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SoHoJo Triangle Plant List
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The majority of plants started as divisions from residential gardens in the community. Bonnie Ng, project volunteer with experience in public openspace design, sought out the plants and owners; and propagated and planted the divisions. They all withstand frost and drought. Most important, they are beautiful nearly year round.
Although the SoHoJo Triangle functions as a traffic island for pedestrian safety, it has been parlayed into a provocative small public garden. Five low, rounded rocks quietly emerge from flat ground of golden crushed stone. Open and uncluttered, the viewer is at once refreshed by the openness. It invites one to imagine.
The dry garden plantings are selected for restrained colors and textures to set off the stones. They integrate rather than overpower the site. The plant composition is engaging and evocative without being showy. The garden succeeds as a special welcoming and dramatic front yard to the neighborhood.
Plant List by Color
| Glaucous (Blue-Gray) to Light Green Plants |
| Agave attenuata ‘Nova’ |
Smooth, elliptical leaves make 2-3’ rosettes; sculptural Choice focus plants |
| Agave brevifolia |
Light green-gray, toothed rosette leaves; salmon flowers |
| Agave parryi var truncata |
Artichoke shaped; spined Choice focus plant & deters running through planted areas |
| Aloe striata |
Coral salmon flowers; spined Seasonal sculptures |
| Aloe striata hybrid |
Coral salmon flowers; pinkish leaves Seasonal sculptures |
| Echeveria imbricata |
Flat rosettes; chalky bluish |
| Festuca ovina glauca |
Tufty, gray-green |
| Lavendula angustifolia |
Lavender & fragrant |
| Senecio mandraliscae |
Trailing blue-gray iceplant type leaves to 12” |
| Pinkish/Blue, Bronzy Plants |
| Aeonium ’Zwartkop’ |
Bronze-deep maroon rosettes on stems Choice accent |
| Echeveria agavoides |
Fleshy dense gray-green rosettes, reddish margins; glisteny |
| Echeveria ‘Moonglow’ |
Pink, opalescent rosettes Choice accent |
| Echium wildpretii |
6’ towers of rose/salmon flowers from low tuft of narrow silvery leaves Choice spring element; tallest |
| Graptoveria |
Pink, mauve to amber rosettes Most beautiful survivor |
| Sempervivum spp |
Bronze-red-green groundcover |
| Libertia perigrinans |
Orange-bronze grass-like, 12” Iris related |
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