LANDSCAPE PATTERNS SLOPE PLANTING PALETTE Situated at the base of Candler Mountain, Liberty’s core campus is set into a series of foothills with dramatic slopes. These slopes present a unique challenge within a dense collegiate core—they need to appear tended and kempt while being managed for high performance erosion control. A palette of woody shrubs, groundcovers and grasses will serve this purpose both for ornament and for soil and slope retention. These plants have been carefully chosen for their hardy and enduring natures, balanced with ornamental characteristics that suit their placement in the heart of campus. A swath of lawn along the road below the slopes will establish a cultivated edge, beyond which a layered palette of low groundcovers will transition to larger shrubs along the steepest banks. Hypericum, liriope, switchgrass, aromatic sumac and junipers will make up the lower group, with tough and native ninebark, junipers and winter jasmine, studded with organic groupings of trees, providing large scale coverage and erosion control. These large areas of shrubs will reduce overall maintenance and provide seasonal interest.
TREES
SHRUBS
Cercis canadensis / Redbud Juniperus virginiana / Eastern Redcedar Prunus spp. / Cherry, various
Abelia x grandiflora / Glossy Abelia Aronia arbutifolia / Choke Cherry Fothergilla x ‘Mount Airy’/ Mount Airy Fothergilla Hypericum calycinum / Aaron’s Beard Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ / Hidcote St. John’s Wort Itea virginica / Sweetspire Jasminum nudiflorum / Winter Jasmine Juniperus conferta / Shore Juniper Juniperus horizontalis / Creeping Juniper Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ / Grey Owl Juniper Myrica cerifera / Wax Myrtle Physocarpus opulifolius / Ninebark Rhus aromatica / Fragrant Sumac Viburnum dentatum / Arrowwood Viburnum
PERENNIALS AND GRASSES Amsonia hubrichtii / Threadleaf Bluestar Liriope muscari / Lily Turf Muhlenbergia capillaris / Muhly Grass Nasella tenuissima / Mexican Feather Grass Panicum virgatum / Switchgrass Solidago rugosa / Goldenrod
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