Black-Eyed Susan Annuals Rudbeckia hirta • Annual Plants that live for one 2 ft x 2 ft season or one year • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring bloom KEY: • Sand, clay • E two-thirds of TX Provides food for butterflies • Salt tolerant Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds • Deer resistant Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds

Bluebonnets Drummond’s Phlox Lupinus texensis Phlox drummondii • Annual 1 ft x 1 ft • Annual • Sun 1 ft x 1 ft • Low water • Sun/part shade • Spring bloom • Low water • Clay, sand, loam • Spring bloom • Native to C, S • Sand TX • Native to SE TX • Sandyland • Salt tolerant bluebonnet is L. subcarnosus • Deer resistant • Texas Superstar

Greenthread Horsemint Thelesperma filifolium Monarda citriodora

• Annual • Annual 2 ft x 2-3 ft 2 ft x 2 ft • Sun • Sun/part shade • Low water • Low water • Spring-winter bloom • Blooms spring • Shell, sand • Sand, loam, clay, • Native to SE, S rocky TX • Native to TX • Deer resistant • Salt tolerant • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant

29 Indian Blanket Indian Paintbrush Gaillardia pulchella Castilleja indivisa

• Annual • Annual 1 ft x 2 ft 1 ft x 1 ft • Sun/part shade • Sun/part shade • Low water • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Spring bloom • Shell, sand • Sand • Native to TX • Native to E half of TX • Deer resistant • Salt tolerant • Salt tolerant

Lazy Daisy Pentas, Egyptian Star Aphanostephus skirrhobasis Pentas lanceolata

• Annual • Annual 3 ft x 3 ft 1 ft x 1 ft • Sun • Sun/part shade • Low water • Low water • Spring-fall • Spring-fall bloom bloom • Native to • Sand Egypt • Native to TX • Salt tolerant

Periwinkle Laura Bush Petunia Catharanthus roseus Petunia X violacea

• Annual • Annual 2 ft x 2 ft • 2 ft x 2 ft • Sun/part shade • Sun • Low water • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Spring-frost bloom • Native to • Fertile soil Madagascar • Native to S Am • Salt tolerant • Disease resistant • Deer resistant

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