Oregon Native: Mountain Spirea

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Ashland Garden Club

Plant Name: Spiraea splendens
Common name: Mountain Spirea/Rose Meadowsweet
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub
Plant Height: 1.5’ – 3’
Plant Width: 1.5’ – 3’
Bloom Time: June to August
Flower Color: Rose Pink
Exposure: Sun to Light Shade
Soil Requirements: Tolerates a Variety of Soils, but Well-Drained.
Water Need: Low
Attributes: Yellow Fall Color; Fragrant Flowers; Hosts Butterflies & Moths; Good for Pollinators.
Uses: Butterfly Garden; Small Space Shrub.
Native to: British Columbia to California
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 – 9

City of Ashland Firewise Plant: Plants may be planted within 5 feet of a building.

Report by AGC Members: Viki Ashford & Carlotta Lucas

Photo by: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

2020 Fall Series: Colorful Ashland

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Ashland Garden Club

Photos by AGC Members: Lisa Force, Amy Lepon, & Carlotta Lucas

Lithia Park- Japanese Garden

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Ashland Garden Club

Ashland’s Japanese Garden in Lithia Park is closing soon to be resigned. This project has been in the works since 2018, but the physical work starts this month (Nov 2020) and will take 2 years to complete. Ashland Parks & Recreation is working with landscape designer Toru Tanaka to create an authentic Japanese Garden. Mr. Tanaka was trained in Japan and has more than 35 years of experience creating Japanese Gardens. He is the founder and president of Portland Landscape Design and Japanese Garden Specialty. Ashland’s new garden was made possible by a generous grant from Jeff Mangin, and the Marechal family of Normandy, France, who donated all the funds for this new Japanese Garden in remembrance of Jeff’s wife, Beatrice Marechal.

Article by: Carlotta Lucas, AGC Member

Photos by: Lucretia Weems, AGC member