Sumter County Public Schools

Sumter County 2009Public School Vegetation Plans

Project Data Sheet

Project Name: Public School Vegetation Plans

Location: City of Americus and Sumter County

Description: Create a planting plan for the front of each school.

Archway Contact: Barbara Grogan, Archway Professional Archway Partnership

Community Contact: Dr. Dennis McMahon, Superintendent Sumter County School System

Date Of Initial Site Visit: June 2009

Students Assigned: Christopher Scott Thornton Amanda Inez Thornton

Final Products: Perspectives with plants called out and a plant list.

Date Delivered: August 2009

Vicinity Map

Sumter County Primary School

Sarah Cobb Elementary School

Cherokee Elementary School

Sumter County Elementary School

Staley Middle School

Sumter County Middle School

Americus-Sumter High School (South)

Americus-Sumter High School (North)

Board of Education

Transportation Building

Plant List

Botanical Name Common Name Type Landscape Value

Trees Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Deciduous Brilliant fall color Acer rubrum Red Maple Deciduous Brilliant fall color Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia Evergreen Fragrant white flowers Malus spp. Flowering Crabapple Deciduous Spring flowers

Shrubs Abelia x grandiflora Glossy Abelia Evergreen White flowers Cephalotaxus harringtonia Spreading Japanese Plum Yew Evergreen Evergreen foliage drupacea Cephalotaxus harringtonia Upright Japanese Plum Yew Evergreen Evergreen foliage ‘Fastigiata’ Daphene odora Winter Daphne Evergreen Winter flowers Gardenia jasminoides Gardenia Evergreen Fragrant summer flowers Ilex cornuta Chinese Holly Evergreen Evergreen foliage Lacteus cotoneaster Parney Cotoneaster Evergreen Can be espaliered Loropetalum chinese rubrum Redleaf Chinese Witch Hazel Evergreen Pink spring flowers and fall color Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ Maiden Grass Deciduous Fine texture and panicles Osmanthus fragrans Sweet Olive Evergreen Fragrant fall flowers Solidago spp. Goldenrod Herb. Perennial Yellow flowers

Groundcovers Hemerocallis spp. Daylily Herb. Perennial Summer flowers Liriope muscari Liriope Evergreen Evergreen foliage

Sumter County 2009Primary School

Sumter County Primary SchoolBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Gardenia

3. Spreading Yew

4. Sweet Olive

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3

2

4

Sumter County Primary SchoolBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Gardenia

3. Goldenrod

4. Sweet Olive

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4

Sumter County 2009Elementary Schools

Sarah Cobb ElementaryBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Southern Magnolia

3. Maiden Grass

4. Loropetalum

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24

5. Assorted Perennials

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Sarah Cobb ElementaryBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Southern Magnolia

3. Gardenia

4. Loropetalum

1

3

24

Cherokee ElementaryBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Southern Magnolia

3. Sweet Olive

4. Glossy Abelia

5. Gardenia

1

5 3

2

4

Cherokee ElementaryBefore and After

1. Sweet Olive

2. Cotoneaster (espaliered)

3. Glossy Abelia

4. Maiden Grass

5. Liriope

1

5

3

24

Cherokee ElementaryBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Southern Magnolia

3. Loropetalum

4. Sweet Olive

5. Daylily6

1

6. Liriope

53

24

Sumter County ElementaryBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Loropetalum

3. Sweet Olive

4. Liriope

1

23

4

Sumter County ElementaryBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Gardenia

3. Remove Shrubs 1

3

2

Sumter County 2009Middle Schools

Staley Middle SchoolBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Sweet Olive

3. Loropetalum

4. Gardenia

5. Maiden Grass

6

1

6. Glossy Abelia

5

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4

7

7. Assorted Perennials

Staley Middle SchoolBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Sweet Olive

3. Loropetalum

4. Gardenia

5. Maiden Grass

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1

6. Glossy Abelia

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2

4

7

7. Assorted Perennials

Sumter County Middle SchoolBefore and After

1. Japanese Plum Yew

2. Flowering Crabapple

3. Japanese Maple

4. Assorted Perennials

5. Goldenrod

23

4

1

5

Sumter County Middle SchoolBefore and After

1. Japanese Maple

2. Flowering Crabapple

3. Gardenia

4. Chinese Holly

5. Loropetalum

2

3

4

6

1

6. Goldenrod

5

Sumter County 2009High Schools

Americus-Sumter High School (South)Before and After

1. Red Maple

2. Sweet Olive

3. Gardenia

4. Liriope

5. Assorted Perennials

2

3 4

51

Americus-Sumter High School (South)Before and After

1. Red Maple

2. Sweet Olive

3. Gardenia 23

1

Americus-Sumter High School (North)Before and After

1. Red Maple

2. Loropetalum

3. Sweet Olive

4. Maiden Grass

5. Glossy Abelia

6. Assorted Perennials

1

23

4

5

1

6

Americus-Sumter High School (North)Before and After

1. Red Maple

2. Loropetalum

3. Sweet Olive

4. Glossy Abelia

5. Liriope

1

23

4

5

Sumter County 2009Additional Buildings

Board of Education BuildingBefore and After

1. Southern Magnolia

2. Sweet Olive

3. Winter Daphne1 2

34. Gardenia4

Board of Education BuildingBefore and After

1. Southern Magnolia

2. Gardenia

3. Glossy Abelia

4. Sweet Olive

5. Winter Daphne

1

23

4

5

Transportation Building SignBefore and After

1. Red Maple

2. Maiden Grass

3. Glossy Abelia

3

2

1