The Rockland Border gardens contain a number of unusual plants. The photograph on the left shows: top left, Paraserianthes lophantha (Crested Wattle), native to Australia; top center, Tetrapanex papyrifer (Rice Paper plant) native to Taiwan; and top right with purple flowers, Solanum. Planted below are ligularia, restio, Euphorbia griffithii, fuchsia and dahlia. The photograph on the right shows Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’. A tender perennial, Abutilon is a genus of many broadleaf flowering evergreen trees and shrubs, commonly called Flowering Maples.
