Grace K. Salmon Park

This former landfill was restored and planted in 1977 by Westport Garden Club and is now a public park. For our work on this property, WGC was awarded the Lucille B. Droge Mauntel Certificate for Conservation by the National Council of Garden Clubs. Renovated in 2022.

The Flowers of Grace K. Salmon Park

  • Anise Hyssop 'Blue Fortune'
    Latin name: Agastache
    Height: 3-4'
    Blooms in: Summer-fall
    Native: Yes

  • Bee Balm
    Latin name: Monarda fistulosa
    Height: 2-4'
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Black-Eyed Susan 'Goldsturm'
    Latin name: Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii
    Height: 24-30''
    Blooms in: Summer-fall
    Native: Yes

  • Black-Eyed Susan
    Latin name: Rudbeckia subtomentosa
    Height: 3-4'
    Blooms in: Summer-fall
    Native: Yes

  • Calamint 'Montrose White'
    Latin name: Calamintha
    Height: 18''
    Blooms in: Summer-fall
    Native: No

  • Coneflower
    Latin name: Echinacea purpurea
    Height: 1-3'
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Creeping Phlox
    Latin name: Phlox subulata
    Height: 6-8''
    Blooms in: Spring
    Native: Yes

  • Culver's Root
    Latin name: Veronicastrum virginicum
    Height: 3-5'
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Drumstick allium
    Latin name: Allium sphaerocephalon
    Height: 20-36''
    Blooms in: Late spring-summer
    Native: No

  • Eastern Bluestar
    Latin name: Amsonia tabernaemontana
    Height: 2-3'
    Blooms in: Spring
    Native: Yes

  • Foam Flower
    Latin name: Tiarella cordyfolia
    Height: 6-12'
    Blooms in: Spring
    Native: Yes

  • Garlic Chives
    Latin name: Allium tuberosum
    Height: 1-2'
    Blooms in: Late summer-fall
    Native: No

  • Geranium
    Latin name: Geranium robertianum
    Height: 8-14''
    Blooms in: Spring
    Native: Yes

  • Golden Groundswel
    Latin name: Packera aurora
    Height: 8-14''
    Blooms in: Spring
    Native: Yes

  • Goldenrod ' Fireworks'
    Latin name: Solidago rugosa
    Height: 2-3'
    Blooms in: Fall
    Native: Yes

  • Joe Pye Weed 'Little Joe'
    Latin name: Eutrochium dubium
    Height: 4-5'
    Blooms in: Summer-fall
    Native: Yes

  • Lambs Ear
    Latin name: Stachys byzantine
    Height: 12-24''
    Blooms in: Spring-summer
    Native: No

  • Milkweed
    Latin name: Asclepias tuberosa
    Height: 18-24''
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Narrow Leaf Mountain Mint
    Latin name: Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
    Height: 2-3'
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Native Bleeding Heart
    Latin name: Dicentra eximia
    Height: 12-18''
    Blooms in: Spring
    Native: Yes

  • New England Aster
    Latin name: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
    Height: 2-4'
    Blooms in: Fall
    Native: Yes

  • Rattlesnake Master
    Latin name: Eryngium yuccifolium
    Height: 3-4'
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Smoothleaf Aster
    Latin name: Symphyotrichum laeve
    Height: 18-30''
    Blooms in: Fall
    Native: Yes

  • Switchgrass 'Blood Brothers'
    Latin name: Panicum virgatum
    Height: 3-5''
    Blooms in: Fall
    Native: Yes

  • Tickseed
    Latin name: Coreopsis rosea
    Height: 18-24''
    Blooms in: Summer
    Native: Yes

  • Yarrow
    Latin name: Achillea millefolium
    Height: 18-24''
    Blooms in: Spring-summer
    Native: Yes