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Garden Snapshots

Click to view a sample of some of the unique blooms of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden. While not all of these plants may be in bloom when you visit, this gallery is reflective of the type of blooms you will enjoy. Follow the World Tour signs to view many of these blooms.

  • Amaryllis belladonna (Naked Lady Lily)
  • Backhousia citriodora (Lemon Scented Myrtle)
  • Orthosiphon labiatus ‘Pink Sage’
  • Pelargonium ‘Phyllis’
  • Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’
  • Salvia 'Nuevo Leon'
  • Salvia ‘Waverly’
  • Salvia chamaedryoides
  • Salvia microphylla ‘Pink’ (Graham’s Sage)
  • Salvia uliginosa (Bog Sage)
  • Salvia x jamensis ‘Sierra San Antonio’
  • Tagetes nelsonii ‘Martin’s Mutant’
  • Dendromecon harfordii (Channel Island Tree Poppy)
  • Erica gilva (Green Heather)
  • Leucospermum cordifolium (Orange)
  • Mimetes cucullatus
  • Protea repens 'Embers'
  • Protea repens ‘Rubens’
  • Acrothamnus hookeri (Mountain Beard-heath)
  • Adenanthos cuneatus ‘Coral Drift’
  • Banksia victoriae (Woolly Orange Banksia)
  • Banksia speciosa
  • Beaufortia orbifolia (Ravensthorpe Bottlebrush)
  • Ceratopetalum gummiferum ‘Fairley’s Coral’
  • Correa reflexa (southwest Victoria form)
  • Crowea exalata -selection B
  • Grevillea 'Mason's Hybrid'
  • Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’
  • Grevillea 'Superb'
  • Grevillea endlicheriana (Spindly Grevillea)
  • Grevillea rhyolitica ‘Deua Flame’
  • Lambertia inermis (Chittick)
  • Melaleuca lateritia (Robin red breast)
  • Ozothamnus turbinatus (Coast Everlasting)
  • Ricinocarpus tuberculatus (Wedding Bush)
  • Sannantha angusta (Clarence River Baeckea)
  • Verticordia mitchelliana (Rapier Feather Flower)