YELLOWSTONE ARBORETUM
Billings, Montana @ ZooMontana
Spring Edition
Before photo from August 2015
Shiloh Shrub Garden at Old Pond
2100 Shiloh Road-Zoo Entry
GPS 45D 43' 60" N / -108D 37' 3" W
Barberry
Berberis 'Monlers'
A small compact plant noted for it's bright green summer color. It makes for a nice border plant as well as for security.
A#2019-022 PL50
Renovated during the summer of 2019, the Shiloh Garden at Old Pond greets the visitor to ZooMontana and the Yellowstone Arboretum with a burst of color, texture and organic feel. The woody shrubs were selected for their hardiness and survival characteristics of Zones 2-3-4. They will compliment the surrounding Austrian Pines and Cedar trees and provide eye candy in the raised planter and encompassing green lawn.
The following plants were installed. Detailed descriptions are below:
Golden Nugget Barberry
Dakota Sunspot Shrubby Cinquefoil
Apricot Drift Rose (2)
Sea Foam Rose
Firefly Nightglow Diervilla
Wings of Fire Weigela
Dwarf Winged Burning Bush
Russian Sage ( transferred from Dottie's Garden)
Native Dogwood (existing)
Virginia Creeper (existing)
These plants will be complimented with seasonal selections
Potentilla
Fruticosa 'Fargo'
Masses of small, golden-yellow flowers cover the dainty foliage of a small, twiggy, deciduous shrub.
Attracts butterflies
A#2019-017 PL50
Apricot Rose
Drift Rose 'Meimirrote'
A season long show of delicate color that works well with most other flowering plants. Great for small gardens.
A#2019-024 PL50
Sea Foam Rose
Rosa 'Sea Foam'
This shrub rose makes for an excellent ground cover. It has double lightly scented flowers that vary from white to light pink.
A#2019-023 PL50
Nightglow Diervilla
Diervilla 'El Madrigal'
Just like the hour of twilight when fireflies light up the sky, intensely yellow flowers glow against the red foliage.
A#2019-021 Pl50
Asian Weigela
'Wings of Fire'
Large, broad leaves are bronze-colored from early summer to fall intensified by the sun. Summer Pink flowers.
A#2019-020 PL50
Dwarf Burning Bush
Euonymus alatus
Yellow spring-summer blooms, shiny green foliage which turns flame-red in the Fall with small orange fruit.
A#2019-019 PL50
Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
A regional shrub favorite due to it's hardiness and drought tolerance. Purple flowers offer mid to late summer color.
A#2019-018 PL50