Welcome to the Alcatraz Florilegium Gallery

The Alcatraz Florilegium consists of 127 drawings and paintings documenting the plants of the Gardens of Alcatraz. The story of the gardens is a fascinating one and our members are pleased to be involved in this important project to document the plants.

We will be publishing a catalog of these images soon. Meanwhile, we encourage you to enjoy them online!

There are a number of different types of plants depicted:

You can click on each of the images to see a larger version, and if the artist has a page in our Members’ Gallery, clicking on the button will take you the artist’s entry.

BULBS / CORMS
1 Amber R. Turner
Amaryllis belladonna
naked lady
pen and ink 2016

16-33-turner
2 Barbara Ward
Chasmanthe floribunda
South African flag
watercolor 2013


3 Maria Cecilia Freeman
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
crocosmia
watercolor 2016

16-56-freeman
4 Terri Munroe
Gladiolus ‘Boone’ & Gladiolus ‘Melodie’
gladiolus
watercolor 2016

16-16-munroe
5 Susan Hill-McEntee
Hyacinthoides hispanica
Spanish bluebell
watercolor 2016

16-48-hill-mcentee
6 Lee McCaffree
Leucojum aestivum
summer snowflake
watercolor 2016

16-51-mccaffree
7 Kristin Jakob
Moraea collina
Cape tulip
watercolor 2013


8 Judy Paris
Muscari armeniacum
grape hyacinth
watercolor 2013
9 Susan Hill-McIntee
Narcissus ‘Grand Soleil d’Or’
daffodil
watercolor 2016

16-49-hill-mcentee
10 Martha McClaren
Narcissus papyraceus
paperwhite
watercolor 2015
15-7 McClaren
11 Lee McCaffree
Narcissus ‘Delibes’
daffodil
watercolor 2015


15-16 McCaffree
TREE / SHRUB
12 Cynthia Byrne-Margetts
Acacia longifolia
golden wattle
watercolor 2016

16-15-byrne-margetts
13 Sally Petru
Albizia distachya
plume albizia
watercolor 2016


16-31-petru
14 Cynthia Byrne-Margetts
Athanasia parviflora
golden coulter bush
watercolor 2014
14-12 Bryne-Magretts
15 Ellie Yun-Hui Tu
Buddleia ‘Lochinch’
butterfly bush
watercolor 2016

16-40-tu
16 Kaye Herbranson
Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’
rockrose
watercolor 2015
15-2 Herbranson
17 Kaye Herbranson
Cotoneaster species
cotoneaster
watercolor 2013
18 Kathy Kleinsteiber
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Monterey cypress
watercolor 2013


19 Sally Petru
Echium candicans
pride of Madeira
watercolor 2013


20 Dolores Morrison
Elaeagnus species
oleaster
watercolor 2016

16-04-morrison
21 Dayna Ramlan
Eucalyptus globulus
blue gum eucalyptus
watercolor 2014
14-9 Ramlan
22 Danny Swanson
Ficus carica
fig
watercolor 2014


14-3 Swanson
23 Jean Johnston
Frangula californica
coffeeberry
watercolor 2014
14-4 Johnson
24 Kelly Darpinian
Hebe cultivar
hebe
colored pencil 2014
14-1 Darpinian
25 Suzanne Oldfield
Hydrangea macrophylla
hydrangea
watercolor 2016

16-41-oldfield
26 Bonnie Bonner
Juglans nigra
black walnut
watercolor 2016


16-47-bonner
27 Andrea R. Woods
Leptospermum laevigatum
Australian tea tree
watercolor 2013
07 Reichert
28 Nina Antze
Ligustrum japonicum
privet
colored pencil 2016


16-18-antze
29 Vi Strain
Lupinus arboreus
yellow bush lupine
colored pencil 2013


30 Catherine Watters
Malus cultivar
apple tree
watercolor 2016


16-27-watters
31 Julie Allecta
Metrosideros excelsa
New Zealand Christmas tree
watercolor 2015


15-17 Allecta
32 Walter Denn
Pittosporum crassifolium
karo
watercolor 2016

16-43-denn
33 Betsy Chovanes
Prunus americana
wild plum
watercolor 2016

16-30-chovanes
34 Elaine Jek
Pyracantha coccinea
scarlet firethorn
watercolor 2015
15-10 Jek
35 Barbara Ward
Rubus armeniacus
Himalayan blackberry
watercolor 2016


16-23-ward
36 Betsy Eisenberg
Solanum marginatum
purple African nightshade,
white-margined nightshade
watercolor 2013
37 Elaine Jek
Solanum marginatum
purple African nightshade,
white-margined nightshade
watercolor 2014

14-13 Jek

38 Ann Seeman
Spiraea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’
spiraea
watercolor 2016

16-55-seeman
PERENNIALS / HERBACEOUS
39 Moreland Whitbeck
Acanthus mollis
bear’s breeches
watercolor 2013
10 Whitbeck
40 Nancy Wheeler Klippert
Acanthus mollis
bear’s breeches
colored pencil 2013


41 Suzanne Oldfield
Agapanthus orientalis
lily of the Nile
watercolor 2014
14-10 Oldfield
42 Judy Paris
Alcea rosea
hollyhock
watercolor 2016

16-17-paris
43 Victoria A. Kochergin
Aquilegia cultivar
columbine
colored pencil 2013


44 Béatrice Bergemont
Asclepias curassavica
tropical milkweed
watercolor 2016

16-13-bergemont-seris
45 Lee McCaffree
Cymbalaria muralis
Kenilworth ivy
watercolor 2013


46 Mary Gilardi
Cynara scolymus
artichoke
watercolor 2013
47 Pria Graves
Dahlia ‘Andries Orange’
dahlia
watercolor 2016


16-26-graves
48 Stephanie Rozzo
Dahlia ‘Thomas Edison’
dahlia
watercolor 2016

16-45-rozzo
49 Susan Hill-McEntee
Dianthus plumarius
pinks
watercolor 2016

16-50-hill-mcentee
50 Eliza Jewett
Epilobium canum/Zauschneria californica
California fuchsia
watercolor 2015


15-4 Jewett
51 Susan Hill-McEntee
Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot Rose’
foxglove
watercolor 2015
15-12 Hill-McEntee
52 Elaine Jek
Erigeron glaucus
seaside daisy
watercolor 2013
53 Tina Locke
Eschscholzia californica
California poppy
watercolor 2013


54 Laura Sawczuk
Fuchsia denticulata
fuchsia
watercolor 2013
55 Catherine Dellor
Fuchsia ‘Grand Harfare’
fuchsia
watercolor 2016


16-53-dellor
56 Lyn Dahl
Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’
fuchsia
watercolor 2013
57 Mary L. Harden
Fuchsia magellanica
fuchsia
watercolor 2015


15-6 Harden
58 Ruth Cox
Gaillardia ‘Goblin’
blanket flower
watercolor 2016


16-19-cox
59 Andrea Wolf
Hedera helix
English ivy
colored pencil 2015
15-15 Wolf
60 Martha McClaren
Heuchera maxima
Island alum root
watercolor 2013
61 Elaine Jek
Heliotropium arborescens
cherry pie
watercolor 2016

16-59-jek
62 Lynn Randelman
Iris x hollandica ‘Sapphire Beauty’
Dutch iris
watercolor 2013
63 Susan Hill-McEntee
Iris cultivar
bearded iris
watercolor 2014
14-5 Hill-McEntee
64 Nancy Wheeler Klippert
Iris cultivar
bearded iris
colored pencil 2016


16-25-klippert
65 Catherine Dellor
Iris ‘King’s Ransom’
bearded iris
watercolor 2015


15-13 Dellor
66 Thomas Rohlen
Iris spuria
iris
watercolor 2016

16-12-rohlen
67 Ruth Cox
Kniphofia uvaria
red hot poker
watercolor 2014


14-2 Cox
68 Betsy Chovanes
Lathyrus latifolius
everlasting pea
watercolor 2016

16-29-chovanes
69 Ruth Cox
Limonium perezii
statice
watercolor 2015


15-1 Cox
70 Lisa Sharafian
Lonicera japonica
Japanese honeysuckle
watercolor 2013
71 Liz Stroh-Coughlin
Lychnis coronaria
rose campion
watercolor 2016

16-24-stroh-coughlin
72 Andrea R. Woods
Matthiola incana
stock
watercolor 2014
14-14 Reichert
73 Andrea R. Woods
Nicotiana alata
flowering tobacco
watercolor 2015
15-18 Reichert
74 Allison Walker
Oenothera berlandieri
Mexican evening primrose
colored pencil 2013
24 Walker
75 Svetlana Tkachenko
Osteospermum fruticosum
African daisy
colored pencil 2013
76 Laurence Hills
Osteospermum fruticosum (white)
African daisy
watercolor 2016

16-21-hills
77 Leah Kaizer
Papaver rhoeas
shirley poppy, Flanders poppy
watercolor 2016

16-52-kaizer
78 Linda Kam
Pelargonium ‘Apricot’
geranium
watercolor 2013


79 Mary L. Harden
Pelargonium ‘Alphonse Ricard’
geranium
watercolor 2016


16-03-harden
80 Mary Gilardi
Pelargonium ‘Brilliant’
geranium
watercolor 2015
15-9 Gilardi
81 Joyce Nelson
Pelargonium quercifolium
oakleaf geranium
watercolor 2013
27 Nelson
82 Pria Graves
Pelargonium x domesticum ‘Mrs. Langtry’
geranium
watercolor 2013


83 Connie Van Ness
Pelargonium x domesticum ‘Prince Bismarck’
geranium
colored pencil 2013
29 Van Ness
84 Catherine Dellor
Pelargonium x domesticum ‘San Antonio’
regal pelargonium
watercolor 2013


85 Connie Van Ness
Pelargonium x hortorum  – red
geranium
colored pencil 2016

16-38-van-ness
86 Diana Treter
Pentagramma triangularis
goldback fern
watercolor 2013
87 Amber R. Turner
Phlomis fruticosa
Jerusalem sage
watercolor 2013
88 Martha Bennett
Polypodium californicum
California polypody
watercolor 2013
89 Helen Hasselman
Polypodium scouleri
leathery polypody
watercolor 2013
90 Susan Hill-McEntee
Polystichum munitum
western sword fern
watercolor 2013
91 Victoria A. Kochergin
Ranuculus cultivar
ranunculus
colored pencil 2014
14-6 Kochergin
92 Jane Kraft
Romneya coulteri
matilija poppy
watercolor 2013
93 Nina Antze
Salvia clevelandii ‘Winifred Gilman’
Winifred Gilman Cleveland sage
colored pencil 2013


94 Elaine Shelby
Salvia leucantha
Mexican sage
watercolor 2013
95 AnnMarie Lundy
Salvia ‘Waverly’
Waverly sage
colored pencil 2014
14-7 Lundy
96 Maria Cecilia Freeman
Tanacetum niveum
tansy
watercolor 2016

16-57-freeman
97 Bonnie Bonner
Tropaeolum majus
nasturtium
watercolor 2013


23 Bonnie
98 Margi Connelly
Vinca major
greater periwinkle
watercolor 2013
13x19 enrtada natural
99 Catherine Watters
Zantedeschia aethiopica
calla lily
watercolor 2016


16-28-watters
SUCCULENTS
100 Linda Alioto Wendt
Aeonium arboreum
green aeonium
graphite 2015
15-5 Wendt
101 Betsy Chovanes
Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’
purple aeonium
watercolor 2015
15-3 Chovanes
102 Linda Kam
Aeonium cuneatum
aeonium
watercolor 2015


15-11 Kam
103 Amber R. Turner
Aloe arborescens
torch plant
watercolor 2016

16-34-turner
104 Marian DeGloria
Aloe maculata
soap aloe
watercolor 2016

16-42-degloria
105 Thomas Martin
Aptenia cordifolia
baby sunrose
watercolor and colored pencil 2016

16-02-martin
106 Amber R. Turner
Cotyledon orbiculata (gray form)
pig’s ear
watercolor 2015
15-19 Turner
107 Deni Komatsubara Manning
Cotyledon orbiculata (green form)
pig’s ear
watercolor 2015

16-07-komatsubara-manning
108 Joanne Page
Crassula ovata
jade plant
colored pencil 2013
109 Fifi Holbrook
Drosanthemum floribundum
Persian carpet
watercolor 2016

16-22-holbrook
110 Peggy Irvine
Echeveria imbricata
hens and chicks
graphite 2016

16-58-irvine
111 Elizabeth Peyton
Echeveria pulvinata
plush plant
colored pencil 2013


112 Susan Mark-Raymond
Lampranthus spectabilis
trailing iceplant
colored pencil 2016

16-09-mark-raymond
113 Katherine Rudebusch
Sedum praealtum
sedum
watercolor 2014
14-8 Rudebusch
114 Elizabeth Peyton
Scopologena verruculata
scopologena
colored pencil 2016


16-14-peyton
ROSES
115 Catherine Watters
Rosa ‘Bardou Job’
rose
watercolor 2013


41 Watters
116 Sally Petru
Rosa ‘Blaze’
rose
watercolor 2015


15-14 Petru
117 Lynn Randelman
Rosa ‘Brilliant Pink Iceberg’
rose
watercolor 2016

16-10-randelman
118 Sally Petru
Rosa ‘Cecile Brunner’
rose
watercolor 2016


16-32-petru
119 Lyn Dahl
Rosa ‘Dorothy Perkins’
rose
watercolor 2016

16-01-dahl
120 Jane Kraft
Rosa ‘Excelsa’
rose
watercolor 2016

16-08-kraft
121 Maria Cecilia Freeman
Rosa ‘Félicité & Perpétue’
rose
watercolor 2013

42 Freeman
122 Leah Kaizer
Rosa ‘Gardenia’
rose
watercolor 2013
123 Martha McClaren
Rosa ‘General MacArthur’
rose
watercolor 2015
15-8 McClaren
124 Carol Varian
Rosa ‘Jacques Amiot’
rose
watercolor 2013

125 Jo-Anne Osberg
Rosa chinensis ‘Mutabilis’
rose
watercolor 2016

16-11-osberg
126 Nadia Le Bon
Rosa ‘Russelliana’
rose
watercolor 2013


127 Lyn Dahl
Rosa ‘Russelliana’
rose
watercolor 2014
14-11 Dahl

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