Master Gardeners have rejuvenated the gardens to educate the community about the benefits of native plants.
Photo of garden after restoration.
Address: 100 North Broad Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
Hours: Not open to the public
Established: Spring of 2021
Type of garden: Native plants
Volunteers maintaining the garden: Twelve Master Gardeners
Description of the garden: In 2021, the Master Gardeners of Bucks County (MG) partnered with the Village Improvement Association (VIA) of Doylestown to rejuvenate the gardens and showcase the benefits of native plants. The goal was to introduce as many native plants as possible while keeping some non-native specimens. In 2021, Master Gardeners removed many of the unattractive grassy areas, improved the soil, chose the right plants for the correct location, and installed native plants, trees, and bushes. Master Gardeners continue to maintain the gardens at this historic site.
The garden is funded by small budgets from both the VIA and MG programs, along with plant donations from Bowman's Nature Preserve and the Master Gardeners of Bucks County.
The James Lorah Memorial House garden is not a public garden per se, but one can readily appreciate its beauty while strolling along the corner of Broad and Main Streets. Occasional public tours are also offered.
List of plants: A wide variety of bulbs, ferns, grasses, and herbaceous and woody plants, as detailed in the following table:
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Variety | Height | Light | Moisture | Bloom Time | Native | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulbs | |||||||||||||
| Allium stipitatum | White Giant | 36" - 48" | Full Sun | 6"- 8" Flower | May/June White deep green eyes | No | |||||||
| Allium stipitatum | Mount Everest | 36" | Full Sun | 6" Flower | May/June Snow white with lime-green eyes | No | |||||||
| Allium | Ambassador | 48" | Full Sun | 7" Flower | June/July Intensely Purple | No | |||||||
| Allium | Pinball Wizard | 24" | Full Sun | 6"- 8" Flower | June/July Silver Glinted-Lilac purple | No | |||||||
| Daffodils | Daffodils | Various | Full Sun | May | No | ||||||||
| Ferns | |||||||||||||
| Adiantum pedatum | N. Maidenhair Fern | 1-3 Ft | Part Shade-Full Shade | Moist | NA | Yes | |||||||
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Wood Fern | 1.5-2 Ft | Part Shade-Full Shade | Medium | NA | Yes | |||||||
| Onoclea sensibilis | Senitive Fern | 1-3 Ft | Part Shade-Full Shade | Medium - Wet | NA | Yes | |||||||
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | 1-2 Ft | Part Shade-Full Shade | Dry - Medium | NA | Yes | |||||||
| Grasses, Sedges, Rushes | |||||||||||||
| Carex albicans | Appalachian Sedge | 1-2 Ft | Part Sun - Full Shade | Medium | May | Yes | |||||||
| Carex flaccosperma | Blue Wood Sedge | 0.5-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Moist | May to June | Yes | |||||||
| Carex pensylvanica | Oak Sedge | 0.5-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Dry-Medium | May | Yes | |||||||
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush Grass | 2-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Sun | Dry -Medium | Sept-Oct | Yes | |||||||
| Erafrostis spectabilis | Purple Love Grass | 1-2Ft | Full Sun | Dry - Medium | July-Aug (Red Purple) | Yes | |||||||
| Juncus effusus | Soft/Common Rush | 2-4 Ft | Sun | Moist - Wet | June-Aug | Yes | |||||||
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Pink Mulhy Grass mulhygrass | 2-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Sun | Dry - Medium | Sept-Nov | Yes | |||||||
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | 2-4 Ft | Sun | Dry - Medium | Aug-Feb | Yes | |||||||
| Herbaceous Plants | |||||||||||||
| Actaea racemosa | Black Cohosh | 3-8 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | June - July (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Agastache | Hyssop; Hummingbird Mint | 2 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Dry-Medium | July-Oct (indigo) | Yes | |||||||
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | 1-1.5 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Dry-Medium | June-Aug (Pink) | Yes | |||||||
| Anemone canadensis | Meadow Anemone; Wind Flower | 1-2 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium - Moist | April - June (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Antennaria plantaginifola | Pussytoes | .5 - 1Ft | Full Sun | Dry - Medium | April to June Wh tinged with pink | Yes | |||||||
| Asarum canadense | Common Wild Ginger | 0.5-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium-Moist | April-May (Purplish Brown) | Yes | |||||||
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed | 1-2.5 Ft | Full Sun | Dry-Medium | June - Aug (Yellow Orange) | Yes | |||||||
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower | 1-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium-Moist | July-Oct (Blue) | Yes | |||||||
| Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf Coreopsis | Zagreb' | 1-1.5 Ft | Full Sun | Dry - Medium | May to June Bright Yellow | Yes | ||||||
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | 2-5 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Dry - Medium | Jun-Aug (Purplish Pink) | Yes | |||||||
| Eupatorium purpureum | Compact Joe Pye Weed | Euphoria Ruby' | 2-2.75 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | July - Sept (Lavender) | Yes | ||||||
| Eurybia macrophylla | Large-Leave Aster | 2-4 Ft | Part Sun - Full Shade | Medium - Moiat | Sept-Oct (Violet or Blue with Yellow Center) | Yes | |||||||
| Eutrochium dubium | Joe Pye Weed | Little Joe' | 3-4 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium - Wet | July-Sept (Mauve) | Yes | ||||||
| Galium odoratum | Sweet Woodruff | 0.5-1 Ft | Part Sun-Full Shade | Medium-Moist | April-May (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine | Margarita' | 12-20Ft | Full Sun - Light Shade | Medium | March-April Yellow | Yes | ||||||
| Helloborus | Lenten Rose | 0.5-1 Ft | Part Sun-Full Shade | Medium | March - May (color depends on type) | No | |||||||
| Heuchera | Coral Bells Purple Leaf | 1-2 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May - June (White) | No | |||||||
| Heuchera americana | Coral Bells | Dale's Strain' | 1-2 Ft | Full Sun- Part Shade | Medium | May-June (Pink) | Yes | ||||||
| Heuchera americana | Coral Bells | 1-2 Ft | Full Sun- Part Shade | Medium | June-Aug (Greenish white with red tinge) | Yes | |||||||
| Hosta | Hosta 'Sieboldiana' | 1.5-2Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | June - July (White) | No | |||||||
| Hosta | Hosta "Francee" | 1-2 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | June-Aug (Lavender) | No | |||||||
| Hosta | Hosta "June" | 0.75-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | July-Aug (Lavender) | No | |||||||
| Hosta | Hosta 'Sun & Substamce' | 2-3Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | Aug | No | |||||||
| Iris cristata | Dwarf Crested Iris | 0.5-0.75 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | April (pale blue with gold crested falls) | Yes | |||||||
| Liatris spicata | Blazing Star | 0.75-1.5 Ft | Full Sun | Medium | July-Aug (Red Purple) | Yes | |||||||
| Liriope muscari | Liriope muscari Lilyturf | 1-1.5 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | Aug-Sept (Lavender) | No | |||||||
| Liriope muscari 'Variegata' | Variegated Lilyturf | 1-1.5 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | Aug-Oct (Purple) | No | |||||||
| Lobelia siphiletica | Blue Cardinal Flower | 1.5-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium - Wet | July-Sept (Blue) | Yes | |||||||
| Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet Honeysuckle8-15 Ft | Magnifica' | Full Sun | Medium | May to June Scarlet/orange | Yes | |||||||
| Monarda didyma | Compact Bee Balm | Rockin Rasberry' | 1-2 Ft | Full Sun -Part Sun | Medium | June-Aug (Raspberry Purple) | Yes | ||||||
| Oenothera fruticosa | Sundrops | "Fireworks" | 1-1.5 Ft | Full Sun | Dry-Medium | May-June (Yellow) | Yes | ||||||
| Packera aurea | Golden Ragwort | 0.5-2.5 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium - Wet | April (Yellow) | Yes | |||||||
| Phlox divaricata | Woodland Phlox | "May Breeze" | 0.75-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | April - May (White) | Yes | ||||||
| Phlox subulata | Moss Phlox | "Emerald Blue" | 0.33 - 0.5 Ft | Full Sun | Medium | April-May (Blue) | Yes | ||||||
| Polemonium reptans | Jacob's Ladder | 1-1.5 Ft | Full Sun | Medium | April-May (Blue) | Yes | |||||||
| Polygonatum odoratun var. pluriflorun | Variegated Solomon's Seal | 2 - 3Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Moist | Apri - May | No | |||||||
| Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal or Heal All | 'Magdalena' | 0.5 Ft | Full Sun/ Part Shade | Medium - Moist | April-Sept (Purple) | Yes | ||||||
| Ruellia humillis | Wild Petunia | 1-2Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Dry - Medium | May - Oct | Yes | |||||||
| Scutellaria Incana | Skullcap | 2-3Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Dry - Medium | July - Sept (Lavender) | Yes | |||||||
| Solidago caesis | Wreath Goldenrod | 1-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Sun (Shade) | Dry - Medium | Aug-Sept (Yellow) | Yes | |||||||
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zig Zag Goldenrod | 1-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | July-Sept (Yellow) | Yes | |||||||
| Styloporum diphylium | Yellow Wood Poppy | 1-1.5 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | April - June (Yellow) | Yes | |||||||
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Blue Wood Aster | 2-5 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Dry - Medium | Aug -Sept (Blue with yellow center) | Yes | |||||||
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Showy Asters | 3-6 Ft | Full Sun | Medium | Aug-Sept (pink purple) | Yes | |||||||
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster | October Skies' | 1.5-2 Ft | Full Sun | Dry -Medium | Aug-Oct (Dark Sky Blue) | Yes | ||||||
| Tiarella cordifolia | Foam Flower | New Moon Motley' | 0.5-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Moist | April - May (White) | Yes | ||||||
| Tiarella cordifolia | Foam Flower | 0.75-1 Ft | Part Shade - Full Shade | Medium | May (White or Pink) | Yes | |||||||
| Tradescantia virginiana | Spiderwort | 1-3 Ft | Sun-Shade | Moist - Dry | Yes | ||||||||
| Zizia Aurea | Golden Alexander | 1.5-3 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May - June (Yellow) | Yes | |||||||
| Woody Plants | |||||||||||||
| Abelia x grandiflora | Abelia | 3-6 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May-Sept (White flushed pink) | Yes | |||||||
| Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry | 3-6 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' | Gold Dust Plant; Spotted Laurel | 6-10 Ft | Part Shade | Medium | March - April (Purple Maroon) | No | |||||||
| Buxus sempervirens | Boxwoods | 5-15 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | April-May (Greenish Cream) | No | |||||||
| Corylus americiana | Hazelnut | 8-12 Ft | Full Sun | Medium | April Early Spring | Yes | |||||||
| Forsythia | Forsythia | April | No | ||||||||||
| Hydrangea paniculata | Hydrangea | 8-15 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | July - Sept (White) | No | |||||||
| Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf Hydrangea | 6-8 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May-July (white changing to purple pink) | Yes | |||||||
| Hydrangeas arborescens | Smooth Hydrangeas | Haas Halo' | 3-5 Ft | Part Shade | Medium | June -Sept (White) | Yes | ||||||
| Ilex crenata | Japanese Holly | 5-10 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May-June (evergreen) | No | |||||||
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry | 5-8 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium-Wet | May-June | Yes | |||||||
| Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire | 3-4 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium-Wet | June-July (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia | 10-20 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium - Wet | May-June (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Nandina Domestica | Compact Heavenly Bamboo | Gulf Stream' | 3-8 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May-June (white with yellow anthers) | No | ||||||
| Pieris japonica | Japanese Andromeda | 9-12 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | April (white) | No | |||||||
| PJM Rhododendron | Rhododendron x P.J.M. | 3-6 Ft | Part Shade-Full Shade | Medium | April (Lavender, Pink, or Rose) | Yes | |||||||
| Prunus Laurocerasus | Cherry Laurel | 10-18 Ft | Full Sun -Part Shade | Medium | April-May (Creamy White) | No | |||||||
| Rhododendron arborescens | Sweet Azalea | 8-20 Ft | Part Shade | Medium | May-July (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Rhododendron catawbiense | Rhododendron | 6-20 Ft | Part Shade | Medium | April-June (Lavender Pink) | Yes | |||||||
| Taxus baccata | English Yew | Repandens' | 30-60 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | NA | No | ||||||
| Taxus canadensis | Yew | 3-5 Ft | Part Shade -Full Shade | Medium-Wet | NA | No | |||||||
| Thuja occidentalis | American Arborvitae | Fire Chief' | 3-4Ft | Full Sun - Light Shade | Medium | Evergreen | Yes | ||||||
| Viburnum dentatum | Southern Arrowwood | 6-10 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May-June (White) | Yes | |||||||
| Trees | |||||||||||||
| Acer palmata | Japanese Red Maple | 4-25 Ft (dwarf top at 15 Ft) | Full Sun-Part Shade | Medium | April (Reddish Purple) | No | |||||||
| Acer Saccharum | Sugar Maple | 40-80 Ft | Full Sun-Part Shade | Medium | April (Green) | Yes | |||||||
| Chlonanthus Virginicus | Fringe Tree | 12-20 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Moist; Medium | May-June (creamy white) | Yes | |||||||
| Cornus florida var. ruba | Stella Pink Dogwood | 15-25Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | April-May | Yes | |||||||
| Iiex opaca | American Holly | 15 - 30 Ft | Full Sun - Part Shade | Medium | May | Yes | |||||||
| Malus | Crab Apple | 14-18Ft | Full Sun | Medium | April | No |
