sign in sign up
<<
Home , Anthanassa texana, Clitoria ternatea, Dahlia, Galphimia gracilis, Junonia genoveva, Solanum

MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 1 of 15 , FERNS, MISC. Carrion Plant Stapelia gigantea Agave from www.wikipedia.org: It is a clump- Agave sp. forming succulent with erect green shown: Agave havardiana. from stems 1 inch thick. In summer, large www.wikipedia.com: Each rosette star-shaped 5-petalled up to grows slowly to only once. 14 in. in diameter are borne. The During flowering a tall stem or "mast" flowers are red and yellow, wrinkled, grows from the center of the with a silky texture, fringed with hairs, rosette. After development of the and smell of rotting flesh, in order to original plant dies. Agaves are closely attract the flies which pollinate them. related to the lily and families, and are not related to cacti. Donkey Ears Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Airplane Plant, Variegated from www.plant-care.com: Unlike Chlorophytum comosum 'Variegatum' other succulents, Kalanchoe donkey can be all green, Pale green ear grows fast and can tolerate almost with white or yellow central stripe or any condition. It looks best outdoors; green with wihte margins. Excellent just take it back in during winter and for hanging baskets or can be used as place it in any bright-window indoors. groundcover under or in a very In landscaping, Kalanchoe donkey protected patio.Sends daughter ear is used as a low-rise specimen off by shoot. Here's more than you plant. Kalanchoe donkey ear plants need to know about this plant. can also be grown in pots. Http://goto.glocalnet.net/natal/amp/am pel.htm Fern, Holly Cyrtomium falcatum Amaryllis from www.floridata.com: Japanese Hippeastrum spp. holly fern is a tough plant that is from www.floridata.com: Outdoors inexpensive and easy to propagate. use amaryllis in mixed perennial Several selected varieties are borders. Plant among or under available including dwarf versions and high shade of pine trees. Makes great some with different shaped pinnae. cut flowers. In winter, amaryllis bulbs This fern has been a popular porch are easily forced into spectacular plant in and the Deep South blooms. In a matter of weeks a dry since the 1800's. will become a lovely centerpiece to brighten gloomy winter days. , Society Bromeliad from desert-tropicals.com: Leaves of over 3,000 and many the Society Garlic are narrow, looking from www.wikipdia.com: like onion leaves, and have an onion Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot smell when bruised. This smell is the flowering plants of around 3,170 reason why its flowers are not ideal as species native mainly to the tropical cut flowers. The name comes from . The family includes both the fact that, supposedly, although its epiphytes, such as Spanish moss taste is close to real garlic, it doesn't (Tillandsia usneoides), and terrestrial give bad breath. species, such as the pineapple (Ananas comosus). ANNUALS Cactus, Starfish Dahlia Orbea variegata Dahlia sp. from http://botanicalgrowers- LARVAL HOST for , store.com: Small Orbea with large Common Swift, Ghost and incomparable blooms. Finger-like . From stems are pink in color when grown in www.wikipedia.com: Dahlia is a bright light. Orbea flowers are five- genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial lobed, and a firm almost plastic-like plants native to , Central texture. Compact and very easy to America, and . There are at grow Orbea make an impressive least 36 species of dahlia. Dahlia windowsill plant. hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 2 of 15 SMALL PERENNIALS Bush, Wooly Buddleia marrubiifolia Alder, Yellow from www.nativesoftexas.com: Plant Turnera ulmifolia this West native in full sun and May be invasive. From watch the congregate. The http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu: Many stems round orange and yellow blooms are originate close to the ground but a great contrast to the silver gray branch infrequently forming an open, foliage. Be sure to plant in a well leggy plant. Those in full sun branch drained site and give it plenty of room more and stay fuller. Clear yellow to grow to its 4 by 4 feet size. It likes flowers are produced daily. New limestone soils and blooms from flowers open the next morning. March to September. Leaves stay dark green with little or no fertilizer. Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa , Fall LARVAL HOST for Monarch (Danaus Symphyotrichum oblongifolium plexippus), Queen (Danaus gilippus) from Michael Womack: Few plants and Gray Hairstreak (Strymon are more striking in fall than this melinus) butterflies. From Texas native plant that is known for www.floridata.com: unique among blue flowers and yellow centers. milkweeds in that the sap is not milky Even if your goal is not butterfly and leaves are not opposite. Deep attraction, you definitely want to taproot makes transplanting difficult. consider this perennial favorite to liven Self-sows freely, deadhead if you up your fall garden. Despite its name, don't want volunteers. this plant blooms again in the spring if you remove the spent blossoms. Chile Pequin annuum Basil, Sweet from texasnature.blogspot.com: Ocimum basilicum Cilipiquins, the wild progenitor of the from wikipedia.com: Basil is most jalapeno pepper, packs a wallop that commonly recommended to be used surpasses all of the cultivated hot fresh; in cooked recipes, it is generally peppers. The little yellow to bright added at the last moment, as cooking green berries, about an inch long and quickly destroys the flavor. The fresh conical or egg-shaped, ripen in fall. herb can be kept for a short time in They can be used fresh or dried and plastic bags in the refrigerator, or for a stored. longer period in the freezer, after being blanched quickly in boiling water. Coral Creeper Barleria repens Begonia, Angel Wing from www.plantszafrica.com: Fast- Begonia x coralline growing and wonderfully easy-going, from www.wikipedia.org: Often, these Barleria repens will adapt to a number plants are used as year-round of situations. Plant it in a large houseplants. They are easy to grow container, or on top of a low wall, for a gardener who understands where its foliage and flowers can begonias. Since they are native to the cascade down and show to tropics, the ideal growing conditions advantage. include high humidity, good circulation of the air around the plant, a lot of water, and a lot of light. , Lanceleaf Coreopsis lanceolata Bulbine from www.wildflower.org: This native Bulbine frutescens species has branching stems at base http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu: and often forms sizable colonies It makes a great ground cover since along roadsides and in old fields. each plant will grow over time to form Nearly a dozen other perennial yellow- a clump that can reach up to four feet flowered Coreopsis species occur in wide. The succulent, grass-like the East. foliage grows to about a foot tall, while the flower stalks typically reach two feet, dancing above the leaves throughout the summer months. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 3 of 15 Crown-of-Thorns Four O'Clock Euphorbia milii Mirabilis jalapa from www.floridata.com: Grown for its from www.floridata.com: Four long lasting, colorful -like bracts o'clocks are rugged little perennials, which surround inconspicuous little long popular in southern gardens, and flowers. Although often grown in pots often persisting even after the garden on the patio, this thorny succulent is has been abandoned. The stems are perfect for rock gardens and sunny rather fragile and brittle and often get borders. Crown of thorns is salt broken. A sweetly scented four o'clock tolerant and often used in frostfree growing near the front door is a coastal areas, even quite near the sea. pleasant southern tradition.

Daisy, Blackfoot Gaura, Siskiyou Pink Melampodium leucanthemum Gaura lindheimeri var. Siskiyou Pink Plains Blackfoot is a low bushy from perennial growing from 8 to 12 inches www.missouribotanicalgarden.org: in height. It can be found in rocky, Best grown in sandy, loamy, medium gravelly, calcareous or sandy soils of moisture, well-drained soil in full sun. the Edwards Plateau. The leaves Good drainage is essential. have rough hairs and are 1 to 2 Flowering stems may become leggy inches in length. The leaves and and flop, particularly when grown in flowers are readily eaten by white- rich soils or too much shade. May self- tailed deer. seed if spent flowers are left in place in autumn.

Daisy, Copper Canyon Greenthread Tagetes lemmonii filifolium from www.floridata.com: What is that LARVAL HOST for: Dainty Sulphur smell? Ripe passionfruit...mint...a hint (Nathalis iole) butterfly. Native to the of camphor. Brush by the foliage of prairies of Central & Western Texas, mountain marigold and you are hit , , & Mexico, with a distinctive, pungent fragrance. striking when planted in mass. From Mountain marigold, or Copper uvalde.tamu.edu: Greenthread Canyon daisy, is a sprawling, shrubby blooms between March and June and perennial daisy with delicately often into the fall. filigreed highly aromatic foliage.

Fan Flower Iris, Blue Scaevola aemula 'New Wonder' Iris sanguinea from www.floridata.com: Fanflowers from www.wikipedia.com: Up to 300 can be grown in containers or species – many of them natural hanging pots outdoors in summer and hybrids – have been placed in the brought indoors during the winter. In genus Iris. Irises are used in mass in subtropical climates, they are grown in flower beds and in borders. Allow perennial beds and borders. They are irises to spread in a lightly shaded tolerant of sandy soils and salt spray. wooded area in the back of the The sprawling make garden. excellent groundcovers in seaside gardens.

Fennel, Bronze Lily, Variegated Flax Foeniculum vulgare 'Rubrum' Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata' LARVAL HOST for Swallowtail Scale can be a problem. from butterflies: from www.monrovia.com: With its narrow, www.nichegardens.com: Bronze reed-like foliage and a bonus of Fennel is easily identified by tall, variegation, this plant is dramatic in billowy masses of aromatic, bronzy- natural gardens, with Asian themes or green, feathery foliage. Tiny, mustard- as a stark vertical texture in the spare, yellow flowers sway in the modern landscape. Contrasts well summertime breeze atop large flat against very large-leafed, shade- , eventually yielding multitudes loving shrubs and bronzy-colored of seeds. plants. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 4 of 15 Lion's Tail Oregano, Mexican Leonotis menthifolia Poliomintha longiflora from http://toptropicals.com: After from bloom, the new growth just keeps www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: growing up through the flower. Mexican Oregano is a semi-woody Shrubby, semi-woody, perennial or used for culinary purposes in semi-evergreen to 2m high Mexican and Southwestern cuisine, with a 1m spread. Tolerates poor soil. adding a spicy flavor not found with Spiny whorls of soft apricot-orange regular Oregano. Mexican Oregano fuzzy flowers are held atop tall erect will flourish in the humid gulf coast stems that remind of a crows nest on areas making it a good landscape the mast of a ship. plant, and likes a little more moisture than most herbs. Mallow, Globe Pepper, Black Pearl Sphaeralcea ambigua Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl' from http://www.desert-tropicals.com: Aransas planting 03/01 & 08/10; A number of people are allergic to the http://www.usna.usda.gov: Desert Mallow, for this reason it is Developed at the National Arboretum often called "Hierba Muy Mala" (bad in 2006, the plant grows taller and grass) in Spanish. There are over 10 wider developing into a black pyramid different species of Sphaeralcea in shape without pinching, pruning, or the Southwest with varying flower grooming. 'Black Pearl' is color and leaf shape. exceptionally heat tolerant and requires minimal water and fertilizer.

Mistflower, Fragrant Porterweed, Blue Chromolaena odorata jamaicensis from http://www.wildflower.org: LARVAL HOST for: Tropical Buckeye Branched stems curve upward and butterfly ( genoveva). from are 2-6 ft. in height. Triangular- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu: Plants grow shaped leaves are virtually evergreen about 4 feet tall before stems droop in extreme S TX. Lilac flowers cluster and touch the ground. Blue or pink together into showy, ageratum-like flowers are borne terminally on long, flower heads. stringy spikes at the ends of the stems. Rich, dark green foliage is displayed on square, green stems

Mistflower, Gregg's Rosemary, False Conoclinium greggii Conradina canescens LARVAL HOST for Boardered Patch, from www.wikipedia.com: This Monarch, Queen, and Swallowtail species is found along the gulf coast butterflies; from Michael Womack: It of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, is a butterfly magnet with light bloom as well as in the sand hills of central fuzzy blossoms from late spring Florida. It is the most common and through fall. Its bright-green, frilly widespread species in the genus. leaves provide a nice texture to the Suggested as a landscaping plant for garden, but the plants will usually die xeriscaping. Has flowers and scent back in fall and need to be cut to similar to those of Rosmarinus ground level in winter. officinalis.

Mistflower, Padre Island , Chi-Chi Pink Conoclinium betonicifolium Ruellia brittoniana 'Chi Chi' from http://www.wildflowers.org: This May be invasive. color variation of the is a somewhat woody, weak, "Mexican Petunia"; from decumbent plant rooting at the nodes www.plantdelights.com: 'Chi Chi' is a in sand or sandy clay and found dynamite ruellia from Texas…a throughout the Texas coast. The seedling selection of R. brittoniana flowering stems turn up at the ends from plant guru Scott Ogden. The and the blades are fleshy with toothed narrow, very dark green foliage margins. All the flowers are disk-type clothes the 2' tall stem, topped with 1" with bluish . pink petunia-like flowers, from early summer through fall. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 5 of 15 Sage, Lipstick Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye Salvia greggii var Lipstick Viguiera stenoloba from www.plantdelights.com: One of from http://aggie- the longest-flowering Texas sage .tamu.edu: With its skeletal cultivars we have trialed. Each dark green leaves, golden daisies and compact 3' tall x 3' wide clump is rounded growth habit, it is an simply smothered in terminal flower extremely ornamental shrub or sub- spikes of lipstick-red (RHS 50A) shrub. It adapts to most well-drained flowers, each highlighted by a white sites in full sun, and will benefit from throat and brown calyx. Texas sage being cut back to maintain a dense makes a great foreground addition to shrubby appearance. a grouping of ornamental grasses.

Sage, Lyreleaf Salvia lyrata lycopersicum from www.wildflowers.org: Lyreleaf Aransas planting 02/10, 08/01; from sage is a strictly upright, hairy www.wikipedia.com: Determinate, or perennial, 1-2 ft. tall with a rosette of bush, types bear a full crop all at once leaves at the base. Lyreleaf sage and top off at a specific height; they makes a great evergreen are often good choices for container groundcover, with somewhat ajuga- growing. Indeterminate varieties like foliage and showy blue flowers in develop into that never top off spring. It will reseed easily in loose, and continue producing until killed by sandy soils and can form a solid cover frost. Most heirlooms are with regular watering. indeterminate.

Sage, Scarlet Violet, Philippine Salvia coccinea Barleria cristata LARVAL HOST for Painted Lady from http://toptropicals.com butterfly (Vanessa cardui). From Grows into a shapely shrub with article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie minimal pruning. The trumpet-shaped Edmundson: Covered with bright red 2" flowers open in in terminal clusters flowers, is a perennial salvia. It in November and continue into mid- makes a great ground cover in both December. This is an easy-to-grow shade or sun by just trimming back shrub, about 3ft height, which can be periodically with a line trimmer. used for a garden hedge or tightly clipped into geometrical shapes. Barleria is easily propagated from cuttings planted in fall directly in the ground. It requires some sun to flower Salvia, Henry Duelberg Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg' profusely and occasional pruning to Texas leafcutting ant (Atta texana) promote bushy growth. can strip it overnight. from Zexmenia, Hairy http://texassuperstar.com: Spikes of Wedelia texana showy blue flowers from spring until larval plant for the Bordered Patch frost. More floriferous than other butterfly; from from cultivars. Texas native plant; found by http://uvalde.tamu.edu: Can be found Greg Grant in a small central Texas in dry gravelly, calcareous, and rocky cemetery. Taller with bluer and more soils of the South Texas Plains and floriferous flowers and larger and the Edwards Plateau. The yellowish- greener leaves than modern cultivars. orange flower head consists of several disk flowers and seven to fifteen ray flowers. Salvia, Indigo Spires Salvia x 'Indigo Spires' From an article by Ernie Edmondson in the Rockport Pilot 09/16/2009: Indigo Spires Salvia is an evergreen perennial hybid of two native salvias with long purple flower spikes. It is a spreading plant to three feet tall by six feet wide requiring low to medium water and full to partial sun. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 6 of 15 GRASSES Muhly, Gulf Coast Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Filipes' Bluestem, Little from Schizachyrium scoparium www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: LARVAL HOST for skipper Absolutely one of the most beautiful butterflies. From www.wildflower.org: ornamental grasses around. A North wonderful planted en masse. The American native and more importantly visual dynamics it provides range from a Texas Native Plant! Puts on a real blue-green in late summer to golden show with flowers that look like a with cotton-tufted seedheads in purple cloud from far away, giving a winter. It readily reseeds so little spectacular fall color show. bluestem is not recommended for

Muhly, Weeping Muhlenbergia palmeri Grass, Mexican Feather from www.nativesoftexas.com: This Nassella tenuissima graceful muhley grass is native to Does well in the wind. from but does well in the Texas Hill www.taunton.org: No other grass Country. It has a graceful weeping exhibits quite the refinement of texture appearance and enjoys full sun. It is as this species. Its bright green foliage very drought tolerant when resembles delicate filaments that arise established. Like the other grasses in in elegant, vase-like clumps and spill this genera it blooms in the fall with outward like a soft fountain. All slender seed heads. It grows to 1½ summer it bears a profusion of or 2 feet tall. feathery panicles. VINES & GROUNDCOVERS Grass, Vetiver Baby Sun Rose (Ice Plant) Chrysopogon zizanioides 'Sunshine' Aptenia cordifolia from www:wikipedia.org: The plant from www.desert-tropicals.com: They helps to stabilise soil and protects it are very tough, look clean most of the against erosion, but it can also protect time, and bloom from spring to fall. fields against pests and weeds. They grow in light shade, but bloom a Vetiver has favourable qualities for lot less. They grow well on retaining feed. From the roots, oil is walls and hanging baskets. Aptenia extracted and used for cosmetics, 'Red Apple' is an commonly aromatherapy , herbal skincare and encountered in nurseries. ayurvedic soap . The plant can also be used for handicrafts, ropes and more. Muhly, Bamboo Basket Plant Muhlenbergia dumosa Callisia fragrans from from www.smgrowers.com: Callisia www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: fragrans (Basket Plant) - A low This grass has fern-like leaves and a growing perennial native of Mexico lacy texture giving it a Bamboo look. with 6 to 10 inch long waxy green The growth habit is upward to slightly leaves arranged alternately with the arching, this one is non-invasive bases overlapping so tightly that they because it is a clumper and does not appear to be in rosettes. The leaves seed well. Bamboo Muhly will tolerate have a slight purplish color some drought but it will look its best underneath and on the upper margins on a moist well-drained soil. when in bright light

Muhly, Big Bleeding Heart Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Clerodendrum thompsoniae from www.wildflower.org: Native only from www.floridata.com: This is the to the Edwards Plateau of central common garden flower known as Texas, Big muhly or Lindheimers Bleeding Heart. It likes high humidity muhly has become increasingly and moist soil.Outside the tropics, popular since the 1980s as an bleeding heart is usually grown in elegant, large-scale specimen grass, containers so it can be protected large enough for screening. It can be when temperatures fall below 45 F. It a soft-textured substitute for can be kept pruned into a shrub, or introduced Pampas grass, which it given support and allowed to approaches in stature. scramble like a . MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 7 of 15 Blue Daze Honeysuckle, Cape Evolvulus glomeratus 'Blue Daze' Tecomaria capensis from www.floridata.com: The feltlike Powdery mildew is a problem. From gray-green foliage and pale blue www.floridata.com: Cape flowers make blue daze a standout in honeysuckle can be used as a beds and borders or as a ground climbing vine (it needs tying) or barrier cover.Blue daze is spectacular in hedge/screen, trained as a specimen hanging containers. It is highly shrub, or used as a ground cover on tolerant of salt and makes a fine steep slopes or rocky banks. It is ornamental for the coastal garden. sometimes trained as an espalier. It is Let it cascade over a window box or a especially attractive cascading over porch planter. walls. It can be trained to a garden arch. Cuban Blue Pea Vine Honeysuckle, Coral ternatea Lonicera sempervirens from Micheal Womack: This fast from www.wildflowers.org: This vine growing annual produces lots of bright has showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, blue flowers and a thin vine. It will red outside, yellow inside, in several freeze, but the plant produces seeds whorled clusters at the ends of the in pea pods that can be dried and stems. Papery, exfoliating bark is kept to replant in future years. Look orange-brown in color. This beautiful, for it as a one-gallon plant. The slender, climbing vine is frequently plants tend to get leggy very quickly, visited by hummingbirds. Not too so pinching helps to keep it bushy. aggressive. Good climber or ground cover.

Cup of Gold Hosta, African maxima Ledebouria petiolata from www.floridata.com: It is often from http://aggie- grown on large pergolas or trellises, horticulture.tamu.edu: Great potential or trained to grow up the side of a as a shade-loving groundcover and house where the spectacular flowers as a pocket accent in mixed shade can spill down the walls over windows borders, rock gardens, and woodland and doorways. Tolerant of salt spray paths; it also performs admirably in and salty soils, all the chalice vines containers and offers numerous are large rampant growers and are opportunities for shaded porches, excellent for seaside gardens. patios, entryways, or higher light interiors.

Daisy, Straggler Lantana, Purple Trailing Calyptocarpus vialis Lantana montevidensis 'Purple' from www.wildflower.org: Straggler from Dr. Michael Womack: This tough Daisy or Horseherb is a pest or a plant not only blossoms most of the welcome, shade-tolerant groundcover year, but it is also drought and sun that tolerates moderate foot traffic. If hardy. The most effective use of you have a shady lawn anywhere these plants is often mass plantings in within its range, you probably already sunny areas with well-drained soils. have it. Thriving in sun or shade, its [The smaller the leaf, the smaller the tiny, yellow daisy flowers add a minute plant will be]. The shortest varieties of touch of color to shady areas. lantana commonly are called trailing lantana.

Frogfruit Mandevilla, Red Riding Hood Phyla nodiflora Mandevilla splendens 'Red Riding Hoo from www.baynatives.com: Tiny from www.plantmegreen: Red Riding ground hugging plant, thought of as Hood Dipladenia is a variety of weedy but very useful between mandevilla, a tropical flowering, vine- stepping stones in harsh conditions. like plant, that can be planted in beds, All sorts of insects are drawn to the containers, and on trellises. The flowers of this verbena relative. flowers bloom red and then mature to pink. The plant blooms repeatedly from mid spring to mid fall, with summer typically experiencing the heaviest blooms. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 8 of 15 Mexican Flame Vine , Texas Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides from www.floridata.com: Use from www.wildflowers.org: Flowers Mexican flame vine to drape over are in large, drooping clusters 6–9 porch rails and mailboxes. It's expert inches long that appear after the plant at improving the visual charm of chain has leafed out, a difference from the link fences. Use in mixed hedges to popular Asian species. The blooms create splashes of summertime color. only appear on new wood. Individual It also looks great clambering up palm flowers are nearly 1 inch long and are or pine trunks. Tends to be rather lilac or bluish purple and quite fragrant. compact.

Mondo Grass Woolly Stemodia Ophiopogon japonicus Stemodia lanata from www.floridata.com: Mondo from magnoliagardensnursery.com: grass's rich dark green, finely textured Woolly Stemodia is a Texas Native evergreen foliage provides a plant found in the South Texas Plains, handsome backdrop for more colorful Gulf Prairies & Marshes and the plants. It is virtually pest and care free Trans Pecos regions of Texas, making it a great choice for low growing mostly in deep coastal sands maintenance plantings. in nature. Stemodia tomentosa is a mat forming groundcover that has soft, silver grey foliage, similar to Lambs Ears.

Potato Vine, Sweet SHRUBS Ipomoea batatas from www.davesgarden.com: American Beautyberry Larabee from Houston, TX wrote: In Callicarpa americana hot Texas, this plant grows extremely from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie quickly--up to a couple feet in one Edmundson: Early spring is the time week. It will also grow here in full sun, to cut them down before they put on part sun, part shade, or full shade--it's their new spring growth. They can be pretty happy to grow anywhere you trimmed back almost to the ground, can plant it. The leaves look like large however unpruned plants will develop morning glory leaves. a weeping effect . . . with purple, or in some cases, white berries in the fall.

Pothos Epipremnum pinnatum from www.wikipedia.com: Sometimes Angel's Trumpet mistakenly labeled as a Philodendron Brugmansia candida in plant stores. Liana growing to 60 ft. from www.floridata.com: It can be tall, with stems up to 2 in. in diameter, pruned to a small tree with a single climbing by means of aerial roots trunk, or allowed to grow in a clump which hook over tree branches. It is a with several erect and spreading popular houseplant. It is also efficient stems. Use it where you want to at removing indoor pollutants such as make a bold statement. Its large, formaldehyde, xylene, and benzene. coarse leaves and huge drooping flowers will be the center of attention.

Snake Herb Dyschoriste linearis from http://www.wildflower.org: Artemisia, Powis Castle Several erect stems, 6–12 inches tall, Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' grow from the root of this plant, the from www.floridata.com: Artemisia X branches and stems are covered with 'Powis Castle' is believed to be the stiff, coarse hairs. They grow in the result of a cross between Artemisia leaf axils on very short stems and are arborescens and A. absinthium. This somewhat tucked in between the is a beautiful silver-gray plant that leaves, scattered here and there on grows in a dense, billowing mound. the main stem. Essentially evergreen in warm winter climates. Cut back in early spring to encourage new growth to come up from the bottom. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 9 of 15 Barbados Cherry, Dwarf Candlestick, Giant Malpighia glabra Senna alata fruit is edible and sometimes used for from Michael Womack: . . . another preserves. from article in Rockport must-have if you want the little yellow Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: The fruit or sulphur butterflies in your yard are edible in preserves. Dwarf since it provides both nectar and Barbados cherry makes a colorful leaves necessary for these small, pale compact small shrub for part sun to yellow butterflies. This plant grows full sun locations in the landscape. extremely fast. It can grow from seed Tucked up under some of the taller to maturity of six to eight feet tall in the shrubs, you may find several same growing season. perennial plants.

Bellyache Bush Cast Iron Plant Jatropha gossypiifolia Aspidistra elatior from www.wikipedia.com: Jatropha from www.floridata.com: Aspidistra is gossypiifolia, also called bellyache often grown in a container as a porch bush: its and foliage are toxic to or patio plant, or as a house plant. In humans and . It is a major landscapes, it can be used as a weed in . border or be planted in a drift around trees in total shade, or to fill a planter under an overhang. Florists use the leaves in arrangements.

Bougainvillea Cenizo, Compact Desperado/Reneg Bougainvillea glabra Leucophyllum frutescens 'Desperado' Leaf rollers are a common pest. From Variants of the Compact Texas Sage. www.floridata.com: Bougainvillea is Very drought tolerant. Useful as a famous for its brilliantly colored floral hedge, in a mass or in the perennial displays and quick growth rate. border. Bougainvilleas are thorny plants that are sometimes used as security plants. Because of the sharp thorns do not grow too closely to swimming pools and playgrounds.

Buddha Belly Plant Cereus, Night-Blooming Jatropha podagrica Peniocereus greggii from www.toptropicals.com: An One of the strangest plants of the attention grabber and a must in every desert, the Night-bloomiing Cereus is tropical garden. It has a large bottle- a member of the Cactus Family that like caudex and huge leaves up to 10- resembles nothing more than a dead 12 inches in diameter. The more bush most of the year. It is rarely seen shade, the bigger the leaves. Makes a in the wild because of its good potted plant but can also be inconspicuousness. But for one used as a conversation piece midsummer's night each year, its specimen in a small garden. exqusitely scented flower opens as night falls, then closes forever with the first rays of the morning sun. Buttonbush Cigar Plant Cephalanthus occidentalis Cuphea ignea 'David Verity' from http://aggie- from http://www.floridata.com: A fast horticulture.tamu.edu: The flowers, grower and requires little attention. one-inch white fragrant globes that But it will command your attention as look like pincushions, appear from party place for all manner of butterflies June to August. They attract and hummingbirds. Plant a mass of butterflies and hummingbirds, and at cigar plants near a window or the least 25 species of birds eat the patio where you can enjoy watching seeds, which resemble those of the hordes of happy hummingbirds come sycamore tree and stay on the plant to feast on the beautiful banquet. throughout winter. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 10 of 15 Coral Bean Firespike Erythrina herbacea Odontonema tubiforme from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie from www.floridata.com: The Edmundson: Sprouts large clusters of strikingly beautiful crimson flowers bright red tubular flowers in March or and glossy/shiny leaves of firespike April. It loses its leaves in the winter brighten the fall landscape. Plant and can be cut to the ground in very firespike in mixed shrub borders. It will early spring. It develops seed pods spread by underground sprouting, when ripe split open to reveal bright enlarging to form a thicket, but it is coral seeds that are toxic. easy to control and keep contained.

Esperanza Flame Acanthus Tecoma stans Anisacanthus quadrifidus 'Wrightii' LARVAL HOST for: Plebeian sphinx LARVAL HOST for Janais Patch, moth (Paratrea plebeja). from Texan Crescent ( texana) www.floridata.com: Var. stans is a comes back readily after a freeze. Central American tree that grows to From wildflower.org: This spreading, 25 ft. Arizona yellow bells (var. drought- and cold-tolerant shrub will angustata) is a 10 ft shrub. adapt to a variety of soils and does Gold Star Esperanza grows to 3-4 ft. well in patio pots. Cutting the plant Perfect for the South Texas Gulf back severely in winter will provide Coast. more blooms and encourage a bushier form.

Esperanza, Orange Star Hawthorn, Indian Tecoma stans 'Orange Star' Rhaphiolepsis indica from shown: var. Clara, 4', white flowers, www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: reddish new growth This plant is a orange flowering from www.desert-tropicals.com: The Tecoma that is very similar in looks to Indian Hawthorn is great landscape Tecoma stans Yellow Bells. Tecoma shrub, low divider or informal hedge. 'Orange Star' is an evergreen and can The Indian Hawthorn likes a slightly reach 12' tall with a 6' spread at acidic soil, use fertilizer for acid loving maturity. plants. Withstands some salt spray.

Firebush Heather, Mexican Hamelia patens Cuphea hyssopifolia From Michael Womack: . . . butterflies White & purple varieties. variety also use the large leaves as roosting 'Compacta' grows to 2-4' while sites at night. from 'Allyson' (pictured) goes to 1' www.floridata.com: It can be kept small by pruning. Firebush is a valuable addition to butterfly and hummingbird gardens. Also does well in containers.

Firecracker Hibiscus Russelia equisetiformis Hibiscus sp. LARVAL HOST for: Common MULTIPLE COLORS. From Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia). www.floridata.com: Use as a Has a white varient. From foundation plant around houses and www.magnoliagardensnusery.com: buildings in frost-free areas. The Produces thin wiry-like foliage and hibiscus is underused as a tree form. scarlet to coral tubular flowers. Great For a spectacular flowering tree, limb for containers or for spilling over walls, up at the base and allow to grow as it much like a fountain. will. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 11 of 15 Hibiscus, Texas Star Lantana, Florida Red Mound Hibiscus coccineaus Lantana camara 'Florida Mound Red' from from http://almostedenplants.com: A www.magnoliagardennursery.com: dwarf mounding and freely branching Tall, slender perennial Hibiscus that lantana which produces clusters of produces large bright red, 5 petal orange and yellow flowers that fade to flowers that has embassingly been briliant red. The tight mounding habit mistaken as Cannabis sativa. Blooms of this Lantana makes it an excellent on new growth and can be cut back choice for smaller spaces and after flowering to maintain size and containers. Great for butterflies and encourage new bloom. pollinators.

Honeysuckle, Mexican Lantana, New Gold spicigera Lantana x hybrida 'New Gold' from mswn.com: Easily identified by cross between a Lantana camara and its bright orange, narrowly tubular a Lantana montevidensis. from flowers. One of the few Michael Womack in the CCCT desertadapted plants that works well 03/22/2008: [applicable to most in shady locations. It can be planted Lantanas]. This tough plant not only on north exposures, under desert blossoms most of the year, but it is trees, or other shady spots. Its lush also drought and sun hardy - two foliage makes it an ideal addition. important keys to its success in landscaping.

Jasmine, Sambac Lantana, Texas Jasminum sambac Lantana urticoides Susceptible to rust diseases; aka Leaf miners are an issue. From Maid of Orleans. From Michael Womack in the CCCT www.floridata.com: bushy vine or 03/22/2008: The most effective use scrambling shrub with shiny dark of these plants is often mass plantings green leaves and fragrant little white in sunny areas with well-drained soils. flowers. Expect an sambac jasmine Often found along fenceposts where it to grow no more than 6-10 ft high and is protected from mowing. The native just as wide in frostfree areas. Blooms form is considered the best variety for throughout the summer - and almost hummingbirds and butterflies because continuously in warm climates. of its high nectar content.

Jatropha Pigeonberry Jatropha integerrima Rivina humilis Jatropha is a very diverse genus not drought tolerant. from article in which includes cactus like succulents, Rockport Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: herbaceous perennials, and woody Often hidden under prickly leaved trees. As with most members of Agarita, you will often find Euphorbiaceae, the milky sap can be Pigeonberry. Protected from the deer a strong irritant to skin. Most parts of and the sun by the Agarita, the plant can be toxic if ingested. Pigeonberry blooms with pink or white clusters of flowers and tiny red fruit, both at the same time.

Kidneywood, Texas Plumbago, Blue Eysenhardtia texana Plumbago auriculata from http://www.wildflower.org: Much- from www.floridata.com: Blooms all branched shrub, with an open, airy year long except for the coldest winter structure. Flowers white, small, with a months. A white flowered variety (P. delicate fragrance, arranged in spikes auriculata var. alba) is available. The up to 4 inches long at the ends of , 'Royal Cape' has intense branchlets. This tree and its relative cobalt blue flowers. Use plumbago in Kidneywood (E. polystacha) were borders, foundation plantings, and for once used in remedies for kidney and color massed in beds. Blooms best in bladder ailments. full sun. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 12 of 15 Poinciana, Mexican Rose, Mrs. Dudley Cross Caesalpinia mexicana Rosa x 'Mrs. Dudley Cross' from http://aggie- from horticulture.tamu.edu: Mexican www.antiqueroseemporium.com: A poinciana is found in Texas only in the compact, shapely bush that rewards extreme lower Rio Grande Valley. It is even the most careless gardener with grown mainly for its highly fragrant, a constant supply of fragrant, double, golden flowers borne in attractive delicately shaped yellow flowers that 3 to 6 inches long. It is blush a little pink in the sun. The highly ornamental with its spectacular stems are nearly always thornless and flowers and ferny foliage, and thrives the foliage is healthy and handsome. in heat, tolerating reflected heat.

Pride of Barbados Rose, Peggy Martin Caesalpinia pulcherrima Rosa sp. 'Peggy Martin' Brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers, wilt may affect rosesas feathery foliage, and quick growth well as black spot. from http://aggie- make Dwarf Poinciana a popular horticulture.tamu.edu: Surviving 20 evergreen shrub. It is hard to find a feet of salt water over the garden of more attractive flower. This open- Mrs. Peggy Martin, Plaquemines branched, fine-textured shrub will Parish, Louisiana, after hurricane tolerate hot, dry areas, and forms an Katrina. It has been introduced into effective thorny barrier. It flowers year- commerce in the and round with peak displays in spring and has become a symbol among fall. gardeners.

Rose of Sharon Rose, Sea Foam Hibiscus syriacus Rosa x 'Sea Foam' from www.floridata.com: Rose-of- from http://aggie- Sharon is most commonly used in horticulture.tamu.edu: An Earth-Kind mixed shrub borders, or in a group for rose. This is a rambling rose that can its tall, upright shape and summer be used as a short climber. The color. It also makes a fine stand alone creamy white blossoms glow in the specimen. Rose-of-Sharon is a nighttime garden. For something perennial favorite among home dramatic, try Sea Foam trained as a gardeners for its ease of care and its standard. Not aromatic. large showy flowers that persist for weeks in the hot summertime.

Rose, Belinda's Dream Sage, Green Cloud Texas Rosa x 'Belinda's Dream' Leucophyllum frutescens 'Green Cloud from www.texassuperstar.com: First from rose to be named a Texas www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: SuperstarTM and to receive Texas Sage is a native to Texas and prestigious EarthKindTM designation. Mexico and will tolerate limestone, Gorgeous shrub rose with large, sand, and clay soils as long as they fragrant and very pink double are well drained. This plant is also blossoms. Successive flushes of heat, drought, and salt tolerant, but bloom spring to frost. So disease definitely not humidity tolerant.The tolerant that fungicide sprays are foliage is more green than other seldom required. A nearly perfect cultivars which are usually silvery gray. landscape rose. Rose, Martha Gonzales Sage, Mexican Bush Rosa 'Martha Gonzales' Salvia leucantha Super easy to maintain, just give it a from www.floridata.com: Mexican light trim in late winter/early spring if bush sage, with its graceful arching desired. Can also be shaped into a stems and soft downy foliage, is one low hedge. of our favorite salvias. The fuzzy purple calyces are the main show, and these persist even after the actual flowers have fallen off, making Mexican bush sage one of the few salvias suitable for use as a cut flower. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 13 of 15 Sage, Russian Yucca, Red Perovskia atriplicifolia Hesperaloe parviflora Not a sage and not from Russia! from from wildflower.org: Not a yucca, this www.floridata.com: At its best in member of the Century-Plant family mass plantings. Include a group of produces soft, yucca-like, evergreen Russian sage in a mixed border. The leaves, 2-3 ft. in length. The flower pale gray stems provide a strong stalk rises 5 ft. and bears showy, coral- vertical element, and are especially colored, tubular flowers occur on appealing in winter when they are arching, wand-like, pink stems. leafless. Cut back almost to ground Leaves are plum-colored in winter; before growth begins - flowers on new blue-green other times. wood.

Shrimp Plant Yucca, Soft Leaf Justicia brandegeeana Yucca recurvifolia withstands wind and sand, will freeze from to ground but regrow, from www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: www.floridata.com: Use shrimp plant The foliage is more blue green than in mixed perennial beds and borders, most Yucca spp. Soft Leaf Yucca is wherever you want a mass of generally a single stem in youth and continuous color - they bloom almost can become multi trunked with age. all year long! Keep the bushes tip The growth habit is rosette in youth, pruned to promote bushiness and with age the plant can become tree increase flowering. like. The flowers are creamy white and bell shaped and are borne on 3- 5' spikes. Skyflower, Brazilian PALMS, PALM-LIKE & TREES Duranta erecta Deer love all varieties of this plant. Ash, Texas Purple and white varieties. from Fraxinus texensis www.rareflora.com: Easy to grow and http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu: bloom. They can also be trained in Texas Ash is a smaller, more drought different shapes. Trimmed on a tolerant relative of White Ash, F. regular basis it will become a shrub, americana. Its water requirements are grown on a trellis as a vine, or shaped low, although it can tolerate moderate like a patio tree with only 1 trunk. amounts of moisture as long as it has good drainage. Its leaves turn glowing red, gold, orange and purple colors in the fall. gracilis from www.floridata.com: This shrub is Bottlebrush one of the best for shearing into low Callistemon rigidus hedges. Use in foundation plantings from beneath windows where it's dense www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: thicket of stems will discourage This Bottlebrush has a bushy growth prowlers. Thryallis makes a great habit with stiff stems and stiff linear background plant for perennial beds. shaped leaves and will do best on a Mass this shrub for large scale well-drained soil. In the summer this groundcovers. Callistemon will bloom sporting bright red flowers.

Turk's Cap Drummondii Malvaviscus arboreus 'Drummondii' Primary food source for migrating Crepe Myrtle, Natchez hummingbirds. Flowers on native Lagerstroemia x faurei 'Natchez' form stick up; on the larger tropical from http://www.tree-land.com: variety they hang down. From article Developed by the US National in the Rockport Pilot by Ernie Arboretum in 1978, The Natchez Edmundson: Turk's Cap is found Crape Myrtle was one of the first growing along the fringes of live oaks hybrids released and is certainly the as well as in the low lying areas most popular. The Natchez Crape adjacent to the bays. Myrtle produces long lasting clusters of white flowers. It has very good resistance to powdery mildew. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 14 of 15 Horseradish Tree Palm, Queen Moringa oleifera Arecastrum romanzoffianum from www.wikipedia.com: While it from www.monrovia.com: With its grows best in dry sandy soil, it crinkled fronds, Queen is among the tolerates poor soil, including coastal most graceful of the palms. This areas. Considered one of the world’s stately landscape palm grows more most useful trees, as almost every frost tolerant as it ages, but won't part can be used for food. The stand up to a hard or prolonged immature green pods, called freeze. A good candidate for “drumsticks” are probably the most oceanfront landscapes and larger valued and widely used part of the homesites inland, provided there are tree. few gusts of hot wind to tatter its fronds. Laurel, Texas Mountain Papaya Sophora secundiflora Carica papaya LARVAL HOST for Bordered Patch Not salt tolerant, does not tolerate butterfly; from www.wildflower.org: frost or even periods of near freezing very popular as a native evergreen temperatures. ornamental tree, valued for its Grown in partial shade, they produce handsome, dark green foliage and fruit that is not very sweet. Papaya is lush early spring blooms. It is drought- a short lived plant and young plants tolerant. produce more fruit than older specimens. Grow local cultivars for best fruit.

Olive, Wild Pecan Cordia boissieri Carya illinoensis Hardy as far north as San Antonio. from http://uvalde.tamu.edu: The Fruit may make livestock disoriented if leaves are between 9 and 20 inches eaten to excess. Needs water to get long. The Pecan grows best in river established but drought-tolerant bottom soils. Pecans are planted as afterwards. Wonderful white flowers ornamentals and for their edible nuts. spring through fall in the Coastal The nut is eaten by various wildlife, Bend area. Excellent landscaping such as birds, squirrels, opossums, raccoons and peccaries. The wood can be used for furniture, flooring and fuel.

Palm, Mexican Fan Persimmon, Texas Washingtonia robusta Diospyros texana Best not to shave trunk. If done, stop Beautifully textured peeling bark within 2' of beginning of dead fronds. combined with fine textured dark from http://horticulture.tamu.edu: The green foliage that stays evergreen in tallest and fastest growing of the the southern range, intricate widely planted palms in Texas. Cold branching, and wide range of suitable damage is common and occasional environments for growth, make it winters may wipe them out. worthy use in modern landscapes, Washingtonia filifera is a shorter , especially those with limited space. stockier, more cold hardy version. Thorns on petiole.

Palm, Pygmy Date Schefflera Phoenix roebelenii Schefflera actinophylla from www.floridata.com: Small from www.floridata.com: Use for stature, delicate lacy appearance and screens, windbreaks, hedges, easy care make this an exceptional specimens, street plantings, and palm that everyone can enjoy whether patios. A popular container plant for in the landscape or indoor containers. use indoors and out. Used extensively Pygmy date palm is inexpensive and in south Florida along freeways and available from mail order, nurseries turnpikes. Trim to one trunk for a more and plant shops everywhere. tree-like specimen with additional Susceptable to hard freeze. height. MASTER GARDNERS FALL PLANT SALE - 09/13/2014 Page 15 of 15 Willow, Desert 'Bubba' Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba' from http://tree-land.com: The Desert Willow 'Bubba' has become one of the most popular Chilopsis linearis cultivars because of it's beautiful and fragrant trumpet shaped pink- burgundy flowers. No seed pods.