Sun Garden Border Plant List

Sun Garden Border 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.  

Callistemon viminalis

Family Name: Myrtaceae
Common Name: Weeping Bottlebrush
Provenance: Australia

Eriobotrya japonica

Family Name: Rosaceae
Common Name: Loquat
Provenance: China and Japan

Luma apiculata

Family Name: Myrtaceae
Common Name: Chilean Myrtle
Provenance: Argentina and Chile

Morus alba ‘Pendula’

Family Name: Moraceae
Common Name: Tea’s Weeping Mulberry

Pittosporum heterophyllum ‘Winter Frost’

Family Name: Pittosporaceae
Common Name: Variegated Pittosporum

Salvia dorisiana

Family Name: Lamiaceae
Common Name: Fruit-Scented Sage
Provenance: Honduras

Salvia mellisodora

Family Name: Lamiaceae
Common Name: Grape-Scented Sage
Provenance: Mexico

Tibouchina heteromalla

Family Name: Melastomataceae
Common Name: Princess Flower
Provenance: Brazil

Westringia fruticosa ‘Morning Light’

Family Name: Lamiaceae
Common Name: Coast Rosemary