plants of 37 species |
Gardens and biomes
- Main Fountain Garden
- Conservatory and waterlily court
- Italian Water Garden
- Flower Garden Walk
- Topiary garden
- Lake, waterfall and arboretum
Landmarks, buildings and water
- Conservatory axis
- Conservatory floor (stone)
- Exhibition Hall lawn (East Conservatory)
- Orangery lawn
- Waterlily pool
- Conservatory (1921)
- Main Fountain Garden terrace
- Main fountain basin
- Fountain jets
- Upper canal
- Side canal
- Grotto terrace (stone loggia)
- Italian Water Garden
- Blue-tiled pool
- Fountain
- Flower Garden Walk
- Flower Garden Walk (brick)
- Border (hot colours)
- Border (cool colours)
- Round fountain
- Topiary Garden
- Sundial
- Meadow Garden (native meadow, mown once a year)
- Meadow pond
- Meadow boardwalk
- Large Lake
- Open Air Theatre (water-curtain stage)
- Chimes Tower crag (stone)
- Chimes Tower
- Chimes Tower waterfall
- Waterfall pool
- Peirce's Park (1798 arboretum)
Plants in this garden
- Areca palm (golden cane palm) Dypsis lutescens · 8
- Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · 12
- Bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla · 8
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 16
- Bougainvillea Bougainvillea glabra · 4
- Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa · 10
- Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis · 10
- Canna lily Canna indica · 8
- Celosia (cockscomb) Celosia argentea · 16
- Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus · 14
- Dahlia Dahlia pinnata hybrids · 12
- Delphinium Delphinium elatum hybrids · 8
- Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis · 1
- English yew Taxus baccata · 16
- Floss flower (ageratum) Ageratum houstonianum · 20
- Fragrant water lily Nymphaea odorata · 6
- French marigold Tagetes patula · 20
- Garden chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum x morifolium · 20
- Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba · 1
- Heliotrope Heliotropium arborescens · 20
- Joe Pye weed Eutrochium purpureum · 6
- Lemon tree (dwarf) Citrus limon · 4
- Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · 24
- New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae · 10
- Ornamental salvia Salvia nemorosa · 14
- Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata · 13
- Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea · 16
- Rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium · 8
- Small-leaved lime (linden) Tilia cordata · 4
- Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora · 1
- Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 10
- Tropical hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis · 6
- Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera · 1
- Verbena Verbena bonariensis · 10
- Wax begonia Begonia semperflorens-cultorum · 30
- White oak Quercus alba · 1
- Zinnia Zinnia elegans · 20
A design inspired by Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania), scaled to fit, built from Garden ME's reference plant data. It is not a survey or a map of the real garden.