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This dramatic and photogenic waterfall is the primary focal
point of the Mountain Perennial Garden. Clear mountain water
cascadesover a large boulder cliff, flows under a bridgeand
meets a beautiful pond garden. Left to naturalize for more
than ten years, the pond is now one of the most attractive
areas in this garden.
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Teeming with assorted Japanese and Siberian
Iris with Primula species including Primula japonica,
Primula viallii and a stunning early spring display
of marsh marigold, Caltha palustris. Water lilies survive
but struggle to flourish in the cold mountain waters.
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The Himalayan Garden sits to the south of the Mountain
Perennial Garden waterfall. Shade is cast by the garden's only original
tree, a large Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia,
a widely spread western North American native. This garden was constructed
in September of 2003 thanks to a grant from the North American Rock
Garden Society. Naturalistic stone terraces and peat beds were created
to accommodate plants that prefer a slightly more acidic soil type.
Several species of lily, gentian and primula have already been planted
along with bergenia and the stunning Himalayan blue poppy, Meconopsis
horridula. We have incorporated a wide variety of unusual high Himalayan plants including rhododendron and rheum species. This garden provides us with opportunities
to incorporate a number of choice plants we can't grow elsewhere
in the garden.