Sun Garden Plant List – Sherman Library and Gardens

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 sedge, and ‘Purple Tiger’ passionflower, as well as our large jelly palm.  

Breynia nivosa

Family Name: Phyllanthaceae
Common Name: Snow Bush

Callistemon viminalis

Family Name: Myrtaceae
Common Name: Weeping Bottlebrush

Cerinthe major purpurascens

Family Name: Boraginaceae
Common Name: Blue Honeywort

Eschscholzia californica ‘Sundew’

Family Name: Papaveraceae
Common Name: Sundew California Poppy

Papaver nudicaule ‘Champagne Bubbles’

Family Name: Papaveraceae
Common Name: Iceland Poppy

Pittosporum heterophyllum ‘Winter Frost’

Family Name: Pittosporaceae
Common Name: Variegated Pittosporum

Primula polyantha ’Pacific Giants Bicolor’

Family Name: Primulaceae
Common Name: English Primrose

Pyrostegia venusta

Family Name: Bignoniaceae
Common Name: Flame Vine

Westringia fruiticosa ‘Morning Light’

Family Name: Lamiaceae
Common Name: Coast Rosemary