Sunken Garden
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ABOUT THE SUNKEN GARDEN
The Sunken Garden holds a special place as the first garden Bunny ever made. Its stone wall — built by a beloved friend and gifted thirty-five years ago — still bears the mark of an artist’s hand. The garden has evolved considerably since those early days of weekend weeding and perennial borders flanking a central lawn. A trip to Belgium and the discovery of a Russell Page-designed garden proved the turning point, inspiring the six rectilinear beds and flagstone paving that now give the space its character.
LIVING TAPESTRIES
Framed in mature clipped boxwood, two beds are spare and graphic with gravel and boxwood balls, while the remaining four are planted as perennial tapestries — layered by color, texture, and height, and brightened each summer with annuals.
Plants of the Sunken Garden
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bear’s breeches
Acanthus mollis
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blue stocking bee balm
Monarda didyma 'Blaustrumpf' (Blue Stocking)
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Chinese tree peony
Paeonia rockii
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columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata
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Éclat d’Or iris
Iris germanica 'Éclat d’or’
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garden phlox
Phlox paniculata
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garden phlox – Laura
Phlox paniculata
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giant fleeceflower
Persicaria polymorpha
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great camass
Camassia leichtlinii
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Green Velvet boxwood
Buxus 'Green Velvet'
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lady’s mantle
Alchemilla mollis
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Lemon Queen sunflower
Helianthus × laetiflorus 'Lemon Queen'
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lily ‘Conca d’Or’
Lilium x 'Conca d'Or'
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New York ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
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obediant plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
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peacock gladiolus
Gladiolus murielae
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pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii
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plume poppy
Macleaya cordata
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purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
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purple giant hyssop
Agastache scrophulariifolia
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purple sensation onion
Allium 'Purple Sensation'
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red bistort
Bistorta amplexicaulis
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snake pod corydalis
Corydalis ophiocarpa
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sneezeweed
Helenium 'Mardi Gras'
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spotted Joe-Pye weed
Eutrochium maculatum
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tree peony
Paeonia suffruticosa 'Murad of Hershey Bar'