1 Children’s Australian Play Area Garden ABOUT THE GARDENS The botanist aboard the Endeavor, Sir Joseph Banks, is credited with introducing many plants from Australia to the western world, and many This 5.4 acre park has a layered soil system that plants today bear his name. balances seismic shifting, collects and filters storm- water, and irrigates the gardens. Additionally, the soil Native to eastern Australia, Grass Trees may grow build-up and dense planting help offset the urban only 3 feet in 100 years, and mature plants can be heat island effect by lowering the air temperature. centuries old. The gardens showcase the wide variety of plants that grow in California's Mediterranean climate as TREES well as the diversity of plants from several of the world's other Mediterranean climate zones. Each of KURRAJONG those areas, from Mediterranean Europe to western Brachychiton Populneus Australia, is featured in its own location in the park. NARROW-LEAVED BOTTLE TREE The park's different gardens allow visitors to also Brachychiton Rupestris appreciate the climatic conditions and environments from drought to fog, desert to forest that exist in FLAME BOTTLETREE California. Brachychiton Acerifolius LACEBARK TREE The park and all plantings were designed by PWP Brachychiton Discolor Landscape Architecture (Peter Walker & Partners). WHITE CHAMPACA Michelia Champaca Alba PLANTS HAIRY WATTLE Acacia Vestita CORAL DRIFT FLAME BUSH Adenanthos Cuneatus 'Coral Drift' WOOLLYBUSH Adenanthos ‘Silver Haze’ BLUE HIBISCUS Alyogyne Huegelii RED KANGAROO PAW Anigozanthos 'Big Red’ Pictured: Echium Candicans ASHBYI’S BANKSIA Banksia Ashbyi HEATH-LEAVED BANKSIA Banksia Ericifolia 2 FIREWOOD BANKSIA Banksia Menziesii ONE-SIDED BOTTLEBRUSH Calothamnus Quadrifidus ‘Seaside’ Mediterranean BUSH PEA Chorizema 'Bush Flame' Basin GIANT SPEAR LILY Doryanthes Palmeri FLAX LILY The climate of San Francisco is itself classified as Dianella Tasmanica ‘Cassa Blue’ 'Mediterranean' in reference to our dry summer and cool, rainy winters, a weather pattern we share PEACHES AND CREAM with much of the Mediterranean Basin. Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’ Cork Oak, harvested from living trees, is used for NARROW-LEAFED DRUMSTICKS Isopogon wine bottle stoppers. DWARF MAT RUSH Oak woodlands have higher levels of biodiversity Lomandra Longifolia 'Breeze' than virtually any other terrestrial ecosystem in California, providing habitat for nearly half of the GRAY HONEY-MYRTLE terrestrial vertebrate species found in the state. Melaleuca Incana HONEY BUSH TREES Melianthus Major MARINA STRAWBERRY TREE FEATHERHEAD Arbutus 'Marina' Phylica Pubescens MEDITERREAN FAN PALM UPRIGHT ROSEMARY Chamaerops Humilis Rosmarinus Officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’ BLUE MEDITERREAN FAN PALM AUSTRALIAN GRASS TREE Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera Xanthorrhoea Preissii OLIVE Olea Suropaea 'Swan Hill' CORK OAK Quercus Suber PLANTS COMPACT STRAWBERRY TREE Arbutus Unedo ‘Compacta’ ROCKROSE Cistus Ladanifer 'Blanche' SMOKETREE Cotinus Coggygria 'Royal Purple' AUSTRALIAN FUCHSIA Correa 'Ivory Bells' Pictured: Chorizema 'Bush Flame' FLAX LILY Dianella Tasmanica ‘Cassa Blue’ MEDITERRANEAN SPURGE Euphorbia Characias Wulfenii 3 MADEIRA CRANESBILL Geranium Maderense BLODDY CRANESBILL Geranium Sanguineum Prehistoric CORSICAN HELLEBORE Helleborus Argutifolius Garden BAY LAUREL Laurus Nobilis LAVENDER Excavation of the Transit Center site unearthed a Lavandula X Intermedia 'Grosso' Columbian mammoth tooth and vertebrate bone fragments from the Pleistocene Epoch 10 to 15 COMMON MYRTLE million years ago, 110 feet below grade. This Myrtus Communis garden exhibits any plants that have lived since the time of the dinosaurs. CAT MINT Nepeta Reichenbachiana TREES OLIVE ‘LITTLE OLIVE’ Olea Europaea 'Montra' MONKEY PUZZLE TREE Araucaria Araucana HOPLEY'S PURPLE OREGANO Origanum Laevigatum 'Hopley's’ EASTERN CAPE GIANT CYCAD Encephalartos Altensteinii JERUSALEM SAGE Phlomis Fruticosa NATAL CYCAD Encephalartos Natalensis VARIEGATED ITALIAN BUCKTHORN Rhamnus Alaternus 'Variegata' GINKGO Ginkgo Biloba TUSCAN BLUE ROSEMARY Rosmarinus Officinalis 'Tuscan Blue' WOLLEMI PINE Wollemia Nobilis LEMON QUEEN LAVENDER COTTON Santolina Neapolitana 'Lemon Queen' PLANTS AUTUMN MOOR GRASS Sesleria Autumnalis NEW ZEALAND WIND GRASS Anemanthele Lessoniana GIANT FEATHER GRASS Stipa Gigantea RED BRAZILIAN TREE FERN Blechnum Brasiliense BUSH GERMANDER Teucrium Fruticans 'Azureum' SILVER LADY FERN Blechnum Gibbum ‘Silver Lady’ WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GRASS TREE Xanthorrhoea Preisii NEW ZEALAND LAUREL Corynocarpus Laevigatus AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN Cyathea Cooperi PANZHIHUA SAGO PALM Cycas Panzhihuaensis MADAGASCAR CYCAD Cyas Thouarsii FLAX LILY Dianella Tasmanica ‘Cassa Blue’ 4 SILVER CARPET Dymondia Margaretae BLOODY CRANESBILL Geranium Sanguineum Wetland BURRAWANG Macrozamia Communis Garden CARNARVON GORGE MACROZAMIA Macrozamia Moorei CHAMPAK This wetland was designed to polish greywater and Michelia Champaca will temporarily store, filter, and clean runoff water. It can provide habitat for butterflies, bees, birds, OLIVE ‘LITTLE OLIVE’ and other creatures. Olea Europaea 'Montra' TREES RIVER BIRCH Betula Nigra PLANTS JAPANESE SWEET FLAG Acorus Gramineus 'Ogon' BEAR'S BREECHES Acanthus Mollis NEOBLECHNUM Blechnum Brasiliense FROSTY CURLS HAIR SEDGE Carex Albula SMALL CAPE RUSH Chondropetalum Tectorum Pictured: Araucaria Araucana RED-TWIG DOGWOOD Cornus Sericea 'Isanti' AUTUMN FERN Dryopteris Erythrosora DWARF HORSETAIL Equisetum Scirpoides GIANT RHUBARB Gunnera Chilensis BUTTERFLY IRIS Iris ‘Nada’ FIBER OPTIC GRASS Pictured: Cyathea Cooperi Isolepis Cernua SOFT RUSH Juncus ELK BLUE CALIFORNIA GRAY RUSH Juncus Patens 'Elk Blue' A LACE FERN Microlepia Strigosa WALKING IRIS Neomarica Caerulea Oak Meadow VARIEGATED BUCKTHORN . Rhamnus Alaternus ‘Variegata’ FIRECRACKER PLANT TREES Russelia Equisetiformis CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE Aesculus Californica PERSIAN IRONWOOD Parrotia Persica COAST LIVE OAK Quercus Agrifolia ENGELMANN OAK Quercus Engelmannii ISLAND OAK Quercus Tomentella SOUTHERN LIVE OAK Quercus Virginiana CORK OAK Quercus Suber Pictured: Acorus Gramineus ‘Ogon’ B Bamboo Grove PLANTS GIANT TIMBER BAMBOO Phyllostachys Bambusoides Pictured: Acanthus Mollis RED KANGAROO PAW Anigozanthos 'Big Red' CHINESE HOLLY 5 Berberis Lomariifolia NEOBLECHNUM Blechnum Brasiliense WEEPING BROWN SEDGE Redwood Carex Flagellifera AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN Cyathea Cooperi Forest TASMAN FLAX-LILY Dianella Tasmanica The California State tree includes two members of SANTA ANA CARDINAL CORAL BELLS the Sequoia family: the Coast Redwood, which is Heuchera ‘Santa Ana Cardinal’ the tallest tree in the world reaching 400 feet tall, and the Giant Sequoia, whose 30-foot diameter GREVILLEA ‘RED HOOKS’ trunk makes it the most massive tree species. Grevillea ‘Red Hooks’ GRAY HONEY-MYRTLE In redwood forests, 80% of the plant species have Melaleuca Incana the ability to absorb water vapor directly through their leaves. EVERGEEN EULALIA Miscanthus Transmorrisonensis The fog irrigates plants when it condenses on tree surfaces and drips onto the ground. During summer PACIFIC WAX MYRTLE Myrica Californica drought, fog condensation provides around two-thirds of the water needed by understory plants. SWORD FERN Nephrolepis TREES SWEET OLIVE Osmanthus Fragrans CALIFORNIA INCENSE-CEDAR Calocedrus Decurrens NEW ZEALAND FLAX Phormium ‘Dusky Chief’ HIMALAYAN CEDAR Cedrus Deodara SILVER PUYA Puya Coerulea BRISBANE BOX Lophostemon Confertus EVE CASE COFFEEBERRY Rhamnus Californica ‘Eve Case’ TORREY PINE Pinus Torreyana NIKAU PALM Rhopalostylis Sapida WEEPING SEQUOIA Sequoiadendron Giganteum 'Pendulum’ PINK-FLOWERING CURRANT Ribes S. Glutinosum ‘Claremont’ 'APTOS BLUE' COASTAL REDWOOD Sequoia Sempervirens 'Aptos Blue' GIANT CHAIN FERN Woodwardia Fimbriata PLANTS WHITE INSIDE-OUT FLOWER Vancouveria Hexandra BEAR’S BREECHES Acanthus Mollis DAVID VIBURNUM Viburnum Davidii JAPANESE SWEET FLAG Acorus Gramineus ‘Ogon’ C 6 Main Plaza Palm TREES Garden CALIFORNIA SYCAMORE Platanus Racemosa ‘Roberts’ Only one species of palm, the California Fan Palm, is native to the state, although the Guadalupe Palm, native to Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja California, also lies within the California Floristic Province and is considered by some to be a native Californian. The Wine Palm's sap can be used to make a fermented beverage, but the palm must be felled in order to D do so. Overharvesting of this palm for its sap and development pressures have left it vulnerable in its native South American habitat. TREES Central Lawn BRAHEA CLARA Brahea Clara GUADALUPE PALM TREES Brahea Edulis NORFOLK ISLAND PINE JELLY PALM Araucaria Heterophylla Butia Capitata DRAKE CHINESE ELM EUROPEAN FAN PALM Ulmus Parvifolia 'Drake' Chamaerops Humilis BLUE EUROPEAN FAN PALM PLANTS Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera FRADESI ESCALLONIA CURLY PALM Escallonia 'Fradesii' Howea Belmoreana ASIAN STAR JASMINE HOWEA FORSTERIANA Trachelospermum Asiaticum Howea Forsteriana CHILEAN WINE PALM Jubaea Chilensis LEPIDOZAMIA PEROFFSKYANA Lepidozamia Peroffskyana RIBBON FAN PALM Livistona Decipiens QUITO COCONUT PALM Parajubaea Cocoides NORFOLK ISLAND PALM Rhopalostylis Baueri 7 NIKAU PALM Rhopalostylis Sapida KUMAON PALM Trachycarpus Takil California DWARF CHUSAN PALM Trachycarpus Wagnerianus Garden HYBRID CALIFORNIA FAN PALM Washingtonia Robusta X Filifera California's plant species are some of the oldest in PLANTS the world, with lower extinction rates than those of many other regions. Forty percent of the state's 5,550 BURGUNDY SPIRE DRACEANA PALM native species are endemic, naturally