Landscape News
The Kennett Pike Association (KPA), with support from its sponsors, is continuing its program of maintaining and improving the landscaping along the Rt. 52 corridor. This important service both enhances the uniqueness of the area and contributes to traffic calming.
Thanks to WSFS's sponsorship of the two triangle medians located at the intersection of the Kennett Pike and Route 100, The KPA has been able to enrich the larger triangle with additional planting including more Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' hollies, and the perennial geraniums were consolidated. In addition, Amsonia "Blue Ice' was added to fill in the bare spaces, which are a shorter cultivar used specifically where safety concerns require maintaining an open line-of-sight for motorists. Stokes Aster (Stokesia) was added to beautify the adjacent smaller triangle.
Our newest sponsor, Dewson Construction Company, has made it possible for KPA to enhance the median across from St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, with the native and very hardy drought tolerant grass Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', which has already been successfully planted elsewhere on the Kennett Pike. The KPA plans to plant three trees (possibly Armstrong maples) in this median in the Fall.
Your ongoing support of the Kennett Pike Association is appreciated, as we all work together to keep our unique and beautiful corridor pristine.
Thank You,
Kennett Pike Association July 15, 2008