Public School Vegetation Plans Sumter County 2009
Project Data Sheet Project Name:
Public School Vegetation Plans
Location:
City of Americus and Sumter County
Description:
Create a planting plan for the front of each school.
Archway Contact:
Barbara Grogan, Archway Professional Archway Partnership
Community Contact:
Dr. Dennis McMahon, Superintendent Sumter County School System
Date Of Initial Site Visit:
June 2009
Students Assigned:
Christopher Scott Thornton Amanda Inez Thornton
Final Products:
Perspectives with plants called out and a plant list.
Date Delivered:
August 2009
Vicinity Map Sumter County Primary School Sarah Cobb Elementary School Cherokee Elementary School Sumter County Elementary School Staley Middle School Sumter County Middle School Americus-Sumter High School (South) Americus-Sumter High School (North) Board of Education Transportation Building
Plant List Botanical Name Trees
Acer palmatum Acer rubrum Magnolia grandiflora Malus spp.
Common Name
Type
Landscape Value
Japanese Maple Red Maple Southern Magnolia Flowering Crabapple
Deciduous Deciduous Evergreen Deciduous
Brilliant fall color Brilliant fall color Fragrant white flowers Spring flowers
Glossy Abelia Spreading Japanese Plum Yew
Evergreen Evergreen
White flowers Evergreen foliage
Upright Japanese Plum Yew
Evergreen
Evergreen foliage
Winter Daphne Gardenia Chinese Holly Parney Cotoneaster Redleaf Chinese Witch Hazel Maiden Grass Sweet Olive Goldenrod
Evergreen Evergreen Evergreen Evergreen Evergreen Deciduous Evergreen Herb. Perennial
Winter flowers Fragrant summer flowers Evergreen foliage Can be espaliered Pink spring flowers and fall color Fine texture and panicles Fragrant fall flowers Yellow flowers
Daylily Liriope
Herb. Perennial Evergreen
Summer flowers Evergreen foliage
Shrubs Abelia x grandiflora Cephalotaxus harringtonia drupacea Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Fastigiata’ Daphene odora Gardenia jasminoides Ilex cornuta Lacteus cotoneaster Loropetalum chinese rubrum Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ Osmanthus fragrans Solidago spp.
Groundcovers
Hemerocallis spp. Liriope muscari
Primary School Sumter County 2009
Sumter County Primary School Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Gardenia 3. Spreading Yew
1 4 3
4. Sweet Olive
2
Sumter County Primary School Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Gardenia 1
3. Goldenrod 4. Sweet Olive
4
2
3
Elementary Schools Sumter County 2009
Sarah Cobb Elementary Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Southern Magnolia 3. Maiden Grass
3
1 2
4 5
4. Loropetalum 5. Assorted Perennials
Sarah Cobb Elementary Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Southern Magnolia 3. Gardenia 4. Loropetalum
1
2
4
3
Cherokee Elementary Before and After
1. Red Maple 1
2. Southern Magnolia 3. Sweet Olive 4. Glossy Abelia 5. Gardenia
2 5
4
3
Cherokee Elementary Before and After
1. Sweet Olive 2. Cotoneaster (espaliered) 3. Glossy Abelia 4. Maiden Grass 5. Liriope
4
1
2
3 5
Cherokee Elementary Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Southern Magnolia 1
3. Loropetalum 4
4. Sweet Olive
3
5 6
5. Daylily 6. Liriope
2
Sumter County Elementary Before and After
1
1. Red Maple 2. Loropetalum 3. Sweet Olive
2
3 4
4. Liriope
Sumter County Elementary Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Gardenia 3. Remove Shrubs
1
3 2
Middle Schools Sumter County 2009
Staley Middle School Before and After
1
1. Red Maple 2. Sweet Olive 3. Loropetalum 4. Gardenia 5. Maiden Grass 6. Glossy Abelia 7. Assorted Perennials
5
2 3 4 7
6
Staley Middle School Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Sweet Olive 3. Loropetalum 4. Gardenia 5. Maiden Grass 6. Glossy Abelia 7. Assorted Perennials
1 2 3
5 4 6
7
Sumter County Middle School Before and After
1. Japanese Plum Yew 2. Flowering Crabapple 3. Japanese Maple 3
4. Assorted Perennials 5. Goldenrod
1
4
5
2
Sumter County Middle School Before and After
1. Japanese Maple 2. Flowering Crabapple 6
3. Gardenia
5 2 1
4. Chinese Holly
4 3
5. Loropetalum 6. Goldenrod
High Schools Sumter County 2009
Americus-Sumter High School (South) Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Sweet Olive 5 1
3. Gardenia 4. Liriope 5. Assorted Perennials
2 3
4
Americus-Sumter High School (South) Before and After
1. Red Maple
1
2. Sweet Olive 3. Gardenia
2 3
Americus-Sumter High School (North) Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Loropetalum
1 1
3. Sweet Olive
3 6
4
4. Maiden Grass 5. Glossy Abelia 6. Assorted Perennials
5
2
Americus-Sumter High School (North) Before and After
1. Red Maple
1
2. Loropetalum
2
3
3. Sweet Olive 4. Glossy Abelia 5. Liriope
4
5
Additional Buildings Sumter County 2009
Board of Education Building Before and After
1. Southern Magnolia 2. Sweet Olive 3. Winter Daphne 2
1
4. Gardenia
3
4
Board of Education Building Before and After
1. Southern Magnolia 2. Gardenia 1
3. Glossy Abelia
4 2
4. Sweet Olive 5. Winter Daphne
3
5
Transportation Building Sign Before and After
1. Red Maple 2. Maiden Grass 1
3. Glossy Abelia 2 3