MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 SALE Page 1 of 15 bulb Macho Fern Nephrolepis biserrata Society This is the ideal fern for LARGE Tulbaghia violacea baskets. It looks fine finished as a 6" from desert-tropicals.com pot up to a 10" basket and even as Evergreen leaves of the Society gallons for growing outdoors Do keep Garlic are narrow, looking like onion in mind that this is the grandaddy of leaves, and have an onion smell all the Nephrolepis baskets. If you when bruised. This smell is the grow it as a 10" or larger basket, plan reason why society garlic flowers are on giving it lots of room! If it is to be a not ideal as cut flowers. The name of landscape fern, it can take full sun for society garlic comes from the fact much of the day! that, supposedly, although its taste is close to real garlic, it doesn't give bad breath. Xanadu Philodendron Philodendron 'Xanadu' epiphyte grown for the leaves Variegated Airplane Plant Chlorophytum comosum var. Leaves can be all green, Pale green with white or yellow central stripe or green with wihte margins. Excellent for hanging baskets or can be used as groundcover under or in a very protected patio.Sends daughter off by shoot. Here's more than you need to know about this plant. Http://goto.glocalnet.net/natal/amp/am ground cover, perennial pel.htm Straggler Daisy vialis fern from www.wildflower.org: Straggler Foxtail Fern Daisy or Horseherb is a pest or a Protasparagus densiflorus var. welcome, shade-tolerant groundcover The 'Myersii' (foxtail fern) is that tolerates moderate foot traffic. If also great for containers. It has a you have a shady anywhere neater, more restrained look than the within its range, you probably already 'Sprengeri' fern; stiffly upright stems to have it. Thriving in sun or shade, its 2' long, with very dense, cylindrical tiny, yellow daisy flowers add a plume-like foliage, giving the plant a minute touch of color to shady areas. fluffy, cloud-like appearance. The stems are like bottle brushes, 2-3" in diameter, and tapering gradually to Ice Plant the tips. May be invasive. From Holly Fern www.wikipedia.com: Grow year Cyrtomium falcatum round, with individual shoot segments Likes rich, acidic soil and good growing more than three feet per drainage. It thrives with occasional year. Ice Plants can grow to at least emulsion or liquid fertilizer. 165 feet in diameter. Flowering Groom when foliage becomes frayed occurs almost year round. Seed or unsightly. Ferns will soon regrow production is high, with hundreds of after being cut back, but avoid seeds produced in each fruit. The fruit into or damaging the crown. is edible.

Purple Trailing Lantana Lantana montevidensis var. P from Dr. Michael Womack: This tough plant not only blossoms most of the year, but it is also drought and sun hardy. The most effective use of these plants is often mass plantings in sunny areas with well-drained soils. [The smaller the leaf, the smaller the plant will be]. The shortest varieties of lantana commonly are called trailing lantana. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 2 of 15 Gregg's Mistflower Maiden Grass Conoclinium greggii Miscanthus sinensis May be invasive. This is the most from Nursery: Miscanthus common variety in local nurseries. is a group of ornamental grasses that larval food for Bordered Patch larvae, make excellent perennials. They are source for Monarch & clump forming plants with -like Swallowtail butterflies. from stems and leaves that are narrow and www.davesgarden.com: desert arch to the ground. The flower heads from Dripping Springs, TX wrote: I are puffy plumes that form in late can't do without this plant in my summer to fall and make good cut or garden! It's easy and attracts so many dried flowers. Most are butterflies. moderately frost hardy.

Padre Island Mistflower Mexican Feather Grass Conoclinium betonicifolium Nassella tenuissima from http://www.wildflowers.org: This Does well in the wind. from is a somewhat woody, weak, www.taunton.org: No other grass decumbent plant rooting at the nodes exhibits quite the refinement of in sand or sandy clay and found texture as this species. Its bright throughout the coast. The green foliage resembles delicate flowering stems turn up at the ends filaments that arise in elegant, vase- and the blades are fleshy with toothed like clumps and spill outward like a margins. All the flowers are disk-type soft fountain. All summer it bears a with bluish petals. profusion of feathery panicles.

Creeping Rosemary Purple Fountain Grass Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostra Pennisetum setaceum var. Ru from Will die back in winter. Purple color is www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: more intense with additional water. Prostrate Rosemary is a low- Needs no care once established, is spreading, evergreen or pest-free. Used in landscaping, fresh groundcover. Its leaves are green, & dried arrangements, ground cover, leathery and very aromatic. This and erosion control. Rosemary has pale-blue flowers from early to mid-summer. Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' can be used as a beautiful groundcover. grass, perennial Ruby Grass Melinus nerviglumis Clumping Bamboo from www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: Ruby Grass is a real show stopper in the summer when it produces beautiful 3-4 inch iridescent ruby-pink blooms that sit about a foot above the foliage and are breathtaking blowing in the wind. This grass is great for use as borders, in mixed perennial beds, as well as in mixed containers.

Inland Seaoats Chasmanthium latifolium Chinese Fountain Grass One of the more shade tolerant of the Pennisetum alopecuroides ornamental grasses. self-seeds and "cold-hardy" fountain grass, cut back may become invasive. Leaving foliage in early spring before growth begins, in place over winter adds interest to best in mass plantings the landscape and helps protect crowns from the cold. Cut back to the ground in early spring. Seed heads flutter in the breeze, makes excellent dried arrangements. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 3 of 15 Big Muhly herb, perennial Muhlenbergia lindheimeri from www.wildflower.org: Native only Fall Aster to the Edwards Plateau of central Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Texas, Big muhly or Lindheimers from Michael Womack: Few plants muhly has become increasingly are more striking in fall than this popular since the 1980s as an Texas native plant that is known for elegant, large-scale specimen grass, blue flowers and yellow centers. large enough for screening. It can be Even if your goal is not butterfly a soft-textured substitute for attraction, you definitely want to introduced Pampas grass, which it consider this perennial pavorite to approaches in stature. liven up your fall garden. Despit its name, this plant frequently blooms again in the spring if you remove the Gulf Coast Muhly spent blossoms in the fall and winter. Muhlenbergia capillaris var. Fil from Bulbine http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.c Bulbine frutescens om: Absolutely one of the most from plantzafrica.com: Bulbine beautiful ornamental grasses around. frutescens is often used in A North American native and more landscaping where a drought- importantly a Texas Native Plant! Puts resistant, tough groundcover is on a real show with flowers that look required. It also has its value in the like a purple cloud from far away, home garden. This plant is ideal to giving a spectacular fall color show. grow and is a useful first-aid remedy for childrens' daily knocks and scrapes. Pigeonberry Rivina humilis not drought tolerant. from article in Mexican Butterfly Weed Rockport Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: curassavica Often hidden under prickly leaved from Michael Womack: . . . another Agarita, you will often find required plant for butterfly gardens - it Pigeonberry. Protected from the deer is most noted as the larval plant for and the sun by the Agarita, monarch butterflies. from Pigeonberry blooms with pink or white www.floridata.com: The butterflies clusters of flowers and tiny red fruit, whose caterpillars feed on milkweeds both at the same time. contain the same poisonous glycosides and are poisonous as well. herb, annual Italian Parsley Chaya Petroselinum crispum Cnidoscolus chayamansa from www.floridata.com: There are from www.toptropicals.com: Chaya is three varieties of parsley, each with a little known leafy green vegetable of several popular . Variety dry regions of the tropics. The name crispum is the typical curly leaf comes from the Mayan chay. parsley, with many cultivars including However, raw chaya leaves are highly some that look like moss. Variety poisonous. They contain a high neapolitanum includes the Italian or content of hydrocyanic acid. In this flat-leaf parsleys which have a slightly respect chaya is similar to cassava. stronger flavor than the curly leaf types.

Garlic Chives Allium tuberosum from www.davesgarden.com: pajaritomt from Los Alamos, NM (Zone 5a) wrote: I love this plant. I use the leaves stir fried with meat or seafood. I sprinkle flowers on salads. It does spread readily over time, but I find more uses over time. The lacy flowers are lovely in late summer. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 4 of 15 Cigar Plant Siskiyou Pink Gaura Cuphea ignea 'David Verity' Gaura lindheimeri var. Siskiyo from http://www.floridata.com: A fast from grower and requires little attention. www.missouribotanicalgarden.org: But it will command your attention as Best grown in sandy, loamy, medium party place for all manner of moisture, well-drained soil in full sun. butterflies and . Plant a Good drainage is essential. mass of cigar plants near a window or Flowering stems may become leggy the patio where you can enjoy and flop, particularly when grown in watching hordes of happy rich soils or too much shade. May hummingbirds come to feast on the self-seed if spent flowers are left in beautiful banquet. place in autumn.

Columbine White Gaura Aquilegia sp. Gaura lindheimeri from www.wikipedia.com: They are from www.floridata.com: White gaura known for their distinctive flowers, is well adapted to the hot summers of generally bell-shaped, with each petal the southern US, and it has proven to modified into an elongated nectar be a winner elsewhere as well. It may spur. Its fruit takes the form of a not be the flashiest flower in the follicle. Columbine is derived from the garden, but it is durable and Latin word for Dove. name is dependable! latin for eagle - flower's five spurs resemble a talon.

Coral Creeper Scented Geranium Barleria repens Pelargonium sp. from www.plantszafrica.com: Fast- from www.britannica.com: The growing and wonderfully easy-going, aromatic, or scented-leaved, Barleria repens will adapt to a number geraniums are found in several of situations. Plant it in a large species, including P. abrotanifolium, container, or on top of a low wall, P. capitatum, P. citrosum, P. crispum, where its foliage and flowers can P. graveolens, and P. odoratissimum. cascade down and show to Minty, fruity, floral, and spicy advantage. fragrances are released readily when their leaves are rubbed or bruised.

Crown-of-Thorns Variegated Shell Ginger Euphorbia milii Alpinia zerumbet variegated from www.floridata.com: Grown for its from www.wikipedia.com: Grows in long lasting, colorful petal-like upright clumps 8-10 feet tall in tropical which surround inconspicuous little climates. In more typical conditions, it flowers. Although often grown in pots reaches 4-8 feet tall in the green on the patio, this thorny succulent is house, and 3-4 feet tall, as a house perfect for rock gardens and sunny plant. It is called a shell ginger or shell borders. Crown of thorns is salt flower most commonly, because its tolerant and often used in frostfree individual pink flowers resemble sea coastal areas, even quite near the shells. sea.

Copper Canyon Daisy Lemon Grass Tagetes lemmonii Cymbopogon citratus from www.floridata.com: What is that from floridata.com: Gardeners in smell? Ripe passionfruit...mint...a hint subtropical areas will enjoy using of camphor. Brush by the foliage of lemongrass in beds and borders. It mountain marigold and you are hit also does well in tubs and containers. with a distinctive, pungent fragrance. It is especially nice along walkways Mountain marigold, or Copper where plants release fragrance when Canyon daisy, is a sprawling, shrubby brushed against by passersby. perennial daisy with delicately filigreed highly aromatic foliage. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 5 of 15 Texas Star Black Pearl Pepper Hibiscus coccineaus Capsicum annuum 'Black Pear from from www.davesgarden.com: htop www.magnoliagardennursery.com: from San Antonio, TX (Zone 8) Tall, slender perennial Hibiscus that wrote: It was introduced in 2005. The produces large bright red, 5 petal fruit is rounded with a slightly pointed flowers that has embassingly been shape when ripe. It has proven to be mistaken as Cannabis sativa. Blooms a great addition to my landscape and on new growth and can be cut back it has had no problems with after flowering to maintain size and nor diseases. encourage new bloom.

Louisiana Madagascar Periwinkle Iris fulva Catharanthus roseus from www.davesgarden.com: Native from www.wikipedia.com: It is noted to marshes, bogs and swamps, this for its long flowering period, iris adapts readily to garden throughout the year in tropical environments and has proven itself to conditions, and from spring to late grow well outside of its native range. autumn in warm temperate climates. Tolerates wind, bushy, thrives in humid heat. The alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine from its sap have been shown to be an effective treatment for leukaemia.

Manfreda Mexican Poinciana Manfreda maculosa Caesalpinia mexicana from http://www.mswn.com: This from http://aggie- unusual member of the amaryllis .tamu.edu: Mexican family has linear, fleshy, unarmed poinciana is found in Texas only in green leaves that are decorated with the extreme lower Rio Grande Valley. purple spots. Texas tuberose has a It is grown mainly for its highly symmetrical form similar to an agave, fragrant, golden flowers borne in and sends up tall flower spikes in the attractive racemes 3 to 6 inches long. summer. The individual flowers start It is highly ornamental with its off creamy white, aging to a light spectacular flowers and ferny foliage, purple color. and thrives in heat, tolerating reflected heat. Mexican Mint Marigold Porterweed Tagetes lucida Stachytarpheta jamaicensis also Mexican Tarragon; from LARVAL HOST for: Tropical Buckeye www.floridata.com: Mexican tarragon butterfly (Junonia genoveva). from is an attractive landscape http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu: Plants grow ornamental. Use it in perennial about 4 feet tall before stems droop borders where its shiny green leaves and touch the ground. Blue or pink and little golden flowers make a flowers are borne terminally on long, polite, subtle statement. Use the stringy spikes at the ends of the flowers of Mexican tarragon fresh in stems. Rich, dark green foliage is salads and the leaves as a substitute displayed on square, green stems for French tarragon.

Italian Oregano Belinda's Dream Rose Origanum X majoricum Rosa x var. Belinda's Dream from www.floridata.com: Hardy from www.texassuperstar.com: First marjoram, a.k.a. Italian oregano, is a rose to be named a Texas resulting from crossing SuperstarTM and to receive oregano and sweet marjoram. It prestigious EarthKindTM designation. combines the pungency of Greek Gorgeous shrub rose with large, oregano with the sweetness of fragrant and very pink double marjoram. blossoms. Successive flushes of bloom spring to frost. So disease tolerant that fungicide sprays are seldom required. A nearly perfect landscape rose. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 6 of 15 Peggy Martin Rose Tropical Sage Rosa sp. 'Peggy Martin' Salvia coccinea from http://aggie- LARVAL HOST for: Painted Lady horticulture.tamu.edu: One of only butterfly (Vanessa cardui). From two plants surviving 20 feet of salt article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie water over the garden of Mrs. Peggy Edmundson: Covered with bright red Martin, Plaquemines Parish, flowers, is a perennial salvia. It , after the destruction of makes a great ground cover in both Hurricane Katrina in late August, shade or sun by just trimming back 2005. It has been introduced into periodically with a line trimmer. commerce in the United States and has become a symbol among gardeners. Australian Rosemary White Sage Westringia fruiticosa Salvia apiana from www.wikipedia.com: shrub that from grows near the coast in eastern www.mountainvalleygrowers.com: . This shrub is very tough White Sage can be a slow growing, and grows on cliffs right next to the difficult to establish plant that can take ocean. Its tolerance to a variety of up to three years to reach a mature soils, the neatly whorled leaves and size. The flower wands will add two all-year flowering make it very popular to five feet to the height and will have in cultivation. tiny insignificant looking white flowers that are dotted with lavender.

Blue Shade Ruellia Henry Duelberg Salvia Ruellia brittoniana Blue Shade Salvia farinacea var. Henry Du from floridata.com: Mexican from http://texassuperstar.com: is an easy to grow plant with strikingly Spikes of showy blue flowers from colored flowers that is seldom spring until frost. More floriferous than bothered by disease or pests. It other cultivars. Texas native plant; blooms enthusiastically throughout found by Greg Grant in a small central the hottest time of the year. It is a fast Texas cemetery. Taller with bluer and grower and is inexpensive and sold at more floriferous flowers and larger many discount chain garden centers . and greener leaves than modern Mexican petunia is listed as a cultivars. Not preferred by deer. Category I invasive species by the Exotic Pest Plant Council. Hot Lips Sage Indigo Spires Salvia Salvia microphylla var. Hot Lip Salvia var. Indigo Spires from Mystic Spires is a dwarf form, up to 2' www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: tall. From an article by Ernie found near the Chiapas area of Edmondson in the Rockport Pilot and was introduced by 09/16/2009: Indigo Spires Salvia is Richard Turner of the Strybing an evergreen perennial hybid of two Arboretum in San Francisco, native salvias with long purple flower . This is a unique bi-color spikes. It is a spreading plant to three salvia that has red tips and white lips. feet tall by six feet wide requiring low to medium water and full to partial sun.

Scarlet Sage Thyme Salvia splendens Thymus vulgaris from www.floridata.com: from www.floridata.com salvia is a good vertical accent in a Thyme does very well in a pot, where container. A medium to tall variety can it is allowed to cascade over the be surrounded by other annuals. In a sides. It's a natural for rock gardens bed, salvias are great massed. and belongs in every herb garden. Because of the uniformity of bedding Use low-growing thyme as an edging plant varieties, they can also be used around flower beds and walkways. very successfully in a border. Bees love the blossoms. In the kitchen, thyme is used to season fish, poultry, soups and vegetables. Thyme, parsley and bay leaf are the MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 7 of 15 Hawaiian Ti Plant shrub, perennial Cordyline fruticosa from www.mgonline.com: Ti plants or Yellow Alder cordylines, are extremely popular Turnera ulmifolia worldwide for their intense leaf colors May be invasive. From and leaf shapes producing interest www.davesgarden.com: The two- and contrasts even in deep shade. inch wide, bright yellow flowers open Natives use plants for , cloth and in the morning and are closed by livestock food. The roots are said to noon. It has tiny seeds that sow be edible. Ti is pronounced like 'tea' in prolifically. It will often grow out of a some areas, but in Florida the name crack in the sidewalk after a seed rhymes with 'hi.' germinates there.

Philippine Violet Barleria cristata from http://toptropicals.com American Beautyberry Grows into a shapely shrub with Callicarpa americana minimal pruning. The trumpet-shaped from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie 2" flowers open in in terminal clusters Edmundson: Early spring is the time in November and continue into mid- to cut them down before they put on December. This is an easy-to-grow their new spring growth. They can be shrub, about 3ft height, which can be trimmed back almost to the ground, used for a garden hedge or tightly however unpruned plants will develop clipped into geometrical shapes. a weeping effect . . . with purple, or in Barleria is easily propagated from some cases, white berries in the fall. cuttings planted in fall directly in the palm Dwarf Palmetto Palm Powis Castle Artemisia Sabal minor Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' from www.wikipedia.com: Sabal from www.floridata.com: Artemisia X minor is one of the few palms able to 'Powis Castle' is believed to be the survive regions with hard winters. It is result of a cross between Artemisia grown by gardeners and landscapers arborescens and A. absinthium. This for this reason. Often those grown in is a beautiful silver-gray plant that cultivation are strains from the grows in a dense, billowing mound. western end of its range in Essentially evergreen in warm winter and Texas. climates. Cut back in early spring to encourage new growth to come up from the bottom.

Pindo Palm Babybonnet Butia capitata Coursetia axillaris from http://aggie- horticulture.tamu.edu: Pretty but elusive, babybonnet is rare in Texas, although it is common in in Mexico. Baby bonnets has a graceful natural form, eventually spreading in a vase shape to be as wide as it is tall, and pruning should be restricted to removing dead branches only.

Texas Sabal Palm Little John Bottlebrush Sabal mexicana Callistemon viminalis 'Little Jo Tolerates salty soil, constant from www.californiagardens.com: In southeast wind, storm winds, salt many places Bottle Brush trees are spray and occasional sand blasting. just too big. Callistemon Little John provides all of the interest in a small package. The leaves and stature are reduced. The flowers, aside from being a deeper red are the same. They attract hummingbirds like almost no other plant. And they require almost no care MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 8 of 15 Pencil Cactus Copperleaf Euphorbia tirucalli Acalypha amentacea ssp. wilk not a cactus, milky sap is poisonous from www.floridata.com: Copperleaf and a strong irritant is a popular outdoor plant that provides color throughout the year. It is used in mixed hedges and shrub borders and as a specimen shrub. Elsewhere copperleaf is grown as an annual where it's spectacular foliage replaces flowers from late summer until frost.

Giant Candlestick Coral Bean Senna alata Erythrina herbacea from Michael Womack: . . . another from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie must-have if you want the little yellow Edmundson: Sprouts large clusters or sulphur butterflies in your yard of bright red tubular flowers in March since it provides both nectar and or April. It loses its leaves in the leaves necessary for these small, pale winter and can be cut to the ground in yellow butterflies. This plant grows very early spring. It develops seed extremely fast. It can grow from seed pods when ripe split open to reveal to maturity of six to eight feet tall in bright coral seeds that are toxic. the same growing season.

Cenizo Croton Leucophyllum frutescens Codiaeum variegatum from www.floridata.com 'Alba' has from floridata.com: In tropical white flowers, 'Rain Cloud' has violet- climates, crotons make attractive blue. 'Green Cloud' produces green hedges and potted patio specimens. foliage & pinkish flowers. 'Sierra Elsewhere, they are grown in Bouquet' bears lavender-blue greenhouses or as house plants, blossoms. Pink flowered 'Compacta' valued for their striking foliage. The is a smaller variety used for low better the light, the brighter the foliage hedges. 'Bertstar Dwarf', aka colors will be, but do not leave crotons "Silverado Sage", is exceptionally full in direct sun when grown indoors. and dense even at the base.

Century Plant Silver Oxyeye Daisy Agave americana Borrichia arborescens from http://aggie- from www.davesgarden.com: artcons horticulture.tamu.edu: It lives for 10 from Fort Lauderdale, FL (Zone 10b) to 25 years before it uses all its wrote: reserves to produce a magnificent This is a low growing plant. It is salt- flower stalk that can be 15 feet tall. tolerant and practically carefree. It After that the original plant dies, but is often can grow upright to about 3 feet. replaced by small offshoots around It produces inch wide yellow daisy like the base. It is extremely drought flowers with a gold center. The leaves tolerant and moderately slow-growing. are attractive silver green.

Dwarf Barbados Cherry Datura Malpighia glabra Datura stramonium fruit is edible and sometimes used for from www.floridata.com preserves. from article in Rockport The stem is purplish and glabrous Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: The fruit (smooth) and the leaves are ovate, are edible in preserves. Dwarf irregularly lobed, to 8 in long, and Barbados cherry makes a colorful have a foul odor. The flowers, compact small shrub for part sun to however, are fragrant and sweet- full sun locations in the landscape. smelling. They open for only one Tucked up under some of the taller evening, but new ones continue to , you may find several open throughout the summer and perennial plants. autumn. Jimson is a corruption of Jamestown, where early colonists MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 9 of 15 Esperanza Flame Acanthus stans Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. LARVAL HOST for: Plebeian sphinx Larval plant for crescent spot butterfly, moth ( plebeja). from comes back readily after a freeze. www.floridata.com: Var. stans is a From wildflower.org: This spreading, Central American that grows to drought- and cold-tolerant shrub will 25 ft. yellow bells (var. adapt to a variety of soils and does angustata) is a 10 ft well in patio pots. Cutting the plant shrub. Gold Star Esperanza grows to back severely in winter will provide 3-4 ft. Perfect for the South Texas more blooms and encourage a Gulf Coast. bushier form.

Orange Star Esperanza Pineapple Guava var. Sta Feijoa sellowiana from from www.floridata.com: Rarely have www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: any disease or pest problems. This is This plant is a orange flowering a good low maintenance shrub for hot Tecoma that is very similar in looks to dry problem areas. If you are Tecoma stans Yellow Bells. Tecoma interested in fruit production purchase 'Orange Star' is an evergreen and can cultivars selected for fruit quality, reach 12' tall with a 6' spread at climate, time of ripening and ability to maturity. self-pollinate.

Firebush Hibiscus Hamelia patens Hibiscus sp. From Michael Womack: . . . from www.floridata.com: Use as a butterflies also use the large leaves foundation plant around houses and as roosting sites at night. from buildings in frost-free areas. The www.floridata.com: It can be kept hibiscus is underused as a tree form. small by pruning. Firebush is a For a spectacular flowering tree, limb valuable addition to butterfly and up at the base and allow to grow as it gardens. Also does will. well in containers.

Firecracker Russelia equisetiformis 'Variegata' LARVAL HOST for: Common from www.floridata.com: Mahoe is Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia). grown as an ornamental throughout Has a white varient. From the tropics in both the New World and www.magnoliagardensnusery.com: Old World, hence the many common Produces thin wiry-like foliage and names. It is especially popular in scarlet to coral tubular flowers. Great Australia. Mahoe is salt tolerant and for containers or for spilling over walls, produces flowers almost all year long. much like a fountain. It makes an attractive specimen tree in beach-front settings.

Firespike Cape Odontonema tubiforme from www.floridata.com: The from www.floridata.com: Cape strikingly beautiful crimson flowers honeysuckle can be used as a and glossy/shiny leaves of firespike climbing (it needs tying) or barrier brighten the fall landscape. Plant hedge/screen, trained as a specimen firespike in mixed shrub borders. It will shrub, or used as a ground cover on spread by underground sprouting, steep slopes or rocky banks. It is enlarging to form a thicket, but it is sometimes trained as an espalier. It is easy to control and keep contained. especially attractive cascading over walls or planters. It can be trained to a garden arch. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 10 of 15 Mexican Honeysuckle Texas Lantana spicigera Lantana urticoides from mswn.com: Easily identified by from Michael Womack in the CCCT its bright orange, narrowly tubular 03/22/2008: The most effective use flowers. One of the few of these plants is often mass plantings desertadapted plants that works well in sunny areas with well-drained in shady locations. It can be planted soils. Often found along fenceposts on north exposures, under desert where it is protected from mowing. trees, or other shady spots. Its lush The native form is considered the foliage makes it an ideal addition. best variety for hummingbirds and butterflies because of its high nectar content.

Night Blooming Jasmine Fragrant Mistflower Cestrum nocturnum Chromolaena odorata from www.floridata.com: This See "Eupatorium havanense" for the sprawling shrub has glossy, smooth, plant more commonly known as simple leaves 4-8 in long. The long Fragrant Mistflower vinelike stems can form a mound up from http://www.wildflower.org: to 12 ft across, but it seldom gets Branched stems curve upward and more than a 4 ft across in cultivation. are 2-6 ft. in height. Triangular- Although the flowers are not shaped leaves are virtually evergreen particularly showy to the eye, their in extreme S TX. Lilac flowers cluster sweet scent is heavenly. together into showy, ageratum-like flower heads.

Primrose Jasmine Fragrant Mistflower Jasminum mesnyi havanensis from www.floridata.com: Primrose from http://aggie- jasmine makes a fine specimen horticulture.tamu.edu: An open shrub shrub, growing in a fountainlike with slender branches that can reach mound of glossy green foliage with six feet tall, fragrant mist flower bright yellow fragrant flowers in early explodes in the fall with masses of spring and sporadically into the white, fuzzy, very fragrant flowers that summer. Use it to trail over fences or act as a magnet to hummingbirds, walls. It is spectacular in masses and butterflies, and a plethora of other adds interest to mixed shrub hedges insects. and screens.

Texas Kidneywood Bush Morning Glory Eysenhardtia texana Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa from http://www.wildflower.org: May be invasive. from Unarmed, much-branched shrub, with www.plantanswers.com: Most prolific an open, airy structure. Flowers bloomer of any of the summer white, small, with a delicate fragrance, perennials. The plant is covered with arranged in spikes up to 4 inches long medium-size, light pink (there is a at the ends of branchlets. This tree white form available) blooms all and its relative Kidneywood (E. summer. Blooms last only one day polystacha) were once used in but clusters of blooms are formed in remedies for kidney and bladder the axil of every leaf. Cut back ailments. monthly to encourage blooming.

Confetti Lantana Blue Lantana camara var. Confetti Plumbago auriculata from from www.floridata.com: Blooms all www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: year long except for the coldest winter The blooms are tri-colored consisting months. A white flowered variety (P. of yellow, pink, and purple to wine auriculata var. alba) is available. The colors that will fade with age and are cultivar, 'Royal Cape' has intense great for attracting butterflies. Confettii cobalt blue flowers. Use plumbago in Lantana will bloom late spring to fall borders, foundation plantings, and for and has an upright growth habit. The color massed in beds. Blooms best in foliage is very aromatic and can full sun. irritate the skin of some people. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 11 of 15 White Plumbago Martha Gonzales Rose Plumbago auriculata 'alba' Rosa 'Martha Gonzales' from www.floridata.com from www.davesgarden.com Use plumbago in borders, foundation Suze_ from Bastrop County, TX plantings, and for color massed in (Zone 8b) wrote: This is just a beds. Many gardeners use plumbago fantastic plant/shrub for Texas. Cute as a background or filler plant under as a button, new growth tends to be and in front of shrubs that have darkish foliage, has a sort of stronger frameworks. Plumbago can Victorian/'eclectic' look to me. Fairly be pruned as a formal hedge, or used drought tolerant and disease in mixed informal hedges. Its rambling resistant. Super easy to maintain, just habit makes plumbago highly suitable give it a light trim in late winter/early for use as a flowering groundwave. spring if desired. Can also be shaped Mexican Bush Sage Plumeria rubra Salvia leucantha from www.floridata.com: Plumeria is from www.floridata.com: Mexican perfect as a patio tree or as lawn bush sage, with its graceful arching specimen. Use shrubbier forms in stems and soft downy foliage, is one mixed hedges where they contribute of our favorite salvias. The fuzzy color and texture. Plant purple calyces are the main show, near porches and bedroom windows and these persist even after the so that its delightful frangrance can be actual flowers have fallen off, making enjoyed on summer evenings. Mexican bush sage one of the few salvias suitable for use as a cut flower.

Pomegranate Russian Sage Punica granatum Perovskia atriplicifolia Punica granatum 'Nana' dwarf variety, Not a sage and not from Russia! from 4' h x 4' w; from www.floridata.com: www.floridata.com: At its best in The pomegranate was cultivated by mass plantings. Include a group of the ancient Egyptians. Dried fruits Russian sage in a mixed border. The have been found in Bronze Age pale gray stems provide a strong tombs. Moses had to assure the vertical element, and are especially Israelites that they would still have appealing in winter when they are pomegranates when they reached the leafless. Cut back almost to ground Promised Land. before growth begins - flowers on new wood.

Pride of Barbados Christmas Senna Caesalpinia pulcherrima Senna pendula Brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers, from www.floridata.com: Christmas feathery foliage, and quick growth senna is recommended for butterfly make Dwarf Poinciana a popular gardens . The flowers are very showy. evergreen shrub. It is hard to find a In South Florida Christmas senna is more attractive flower. This open- planted in roadway median strips and branched, fine-textured shrub will around parking lots. It does well near tolerate hot, dry areas, and forms an the coast. Christmas senna needs effective thorny barrier. It flowers frequent pruning to control sprawl and year-round with peak displays in to develop a strong branch system. spring and fall.

Lady Bank Rose Shrimp Plant Rosa spp. Lady Banksia Justicia brandegeeana white and yellow varients, short withstands wind and sand, will freeze blooming season; from to ground but regrow, from www.mostlynatives.com: A vigorous www.floridata.com: Use shrimp plant climbing rose from China growing to in mixed perennial beds and borders, 20 feet or more with creamy yellow, wherever you want a mass of true double flowers in spring. The continuous color - they bloom almost stems have almost no thorns. Grow in all year long! Keep the bushes tip full sun with average to low water. pruned to promote bushiness and Aphid resistant, almost immune to increase flowering. disease. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 12 of 15 Brazilian Skyflower Red Duranta erecta Hesperaloe parviflora Deer love all varieties of this plant. from wildflower.org: Not a yucca, this Purple and white varieties. from member of the Century-Plant family www.rareflora.com: Easy to grow and produces soft, yucca-like, evergreen bloom. They can also be trained in leaves, 2-3 ft. in length. The flower different shapes. Trimmed on a stalk rises 5 ft. and bears showy, coral- regular basis it will become a shrub, colored, tubular flowers occur on grown on a trellis as a vine, or shaped arching, wand-like, pink stems. like a patio tree with only 1 trunk. Leaves are plum-colored in winter; blue-green other times.

Variegated Skyflower succulent Duranta erecta var. variegata from www.smgrowers.com: This Aloe variegated form has creamy-yellow margins around the one inch long from www.thegardenhelper.com: All serrated leaves. In mild climates this Aloes are semitropical can be in flower nearly year plants, and may only be grown round with flowers and fruit appearing outdoors in areas where there is no at the same time. It does best in full chance of freezing. However, they sun with frequent deep watering and make excellent house plants when is hardy to about 20-25 ° F. they are given sufficient light. Potted Aloes benefit from spending the summer outdoors. White Skyflower Duranta erecta var. alba from www.davesgarden.com: artcons Donkey Ears from Fort Lauderdale, FL (Zone 10) Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri wrote: I have had my "White Sky" from www.plant-care.com: Unlike Alba about 8 years. I started it from a other succulents, Kalanchoe donkey cutting. It's a large bush with ear grows fast and can tolerate spreading branches that can easily be almost any condition. It looks best controlled via trimming. It's a fast outdoors; just take it back in during grower but requires a lot of space to winter and place it in any bright- mature and bloom. window indoors. In landscaping, Kalanchoe donkey ear is used as a low-rise specimen plant. Kalanchoe donkey ear plants can also be grown in pots. gracilis from www.floridata.com: This shrub is Flapjack Kalanchoe one of the best for shearing into low Kalanchoe thyrsiflora hedges. Use in foundation plantings from www.davesgarden.com: beneath windows where it's dense trickiwoo from Fort Worth, TX (Zone thicket of stems will discourage 8) wrote: Bought this in a 4" pot a prowlers. Thryallis makes a great year ago. Now fills out a 12' pot with 4 background plant for perennial beds. plants in there. May interest y'all to Mass this shrub for large scale know that when I was potting it up I groundcovers. broke a leaf off & just stuck it in a small pot & now have another plant the size I bought last year. Turk's Cap Drummondii Malvaviscus arboreus var. dru Primary food source for migrating Mother of Thousands Plant hummingbirds. Flowers on native Kalanchoe daigremontiana form stick up; on the larger tropical various sources: It will not survive a variety they hang down. From article frost. They like sun and partial shade in the Rockport Pilot by Ernie and can withstand hot temperatures if Edmundson: Turk's Cap is found given regular water. All parts of this growing along the fringes of live oaks plant are poisonous if ingested. After as well as in the low lying areas a year or two of maturing the mother adjacent to the bays. of thousands will flower usually in late winter. It grows plantlets along the leaf's edges. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 13 of 15 tree, deciduous tree, evergreen Anacacho Orchid Tree Anaqua Bauhinia lunarioides Ehretia anacua Anacacho Orchid is a great small from http://aggie- flowering tree for Central Texas horticulture.tamu.edu: It is subtropical landscapes. It reaches only 10 feet in and if planted as far north as Dallas it height and provides a light to medium will freeze back in cold winters, and shade. The foliage is interesting, as rarely develop flowers. It is sometimes the split leaves resemble a cloven called sandpaper tree because of the hoof. In spring white blooms appear rough texture of the leaves. It blooms to add beauty and interest to the from spring through summer with landscape. white, fragrant flowers that cover the tree in dense clusters.

Spiny Hackberry Bottlebrush Celtis pallida Callistemon rigidus from http://www.wildflower.org: One from of the few shrubs in the Celtis genus. www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: Its numerous spiny branches are This Bottlebrush has a bushy growth whitish gray. The bark is smooth and habit with stiff stems and stiff linear gray. Leaves are small, roundish, and shaped leaves and will do best on a somewhat rough. Clusters of small, well-drained soil. In the summer this fairly inconspicuous, white flowers are Callistemon will bloom sporting followed by shiny red, orange and spectacular bright red bottlebrush-like yellow fruit ripening in fall. flowers that are great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.

Huisache Crapemyrtle Acacia farnesiana Lagerstroemia indica from www.wikipedia.com: Seeds are from www.floridata.com: Crape non-toxic to and are a myrtles have been planted along valuable food source for people (18% highways in the southern United protein). It is a serious weed in Fiji, States for generations. They are where locals call it Ellington's Curse. becoming more widely used in urban It is also a serious pest plant in parts areas, especially as new varieties of Australia, including north-west New have been developed for smaller size South Wales, where it now infests and disease resistance. A single thousands of acres of grazing country. crape is a magnificent specimen in the middle of a lawn.

Mimosa Wild Olive Albizia julibrissin Cordia boissieri DO NOT PLANT Hardy as far north as San Antonio. Fruit may make livestock disoriented if eaten to excess. Needs water to get established but drought-tolerant afterwards.

Schefflera Schefflera actinophylla from www.floridata.com: Use for screens, windbreaks, hedges, specimens, street plantings, and patios. A popular container plant for use indoors and out. Used extensively in south Florida along freeways and turnpikes. Trim to one trunk for a more tree-like specimen with additional height. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 14 of 15 vine, annual Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus Hyacinth Bean rom Michael Womack: …is a native Lablab purpureus vine that can grow from seeds, but from www.evergreenseeds.com: they are hard to find unless you There are many varieties of Hyacinth harvest them from a friend's plant. Bean that produce beautiful flowers This fast growing vine will grow up to and leaves in different colors. Plant 20 feet in a year and cover a fence. are vigorous in warm climates and are Its pink flower clusters in the fall often grown along trellis and fences in attract both hummingbirds and the Orient. Bean pods are thin and butterflies while turning the heads of slightly curved, that should be passers-by. harvested for vegetable use when young. Crossvine Bignonia capreolata vine, perennial from www.wildflower.org: Some deer Allamanda resistance. A climbing, woody vine Allamanda cathartica reaching 50 ft. long with showy, from www.floridata.com: Grows well orange-red, trumpet-shaped flowers 2 in most soils, but becomes chlorotic in inches long and 1 1/2 inches across very alkaline conditions. Train up a which hang in clusters of two to five. trellis, tree, or side of a building where They are sometimes seen high in a there is support. Or prune and tree, as the vine climbs by means of maintain as a shrub. In areas where claws at the end of its tendrils. there is seasonal change, keep fairly dry during winter and prune in spring. Cup of Gold Solandra maxima from www.floridata.com: It is often Bleeding Heart grown on large pergolas or trellises, Clerodendrum thompsoniae or trained to grow up the side of a from www.floridata.com: This is the house where the spectacular flowers common garden flower known as can spill down the walls over windows Bleeding Heart. It likes high humidity and doorways. Tolerant of salt spray and moist soil.Outside the tropics, and salty soils, all the chalice bleeding heart is usually grown in are large rampant growers and are containers so it can be protected excellent for seaside gardens. when temperatures fall below 45 F. It can be kept pruned into a shrub, or given support and allowed to Sambac Jasmine scramble like a vine. Jasminum sambac from www.floridata.com: bushy vine Blue Sky Vine or scrambling shrub with shiny dark Thunbergia grandiflora green leaves and fragrant little white from http://toptropicals.com: The flowers. Expect an Arabian jasmine most striking blue flowered vine in the to grow no more than 6-10 ft high and world, with a robust and twining habit just as wide in frostfree areas. producing long hanging clusters of 3" sky blue funnel shaped flowers from fall through spring, displayed throughout it's dense deep green foliage. Can be trellised or arbored to create a spectacular sight! Hardy to Mexican Flame Vine freezing. Pseudogynoxys chenopodioid from www.floridata.com: Use Mexican flame vine to drape over porch rails and mailboxes. It's expert at improving the visual charm of chain link fences. Use in mixed hedges to create splashes of summertime color. It also looks great clambering up palm or pine tree trunks. Tends to be rather compact. MASTER GARDNER FALL 2012 PLANT SALE Page 15 of 15 Pothos Epipremnum pinnatum from www.wikipedia.com: Sometimes mistakenly labeled as a Philodendron in plant stores. Liana growing to 60 ft. tall, with stems up to 2 in. in diameter, climbing by means of aerial roots which hook over tree branches. It is a popular . It is also efficient at removing indoor pollutants such as formaldehyde, xylene, and benzene.