Formal Garden Plant List

Formal Garden Plant List

With a central landscape bed featuring symmetrical plantings, the Formal Garden takes a contemporary spin on the traditional definition of a ‘formal’ garden.  Edible plants are utilized in ornamental seasonal displays, with surrounding beds highlighting permanent specimen plants like the Bodhi tree, Mexican fig, and false aralia.

Agave 'Falling Waters'

Family Name: Asparagaceae
Common Name: Falling Waters Mangave

Agave ‘Lavender Lady’

Family Name: Asparagaceae
Common Name: Lavender Lady Mangave

Agave ‘Mission to Mars’

Family Name: Asparagaceae
Common Name: Mission to Mars Mangave

Agave 'Silver Fox'

Family Name: Asparagaceae
Common Name: Silver Fox Mangave

Agave ‘Snow Leopard’

Family Name: Asparagaceae
Common Name: Snow Leopard Mangave

Antirrhinum majus 'Sonnet White'

Family Name: Plantaginaceae
Common Name: Sonnet White Snapdragon

Athyrium niponicum 'Red Beauty'

Family Name: Athyriaceae
Common Name: Red Beauty Japanese Painted Fern

 

Begonia benariensis 'Big Green Leaf White Begonia’

Family Name: Begoniaceae
Common Name: Big Green Leaf White Begonia

Brassica oleracea

Family Name: Brassicaceae
Common Name: Ornamental White Cabbage
Mediterranean Region

Brassica oleracea

Family Name: Brassicaceae
Common Name: Ornamental White Kale

Cyclamen persicum ‘Absolu de Morel’

Family Name: Primulaceae
Common Name: ‘Absolu de Morel’ Cyclamen

Cyclamen persicum ‘Mini Matisse’

Family Name: Primulaceae
Common Name: Mini Matisse Cyclamen

Dudleya brittonii

Family Name: Crassulaceae
Common Name:Giant Chalk Dudleya
Provenance: Baja California and Mexico

Euphorbia characias 'Portuguese Velvet'

Family Name: Euphorbiaceae
Common Name: Evergreen Portuguese Velvet Spurge

Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue'

Family Name: Poaceae
Common Name: Beyond Blue Fescue

Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'

Family Name: Geraniaceae
Common Name: Biokovo Cranesbill

Hypoestes phyllostachya 'White Splash'

Family Name: Acanthaceae
Common Name: White Splash Polka Dot Plant

Jacobaea maritima 'Silver Dust'

Family Name: Asteraceae
Common Name: Silver Dust Dusty Miller or Ragwort

Ligustrum sinense 'Sunshine'

Family Name: Oleaceae
Common Name: Sunshine Privet

 

Osteospermum ecklonis 'Akila Lavender Shades'

Family Name: Asteraceae
Common Name: Akila Lavender Shades African Daisy

Papaver nudicaule ‘Champagne Bubbles White’

Family Name: Papaveraceae
Common Name: Champagne Bubbles White Iceland Poppy

Sedum 'Little Missy'

Family Name: Crassulaceae
Common Name: Little Missy Stonecrop

Sedum ‘Voo Doo'

Family Name: Crassulaceae
Common Name: Voo Doo Stonecrop

Tradescantia albiflora 'Pistachio White'

Family Name: Commelinaceae
Common Name: Spiderwort

Viola cornuta ‘Penny Deep Blue’

Family Name: Violaceae
Common Name: Penny Deep Blue Pansy

Viola x wittrockiana ‘Cats Plus’

Family Name: Violaceae
Common Name: Cats Plus Purple & White Pansy

Viola x wittrockiana ‘Giant Clear White Pansy’

Family Name: Violaceae
Common Name: Giant Clear White Pansy