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Thirsty plants, such as astilbe, gunnera, ligularia and canna lilies, thrive where water is readily available during the growing season.

At the pond shoreline, she planted huge Gunnera manicata, which has spread along the water’s edge over the years and is flanked by reed grass.

Cranz paused, and looked at the cluster of Gunnera, which was framed by residential buildings across the way.

As we walked through the park, he rattled off species names enthusiastically, offering backstories for incense cedars and Gunnera—clusters of gigantic, sandpaper-like leaves often referred to as “dinosaur food.”

The gunnera plants in the front lawn were so overgrown that they reached the roof, a colony of Audrey II’s from “Little Shop of Horrors.”