Are there plans available for the planting designs used in the 2016 American Impressionism exhibit?
You had an exhibit in the conservatory based on gardens depicted by impressionist artists in the US. Do you have plans for those gardens that can be duplicated in home gardens? Where can I buy them or copy them?
Answer
While the plants in the American Impressionism exhibit were of types that are typical of a New England garden, they were being grown for longevity in a conservatory environment and thus are not the varieties or cultivars that would necessarily be best for a home garden. So while we do not have plans that are available to duplicate at home, I can provide you with a complete list of the plants we used (see below) for your own research as to suitability to your garden conditions.
I can also direct you to our guide called American Impressionist Exhibit: Featured Plants for more information on cultivating the poppies, peonies, foxgloves and delphiniums featured in the show. Another resource would be to search Flickr for photos of the NYBG show to see planting layouts for individual beds that may appeal to you. If you discover a grouping you like and need further help identifying the plants, let us know!
Good luck with your garden plans.
Courtesy of the NYBG Plant Information Service
Plant List - American Impressionism - 2016
| Botanical Name | Cultivar |
| Abelmoschus manihot | |
| Abutilon | 'Bella Select Mix' |
| Acanthus mollis | |
| Agastache | 'Black Adder' |
| Agastache | 'Blue Fortune' |
| Agastache | 'Purple Haze' |
| Agathis robusta | |
| Ageratum houstonianum | 'Blue Horizon' |
| Ageratum houstonianum | 'Blue Mink' |
| Alcea rosea | 'Halo Blossom' |
| Alcea rosea | 'Nigra' |
| Alcea rosea | 'Crème de Cassis' |
| Alcea rosea | 'Spring Celebrities Lemon' |
| Alcea rosea | 'Indian Spring' |
| Allium | 'Millenium' |
| Allium nutans | |
| Ammi majus | |
| Anchusa azurea | 'Dropmore' |
| Anemone × hybrida | 'Robustissima' |
| Antirrhinum majus | 'Orange Wonder' |
| Antirrhinum majus | 'Black Prince' |
| Astilbe | 'Straussenfeder' |
| Astilbe chinensis | 'Visions' |
| Astilbe chinensis | 'Vision in Pink' |
| Baptisia | 'Carolina Moonlight' |
| Betula utilis var. jacquemontii | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | |
| Bouvardia ternifolia | |
| Buddleja | 'Wisteria Lane' |
| Calendula officinalis | 'Art Shades' |
| Callicarpa americana | |
| Callistephus | 'Andrella Giant Mix' |
| Camellia japonica | 'Blood of China' |
| Catharanthus | Cora® Pink |
| Catharanthus rosea | Cora® Pink |
| Celosia argentea var. cristata | 'Cramer's Burgundy' |
| Celosia argentea var. plumosa | 'Fresh Look Red' |
| Celosia argentea var. plumosa | 'Fresh Look Yellow' |
| Celosia argentea var. plumosa (Spicata Group) | 'Celway Purple' |
| Centaurea cineraria | |
| Centaurea cyanus | 'Jubilee Gem' |
| Centaurea montana | |
| Citrus × meyeri | 'Improved Meyer' |
| Clarkia unguiculata | |
| Clematis | Boulevard® Fleuri™ |
| Clematis | Boulevard® Patio Rebecca™ |
| Cleome | 'Color Fountain' |
| Cleome hassleriana | 'Mauve Queen' |
| Clethra alnifolia | |
| Clinopodium nepeta | 'Blue Cloud' |
| Cobaea scandens | |
| Consolida regalis | 'Dark Blue' |
| Consolida regalis | 'Light Blue' |
| Coreopsis | 'Bright Lights' |
| Coreopsis grandiflora | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | 'Mahogany Midget' |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | 'Red River Valley' |
| Coreopsis verticillata | 'Grandiflora' |
| Cornus florida | 'Cherokee Princess' |
| Cosmos bipinnatus | 'Sensation White' |
| Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora | 'George Davison' |
| Cuphea | Vermillionaire® |
| Cuphea schumannii | |
| Daucus carota | 'Dara' |
| Delphinium | Pacific Giant Series |
| Delphinium | 'New Millenium White Stars' |
| Delphinium | New Millenium Mix |
| Delphinium elatum | 'Dasante Blue' |
| Delphinium elatum | Million Dollar Blush' |
| Delphinium elatum | 'Million Dollar Blue' |
| Delphinium grandiflorum | 'Summer Nights' |
| Dianthus | 'Jolt Cherry' |
| Dianthus | 'Ideal Select Violet' |
| Dianthus | 'Jolt Pink' |
| Dianthus caryophyllus | 'Grenadin King of Blacks' |
| Dianthus caryophyllus | 'Grenadin Yellow' |
| Digitalis | 'Illumination Flame' |
| Digitalis purpurea | Excelsior Group |
| Digitalis purpurea | 'Lily's Lilac' |
| Digitalis purpurea | 'Primrose Carousel' |
| Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora | |
| Echinacea | PowWow® White |
| Echinacea | PowWow® Wild Berry |
| Echium pininana | 'Blue Steeple' |
| Eschscholzia californica | 'Orange King' |
| Eschscholzia californica | Double Solar Flare' |
| Euphorbia hypericifolia | Diamond Frost® |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | |
| Felicia amelloides | |
| Felicia amelloides | 'Variegata' |
| Festuca valesiaca var. glaucantha | |
| Gaillardia × grandiflora | 'Yellow Queen' |
| Gazania rigens | Kiss™ Frosty Yellow |
| Gazania rigens | Kiss and Tell Mix |
| Gazania rigens | Kiss™ Frosty Orange |
| Geranium wlassovianum | |
| Gerbera jamesonii | California Giants Mixed |
| Geum | 'Lady Stratheden' |
| Gladiolus | 'Bananarama' |
| Gladiolus | 'Manhattan' |
| Gladiolus | 'Chit Chat'' |
| Gladiolus | 'Polar Bear' |
| Glandularia canadensis | 'Homestead Purple' |
| Gomphrena globosa | |
| Gomphrena globosa | 'Strawberry Fields' |
| Gypsophila elegans | Elegant Kermesina' |
| Helianthus | ‘Sole d’Oro’ |
| Helianthus angustifolius | |
| Helianthus annuus | 'Ring of Fire' |
| Helianthus annuus | 'Velvet Queen' |
| Helianthus annuus | 'Soraya' |
| Helianthus annuus | 'Moonwalker' |
| Helianthus annuus | 'Big Smile' |
| Helianthus debilis | 'Vanilla Ice' |
| Hemerocallis | 'Hyperion' |
| Heterotheca villosa | |
| Hydrangea macrophylla | Everlasting™ Garnet |
| Hydrangea macrophylla | Everlasting™ Revolution |
| Hydrangea macrophylla | Mini Penny™ |
| Hydrangea paniculata | 'Grandiflora' |
| Hydrangrea macrophylla | Endless Summer® |
| Iberis umbellata | Candy Cane Mix |
| Ipomoea alba | |
| Ipomoea tricolor | 'Heavenly Blue' |
| Ipomoea tricolor | 'Clark's Heavenly Blue' |
| Iris sibirica | 'Ruffled Velvet' |
| Isolepis cernua | 'Live Wire' |
| Isolepis cernua | |
| Jasminum officinale | Fiona Sunrise™ |
| Kalimeris incisa | 'Blue Star' |
| Karomia tettensis | |
| Lagurus ovatus | 'Bunny Tails' |
| Lamprocapnos spectabilis | |
| Lathyrus odoratus | 'Matucana' |
| Lavandula angustifolia | |
| Lavatera trimestris | 'Novella Rose' |
| Liatris spicata | 'Kobold' |
| Lilium | 'Chill Out' |
| Lilium | 'Conca d'Or' |
| Lilium | 'Litouwen' |
| Lilium | 'Zelmira' |
| Lilium | 'Scarlet Delight' |
| Lilium | 'Tabledance' |
| Lilium | 'Forza Red' |
| Lilium | 'Nova Zembla' |
| Lilium | 'Cecil' |
| Lilium | 'Golden Tycoon' |
| Lilium | 'Indian Summerset' |
| Lilium formosanum | |
| Linaria maroccana | 'Fairy Bouquet' |
| Lupinus | 'Gallery Pink' |
| Lupinus | 'Gallery Red' |
| Lupinus | 'The Page' |
| Lupinus | 'Gallery Yellow' |
| Lupinus | 'The Governor' |
| Myosotis sylvatica | 'Mon Amie Blue' |
| Myosotis sylvatica | 'Miro' |
| Nerium oleander | 'Red' |
| Nerium oleander | 'Variegata' |
| Nicotiana alata | 'Grand Ol' White' |
| Nicotiana mutabilis | 'Perfume Mix' |
| Nigella damascena | 'Miss Jerkyll Sky Blue' |
| Paeonia | 'Sorcerer' |
| Paeonia | 'Many Happy Returns' |
| Paeonia | 'Eden's Perfume' |
| Paeonia | 'Peach Blossom Falling in Snow' |
| Paeonia | 'Chou Dynasty Yellow' |
| Paeonia | 'Color of Ice' |
| Paeonia | 'Glory Be' |
| Paeonia | 'Pink Kisses' |
| Paeonia lactiflora | 'Dairy Anne' |
| Paeonia lactiflora | 'Riches and Honor' |
| Papaver commutatum | 'Ladybird' |
| Papaver nudicaule | 'Pulcinella Rose' |
| Papaver nudicaule | Wonderland Mix |
| Papaver somniferum | 'Drama Queen' |
| Pelargonium | 'Blizzard Red' |
| Pelargonium | 'Breakaway Red' |
| Penstemon × mexicanus | 'Sunburst Ruby' |
| Penstemon heterophyllus | 'Electric Blue' |
| Petunia | 'Easy Wave Blue' |
| Philadelphus | 'Minnesota Snowflake' |
| Phlox | 'Minnie Pearl' |
| Phlox | 'Cherry Glow' |
| Phlox drummondii | '21st Century Crimson' |
| Phlox paniculata | 'Glamour Girl' |
| Phlox paniculata | 'Red Riding Hood' |
| Phlox paniculata | 'Blue Paradise' |
| Phygelius × rectus | 'Moonraker' |
| Platycodon grandiflorus | 'Astra Pink' |
| Platycodon grandiflorus | 'Astra White' |
| Plumbago auriculata | |
| Plumbago auriculata forma alba | |
| Polianthes tuberosa | |
| Primula × polyantha | 'Supernova Yellow' |
| Ranunculus asiaticus | 'Friandine Red' |
| Rosa | Fire Meidiland® |
| Rosa | Cinderella™ |
| Rosa | Tequila Gold™ |
| Rosa | 'Madame Jenny' |
| Rosa | Blaze' |
| Rosa | Crimson Sky™ |
| Rosa | Spanish Sunset™ |
| Rosa | 'Don Juan' |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | 'Goldsturm' |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | 'Indian Summer' |
| Rudbeckia hirta | 'Irish Eyes' |
| Rudbeckia hirta | 'Cherry Brandy' |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | 'Una Belle' |
| Saliva | Mystic Spires Blue |
| Salpiglossis sinuata | 'Black Trumpets' |
| Salpiglossis sinuata | 'Kew Blue' |
| Salpiglossis sinuata | 'Royale Red Bicolor' |
| Salvia | Amistad® |
| Salvia farinacea | 'Evolution' |
| Salvia farinacea | 'Blue Bedder' |
| Salvia guaranitica | 'Black and Blue' |
| Salvia nemorosa | 'Caradonna' |
| Salvia splendens | 'Dancing Flame' |
| Salvia splendens | Van-Houttei |
| Salvia splendens | Saucy Red™ |
| Salvia splendens | 'Lighthouse Red' |
| Salvia viridis var. comata | 'Marble Arch Blue' |
| Scabiosa atropurpurea | 'Ace of Spades' |
| Scaevola | Bondi™ Blue |
| Schizanthus pinnatus | 'Angel Wings' |
| Sedum | 'African Sunset' |
| Sedum | 'Herbstfreude' |
| Sedum telephium (Atropurpureum Group) | 'Purple Emperor' |
| Silene chalcedonica | |
| Solenostemon | Golden Dreams™ |
| Solenostemon | 'Orange King' |
| Syringa pekinensis | China Snow® |
| Syringa pubescens ssp. patula | ‘Miss Kim’ |
| Syringa reticulata | 'Ivory Silk' |
| Tagetes erecta | 'Babuda Yellow' |
| Thelesperma burridgeanum | 'Philippine' |
| Thuja occidentalis | 'Smaragd' |
| Thunbergia alata | 'Susie Yellow Black Eye' |
| Torenia | Catalina® Midnight Blue |
| Tricyrtis formosana | 'Samurai' |
| Tropaeolum majus | Gleam Mix |
| Verbena | 'Lollipop' |
| Viburnum sieboldii | |
| Viola | 'Sunbeam' |
| Viola | 'Helen Mount' |
| Vitis | 'Chambourcin' |
| Weigela | 'Florida Variegata' |
| Wisteria frutescens | 'Amethyst Falls' |
| Xerochrysum bracteatum | Hot Bikini' |
| Zantedeschia | 'Neon Armour' |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica | 'White Giant' |
| Zinnia | mixed cultivars |
| Zinnia | 'Profusion Coral Pink' |
| Zinnia elegans | 'Zahara Yellow' |
| Zinnia elegans | Polar Bear' |
| Zinnia elegans | 'Zahara Orange' |
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