September 1, 2009
Cambridge Water Department Parking Lot Planting Bed
Volunteers Suzanna Black and Elizabeth Wylde assisted Reservation Site
Supervisor Vince Falcione in designing and planting this perennial garden
on the island in front of the Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification
Facility.
The colorful array of late summer flowers include (small pictures from
left to right): Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos), Black-eyed
Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), New England Aster (Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae), Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea), New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii),
New England Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa), and Giant Blue Lobelia
(Lobelia syphilitica.)