University of Wisconsin-Madison

Driveway Garden

The Driveway Garden, also called the Half-Moon Garden, features our dramatic Weeping Mulberry in addition to other trees, shrubs, and an understory of carefully selected native sedges and fobes that tolerate the dry shade conditions created by the aggressive, shallow root systems and dense canopies of the trees.

PictureCommon NameScientific NamePlant Name
American SpikenardAralia racemosa American Spikenard
Aralia racemosa
Plant name: Appalachia Sedge Carex appalachia Appalachia SedgeCarex appalachia Appalachia Sedge
Carex appalachia
Plant name: Bowman's Root Gillenia trifolata Bowman's RootGillenia trifolata Bowman's Root
Gillenia trifolata
Plant name: Chaparral Weeping Mulberry Morus alba cv. ChaparralChaparral Weeping MulberryMorus alba cv. ChaparralChaparral Weeping Mulberry
Morus alba cv. Chaparral
Plant name: Clustered Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum muticum Clustered Mountain MintPycnanthemum muticum Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Plant name: Coral Bells Heuchera villosa cv. Autumn BrideCoral BellsHeuchera villosa cv. Autumn BrideCoral Bells
Heuchera villosa cv. Autumn Bride
Plant name: Haas Halo Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens cv. Haas HaloHaas Halo HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens cv. Haas HaloHaas Halo Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens cv. Haas Halo
Japanese Anemone; WindflowerAnemone x hybrida Japanese Anemone; Windflower
Anemone x hybrida
Plant name: Leather Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis Leather Wood FernDryopteris marginalis Leather Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Plant name: Manchurian Stripebark Maple Acer tegmentosum cv. White TigressManchurian Stripebark MapleAcer tegmentosum cv. White TigressManchurian Stripebark Maple
Acer tegmentosum cv. White Tigress
Plant name: Northern Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea OatsChasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Plant name: Paperbark Maple Acer griseum Paperbark MapleAcer griseum Paperbark Maple
Acer griseum
Plant name: Rosy Sedge; Curly Wood Sedge Carex rosea Rosy Sedge; Curly Wood SedgeCarex rosea Rosy Sedge; Curly Wood Sedge
Carex rosea
Plant name: Solomon's Seal Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum cv. VariegatumSolomon's SealPolygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum cv. VariegatumSolomon's Seal
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum cv. Variegatum
Plant name: Sweetscented Bedstraw; Sweet Woodruff Galium odoratum Sweetscented Bedstraw; Sweet WoodruffGalium odoratum Sweetscented Bedstraw; Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Plant name: Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana Virgin's BowerClematis virginiana Virgin's Bower
Clematis virginiana
Plant name: White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricatus White Wood AsterEurybia divaricatus White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricatus