Kingwood Center

Infobox_nrhp | name =Kingwood Center
nrhp_type = hd


caption = Kingwood Center mansion and gardens
location= Mansfield, Ohio
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 45
lat_seconds = 36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes = 32
long_seconds = 52
long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built =1926
architect= C. Mack
architecture= Colonial Revival, Other
added = November 07, 1976
governing_body = Private
refnum=76001523cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Kingwood Center is an historic 47 acre site with house, gardens and greenhouses, located at 900 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Ohio.

The house and grounds were built in 1926 for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelley King, with grounds designed by Cleveland landscape architecture firm Pitkin and Mott.

On November 07, 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Current

In 1953 the estate became a public garden. The gardens are now open daily without charge. Estate grounds currently include the following collections:

* Cacti and Succulent House - cacti and succulents.

* Daylily and Iris Collection - about 200 daylily cultivars, 54 Siberian iris cultivars, 50 cultivars of tall bearded iris, and 10 cultivars of reblooming tall bearded iris.

* Herb Garden (1977) - a knot garden in six sections, of herbs in juniper and boxwood edging.

* Historic Garden (1926) - a sequence of connected "rooms" enclosed by hedges, each built around a central feature such as a sunken garden, a small circular pool, a swimming pool, or a bronze sculpture of Pan.

* Parterre - boxwood edging filled with seasonal tulips and annuals.

* Peony Garden - over 170 cultivars of herbaceous peonies.

* Perennial Garden - over 300 varieties of perennial plants in large borders.

* Rose Garden (1977) - nearly 500 roses, mainly hybrid teas and grandifloras, as well as a new section of David Austin roses.

* Terrace (1994) - seasonal beds of tulips and annuals, with a variety of shrubs.

* Tropical House - tropical plants, including "Acalypha hispida" (chenille plant), "Acalypha wilkesiana 'Obovata Cristata' "(copperleaf), "Anthurium" (flamingo flower), "Codiaeum" (croton), "Cordyline terminalis 'Fire Brand' "(ti tree), "Dichorisandra warscewicziana" (blue ginger), "Ficus deltoidea" (mistletoe fig), "Jatropha integerrima" (spicy jatropha), "Justicia brandegeana" (shrimp plant), and "Rivina humilis" (blood berry).

* Woodland - currently under development.

ee also

* List of botanical gardens in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.kingwoodcenter.org/ Kingwood Center]