xeroscape garden at community centre

Water – Wise Rock Garden (Xeriscape) at Community Centre

xeroscape garden

The Parks Department designed and created a rock garden that will flourish on rainfall alone. This garden is located at Comox Community Centre (1855 Noel Avenue). The following is a list of the plants used:

  • Cryptomeria japonica 'Tansu’ – Tansu Japanese Cedar
  • Pinus Mugo 'Sherwood Compact’ – Dwarf Mugo Pine
  • Juniperus procumbens 'Greenmound’ – Greenwood Japanese Garden Juniper
  • Juniperus Communis 'Compresso’ – Dwarf Conical Juniper
  • Berberis thunbergii 'monlers’ – Golden Nugget Dwarf Barberry
  • Opuntia erinacea 'Karma Magneta’ – Hardy Cactus
  • Juniperus procumbens 'Nana’ – Dwarf Japanese Juniper
  • Thymus 'Silver Posie’ – Upright Thyme
  • Larix Kaempferi 'Little Boogle’ – Dwarf Japanese Larch
  • Hardy Prickly Pear Cactus
  • Dianthus 'Blue Hills’ – Carnation
  • Potentilla astrosanguinea 'Fireball’ – Himalayan Cinquefoil
  • Erysimum 'Orange Glow’
  • Awinia saxitails 'Sunny Border apricot’ – Alyssium
  • Wooly Thyme
  • Gentiana Cruciata
  • Gentiana 'Royal Blue’
  • Saxifraga – Encrusted Saxifrage
  • Salvia memorosa 'Markus’ – Meadow Sage
  • Delphinium grandiflorum 'Summer Nights’
  • Armeria maritima – Common Thrift
  • Potentilla 'Nana’ – Spring Cinquefoil
  • Dodecatheon meadia 'Queen Victoria’
Type
Parks / Fields