The Phenology Garden at A.I. Root Candle Co. contains 28 plants, which includes Herbaceous Perennials, Woody Ornamentals, and Native plants. The garden was established in 2014. The garden is one of 30 Phenology gardens across Ohio that is a replicate garden. Phenology is the study of recurring, seasonal biological events and their relation to weather. Medina Master Gardeners visit the garden weekly to record data on first and last bloom of each plant, and the pollinators that visit each plant. The goal is to learn more about pollinator activity and flower preference across the entire blooming season. Come and see the garden, the flowers, the pollinators and visit with the Medina Master Gardener Volunteers on August 13th.
PHENOLOGY GARDEN
COMMON NAME SPECIES NAME
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
False Indigo Baptisia australis
Cheddar Pink ‘Tiny Rubies’ Dianthus grantianopolitanus
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Perennial geranium Geranium ‘Nimbus’
Daylily “Raspberry Pixie’ Hemerocallis
Sedum Autumn Joy Hylotelephium telephium ‘Herbstfreude’
Siberian Iris Iris siberica
Bee balm “Raspberry Wine’ Monarda didyma
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Beardtongue ‘Husker Red’ Penstemon digitalis
Garden Phlox ‘David’ Phlox paniculata
Hybrid Sage ‘May Night’ Salvia x sylvestris
Redosier dogwood Cornus secricea
Cutleaf Elderberry ‘Laciniata’ Sambucus Canadensis
Manchurian Lilac ‘Miss Kim’ Syringa pubecens subsp. Patula
Common Lilac ‘President Greavy’ Syringa vulgaris
Oakleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia
Weigela ‘Red Prince’ Weigela florida
Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache scrophularifolia
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
Common Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum
Clustered Mountainmint Pycnanthemum muticum
Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, yellow Ratibida pinnata
Swamp Verbena Verbena hastata
Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum
Golden Zizia Zizia aurea
Here is what should be blooming the next several weeks:
Blue Giant Hyssop
Hybrid Sage ‘May Night’
Purple Coneflower
Common Boneset
Culvers Root
Rattlesnake Master
Clustered Mountainmint (star of the garden for pollinators)
Joe Pye Weed
Blue Vervain
Wild Bergamot