September 21, 2021
Fayetteville Technical Community College is partnering with the City of Fayetteville on two plantings in the downtown area in October.
On Oct. 7, members of the College’s Horticulture Club will plant leafy greens and flowers in the large black Hurley pots that are located on the sidewalks on Hay Street in downtown Fayetteville. The planting’s theme is Beautiful and Edible, providing an opportunity to showcase colorful leafy greens that are more cold-hardy than flowering annuals alone. The Hurley pot plantings are replaced each fall and spring. FTCC’s Horticulture Club has participated in this project since about 2017.
Plantings for the Innovative Stormwater Greenscape are currently cared for in the greenhouse at FTCC’s Horticulture Education Center.
On Oct. 18, members of the Horticulture Club and Horticulture Department will help city staff in adding plantings to the Innovative Greenscape on Person Street. The Greenscape, located just east of the roundabout at Cool Spring Street, is a combination of multiple types of stormwater control systems discharging into Blounts Creek. The plants are appropriate for sunken pond beds.
All of the plants used in these plantings were grown by FTCC’s Horticulture Department. A list of the plants for each planting is below.
For more information about FTCC’s Horticulture program, please visit the program’s home page.
Oct. 7 planting
Thrillers
Dynasaur or Lacinato Kale, Brassica oleracea var. palmifolia
Bright Lights Swiss Chard, Beta vulgaris var cicla
Red Giant Mustard, Brassica juncea
Purple Fountain Grass, Pennisetum setaceum rubrum
Fillers
Ornament Osaka Cabbage and Kale, Brassica oleracea
Japanese Tatsoi, Brassica narinosa
Golden Streaks Mustard, Brassica juncea ‘Golden Streaks’
Red Russian Kale, Brassica napus ‘Red Russian’
Purple Osaka Mustard, Brassica juncea var rugosa
Mixed colors of Pansies and Violas, Viola × wittrockiana & Viola
Spillers
English Ivy, Hedera helix
Oct. 18 planting
Pink Muhly Grass – Muhlenbergia capillaris
Indian Grass – Sorghastrum nutans
Red Switch Grass – Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
White Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘PowWow White’
Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower – Gaillardia aristate ‘Arizona Apricot’
Blue False Indigo – Baptisia australis
Black-Eyed Susan – Rubeckia sp.