Sun Garden Plant List

Sun Garden Plant List

Sunny and bright, the Sun Garden’s central planting bed showcases seasonal, full-sun color-oriented displays shifting throughout the year.  Perimeter beds contain mixed borders of perennials and woody plants like the princess flower, fruit-scented sage, and ‘Purple Tiger’ passionflower, as well as our large jelly palm.  

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Argyranthemum frutescens

Family Name: Asteraceae
Common Name: Marguerite Daisy

Betula pendula 'Alba'

Family Name: Betulaceae
Common Name: European White Birch

Centaurea ragusina 'Silver Swirl'

Family Name: Asteraceae
Common Name: Snowflake Dusty Miller

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Cyanoviridis'

Family Name: Cupressaceae
Common Name:
Boulevard Sawara False Cypress

Clarkia amoena 'Satin Mix'

Family Name: Onagraceae
Common Name: Satin Flower

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

Family Name: Plantaginaceae
Common Name: Dalmatian Peach Foxglove

Dorycnium hirsutum

Family Name: Fabaceae
Common Name: Hairy Canary Clover

Erica verticillata

Family Name: Ericaceae
Common Name: Cape Flats Sand Heath

Erysimum linifolium 'Erysistible’

Family Name: Brassicaceae
Common Name: Erysistible Magenta Wallflower

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Family Name: Papaveraceae
Common Name: California Sundew Poppy

Hesperocyparis forbesii

Family Name:  Cupressaceae
Common Name: Tecate Cypress

Hesperocyparis stephensonii

Family Name: Cupressaceae
Common Name: Cuyamaca Cypress

Lupinus x hybrida

Family Name: Fabaceae
Common Name: Lupine

Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petite Jenny'

Family Name: Caryophyllaceae
Common Name: Raggedy Robin Lychnis

Nemesia hybrida 'Snow Angel'

Family Name:  Scrophulariaceae
Common Name: Nesia ™ Snow Angel Nemesia

Nymphaea 'Chromatella'

Family Name: Nymphaeaceae
Common Name:  Water Lilies

Scabiosa columbaria 'Pink Mist'

Family Name: Caprifoliaceae
Common Name: Pink Mist Pincushion Flower

Sesleria hybrid 'Campo Azul'

Family Name: Poaceae
Common Name: Blue Moor Grass