Landscaping
The Library's landscape design by Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. showcases native plants and floral colors that change throughout the seasons. In August 2023, the Library was awarded a Conservation@Work certification by The Conservation Foundation of DuPage County for careful commitment to landscape and stormwater design.
Spring Palette
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Dryopteris marginalis
Dryopteris marginalis, or marginal shield fern or marginal wood fern
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Viburnum lentago (spring)
Viburnum lentago, or nannyberry
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Amsonia "Blue Ice"
Amsonia "Blue Ice," or amsonia blue star
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Anemone canadensis
Anemone canadensis, or Canadian anemone, meadow anemone
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Lonicera sempervirens
Lonicera sempervirens, or coral honeysuckle, trumpet honeysuckle, woodbine
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Polygonatum odoratum
Polygonatum odoratum, or Solomon's seal
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Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis, or eastern redbud
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Syringa patula
Syringa patula, or Miss Kim lilac
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Geranium maculatum
Geranium maculatum, or spotted cranesbill
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Carex pensylvanica
Carex pensylvanica, or Pennsylvania sedge
Summer Palette
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Calamagrostis × acutiflora
Calamagrostis × acutiflora, or Karl Foerster feather reed grass
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Clematis jackmanii purpurea
Clematis jackmanii purpurea, or Happy Jack purple clematis
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Syringa reticulata
Syringa reticulata, or Japanese tree lilac
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Hosta
Hosta, or Guacamole hosta, plantain lily
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Coreopsis verticillata
Coreopsis verticillata, or Grandiflora
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Itea virginica (summer)
Itea virginica, or Little Henry
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Stachys hummelo
Stachys hummelo, or betony, woundwort
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Chelone obliqua
Chelone obliqua, or pink turtlehead
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Sporobolus heterolepis (summer)
Sporobolus heterolepis, or prairie dropseed
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Deschampsia cespitosa
Deschampsia cespitosa, or tufted hairgrass
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Echinacea
Echinacea, "Pixie Meadowbright," or coneflowers.
Fall/Winter Palette
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Gleditsia triacanthos
Gleditsia triacanthos, or honey locust
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Acer × freemanii
Acer × freemanii, Freeman maple, or Autumn Blaze
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Itea virginica (fall)
Itea virginica, or Little Henry, in autumn
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Quercus rubra
Quercus rubra, or northern red oak
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Viburnum lentago
Viburnum lentago, or nannyberry
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, or Virginia creeper
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Eurybia divaricata
Eurybia divaricata, or white wood aster