Single Musk Rose (Rosa moschata)

Single Musk Rose (Rosa moschata)Hardy, deciduous, spring flowering shrub Description: Large clusters of snowy white, single blossoms bloom in flushes throughout the season. Intensely fragrant. Shapely, pointed, slightly drooping leaves of rich, gray green. Habit: Grows 6 to 12 feet high; can be grown as a shrub rose or trained as a climber. Culture: Prefers rich, well prepared garden loam and full sun. Tolerates some shade. Hardiness: USDA Zones 6b through 10b Jefferson documented

He later introduced it into the gardens at Fulham in 1690

and moderate disease resistance

Vanhoutte Spirea is a showy member of the rose family developed near Paris about 1862 by the crossing of two Asian species

Hardiness: USDA Zones 9 through 10

the species flowers are shades of blue and purple

North American perennial grass

William Hamilton

acidic soil and part shade

with its engraved grapevine pattern

Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon listed this native species in his 1806 American Gardener’s Calendar and Jefferson directed the planting of “horn beams

"[t]he autumnal equinox comes and goes

Habit: Flower spikes grow 2-3 feet high