MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 1 of 20 BULBS, FERNS, MISC. Fern, Boston Nephrolepis exaltata Adam's Needle from www.wikipedia.com: The Boston Yucca filamentosa fern is a very popular house , from www.wildflower.org: A 6 ft. often grown in hanging baskets or flowering stalk rises above 2-3 ft. high similar conditions. In general, the clumps of erect, dagger-like, blue- Boston fern likes damp, but not soggy green leaves. The flowers are cream- soil that is rich in nutrients. Of the colored and are followed by persistent common cultivated ferns, the Boston seed pods. A tall, stout stem rises fern is the most tolerant to drought. from a rosette of rigid, sword-like leaves and bears a loose cluster of white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers.

Fern, Foxtail Protasparagus densiflorus var. Myersii Agave The cultivar 'Myersii' (foxtail fern) is Agave sp. also great for containers. It has a shown: Agave havardiana. from neater, more restrained look than the www.wikipedia.com: Each rosette 'Sprengeri' fern; stiffly upright stems to grows slowly to flower only once. 2' long, with very dense, cylindrical During flowering a tall stem or "mast" plume-like foliage, giving the plant a grows from the center of the leaf fluffy, cloud-like appearance. The rosette. After development of fruit the stems are like bottle brushes, 2-3" in original plant dies. Agaves are diameter, and tapering gradually to closely related to the lily and amaryllis the tips. families, and are not related to cacti.

Fern, Holly Cyrtomium falcatum Airplane Plant, Variegated from www.floridata.com: Japanese Chlorophytum comosum 'Variegatum' holly fern is a tough plant that is Leaves can be all green, Pale green inexpensive and easy to propagate. with white or yellow central stripe or Several selected varieties are green with wihte margins. Excellent available including dwarf versions and for hanging baskets or can be used as some with different shaped pinnae. groundcover under trees or in a very This fern has been a popular porch protected patio.Sends daughter plant in and the Deep South off by shoot. Here's more than you since the 1800's. need to know about this plant. Http://goto.glocalnet.net/natal/amp/am pel.htm Garlic, Society Tulbaghia violacea Cactus, Christmas from desert-tropicals.com: Leaves of Schlumbergera sp. the Society Garlic are narrow, looking from www.wikipedia.org: like onion leaves, and have an onion Schlumbergera is a genus of 6 known smell when bruised. This smell is the tree-dwelling cacti from Brazil. These reason why its flowers are not ideal as are the tropical rainforest epiphytes, cut flowers. The name comes from the growing on tree branches where, fact that, supposedly, although its despite the high rainfall, water drains taste is close to real garlic, it doesn't off quickly so that "dry" conditions give bad breath. prevail much of the time. In addition, the plant is diurnal and will close up its flowers at night. Hosta, False African Drimiopsis maculata Desert Rose from www.briansbotanicals.com: This Adenium obesum plant has green leaves with purple from www.plantoftheweek.org: spots.The African Hosta is heat and Succulent member of the oleander drought resistant but grows best in family. Desert Rose needs to have a deep shade. This plant has white soil mix of sand or brick chips mixed flowers that come from the center of into regular soil, or a cactus mix. The the plants. The large bulbs can from soil should dry completely between bases at the bottom of the plants and waterings. Water sparingly during it is a interesting addition to any winter months. All parts of the plant collection. are poisonous. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 2 of 20 Jade Plant Lily, Red Spider Crassula ovata Lycoris radiata from www.succulent-plant.com: popular because they are incredibly easy to grow. With proper care and time they make fine specimens not unlike bonsai trees. Can be propagated from a single healthy leaf. The commonest problem is probably overwatering along with mealybugs.

Kalanchoe, Flapjack Oyster Plant Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Tradescantia spathacea from www.davesgarden.com: very small flowers in boat-shaped trickiwoo from Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8) bracts among the leaves, all parts are wrote: Bought this in a 4" pot a year poisonous, may cause skin irritation or ago. Now fills out a 12' pot with 4 allergic reactions plants in there. May interest y'all to know that when I was potting it up I broke a leaf off & just stuck it in a small pot & now have another plant the size I bought last year.

Lily, Australian Canna Purslane Canna 'Australia' Portulaca oleracea from www.plantdelights.com: We Suitable for xeriscaping. Self-sows have grown a lot of purple-foliaged freely; deadhead if you do not want cannas but never anything like this. volunteer seedlings next season. The The deep burgundy-black tropical- 1/4 inch wide flowers have 5 notched looking foliage has a satin-like sheen petals. The green leaves have reddish and the intense color holds superbly margins and are plump, fleshy, oval to during the summer heat. The foliage spoon-shaped, and broadest near rises to 4-5', topped with a their rounded tips. The stems are magnificent display of large, shocking succulent and reddish.

Lily, Canna Queen of the Night Canna x generalis Selenicereus grandiflorus from www.foridata.com: Cannas, or rom www.wikipedia.com: An easily canna lilies, look like banana trees cultivated, fast growing epiphyte or without the trunk! That's no accident - lithophytic plant. Needs a compost they're kin to bananas and gingers, containing plenty of humus and and their wide, furled leaves come out sufficient moisture in summer. Should of thick, multiple-eyed rhizomes, just not be kept under 41F in winter. like their larger, edible cousins. Perform best if grown in full sun. Flowers are the main reason cannas Flowers in late spring or early are so highly prized, though. summer, only blooms one night a year.

Lily, Day Yucca, Red Hemerocallis spp. Hesperaloe parviflora from www.floridata.com: Daylilies are from wildflower.org: Not a yucca, this excellent border plants because their member of the Century-Plant family pale green leaves emerge in early produces soft, yucca-like, evergreen spring to mark the border, and the leaves, 2-3 ft. in length. The flower showy flowers that follow are stalk rises 5 ft. and bears showy, coral- produced over a long period. During colored, tubular flowers occur on the 1970’s a new daylily appeared arching, wand-like, pink stems. called 'Stella D’Oro'. It is shorter than Leaves are plum-colored in winter; most, but more importantly, it almost blue-green other times. never stops blooming. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 3 of 20 ANNUALS Petunia Blackeyed Susan from www.floridata.com: Available in Rudbeckia hirta a galaxy of shapes, patterns and from http://aggie- colors, are fast growing and horticulture.tamu.edu: A stiff, upright are non-stop bloomers. They are also annual or shortlived perennial native inexpensive and are easy to find. to the eastern United States, but has Every year brings new hybrids for you become endemic throughout North to enjoy in your gardening creations. America. The Black-Eyed Susan is probably the most common of all American wildflowers Thrives in most soils in full sun. SMALL PERENNIALS Bluebonnet, Basil, Lemon Lupinus texensis Ocimum × citriodorum Named for its color and, it is said, the from www.wikipedia.com: Lemon resemblance of its petal to a woman's basil (Ocimum × citriodorum) is a sunbonnet, the bluebonnet is the state hybrid between basil (Ocimum flower of Texas. It blooms in the early basilicum) and African basil (Ocimum spring and can be readily found in americanum)). It is an herb grown fields and along the roadsides primarily in northeastern Africa and throughout central and south Texas. southern Asia, for its strong fragrant lemon scent is used in cooking.

Indian Blanket Basil, Sweet Gaillardia pulchella Ocimum basilicum from www.floridata.com: Gaillardias from wikipedia.com: Basil is most make sturdy and colorful additions to commonly recommended to be used borders and beds. Low-growing fresh; in cooked recipes, it is generally selections can be used for added at the last moment, as cooking groundcover and in containers. They quickly destroys the flavor. The fresh are salt tolerant and an attractive low herb can be kept for a short time in maintenance choice for seaside plastic bags in the refrigerator, or for a plantings. Great for sunny container longer period in the freezer, after plantings. being blanched quickly in boiling water.

Leavenworth's Eryngo Begonia Eryngium leavenworthii Begonia semperflorens from www.wildflower.org: Attractive, aka wax begonia; from Wildflower meadow. Eryngium www.wikipedia.org: With 1,795 leavenworthii is nothing short of , Begonia is the fifth-largest fantastic with its metallic purple stems angiosperm genus. The plants are and flowers. Note that the stamens monoecious. Rhizomatous and rex come out as bright blue filaments. groups can be propagated from leaf When picked (cautiously!), maintains cuttings or even sections of leaves. its color and shape, adding a unique Tuberous varieties have a dormant touch to dried arrangements. period. Wax varieties are commonly chosen for bedding plants.

Parsley, Flat-Leaf Begonia, Cane Petroselinum neapolitanum Begonia coccinea from www.marthastewart.com Begonia coccinea is a species A biennial grown as an annual, this begonia native to Brazil. Many hybrids variety of parsley is taller and more have been produced using it as a vigorous than its curly-leaf cousin. parent. Plant has thick, leathery, solid Flat-leaf parsley has glossy, dark- bright-green leaves with a soft sheen green leaves, which many people and bright red flowers. Variants in prefer for cooking because of the flower color include dark pink and sweeter, more robust flavor. deep coral/salmon. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 4 of 20 Betony, Texas Bulbine Stachys coccinea Bulbine frutescens from www.nativesoftexas.com: A deer http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu: resistant red tubular flowered West It makes a great ground cover since Texas beauty. This plant is very each plant will grow over time to form drought tolerant after it is established. a clump that can reach up to four feet Hummingbirds love its red flowers. wide. The succulent, grass-like Grow in full sun or part sun and enjoy foliage grows to about a foot tall, while a full season (March to October) of the flower stalks typically reach two blooms. feet, dancing above the leaves throughout the summer months.

Bird of Paradise, Giant Catmint Strelitzia nicolai Nepata x fassennii from www.floridata.com: This is an from easy to grow, very non-messy, low www.missouribotanicalgarden.org: maintenance plant that is a good Sterile hybrid. Prefers cool, moist choice for use near pool and patio. soils. Plants are not as drought Plants are inexpensive, available in a tolerant as many of the other Nepetas. range of sizes, and grow rather Plant in areas with some light quickly and so are a great choice for afternoon shade. Shear flower spikes new home landscapes in warm areas. after initial flowering to promote More cold tolerant than the smaller S. continued bloom. reginae.

Bird-of-Paradise Chile Pequin Strelitzia reginae Capsicum annuum New plants take 3 years or so to from texasnature.blogspot.com: bloom. B-o-P's are nutrient hogs - Cilipiquins, the wild progenitor of the plant in rich acid soil. If your soil is jalapeno pepper, packs a wallop that not so great, add rotted manure or surpasses all of the cultivated hot time release fertilizer to the hole when peppers. The little yellow to bright planting. Fertilize plants monthly. green berries, about an inch long and Dose potted specimens with liquid conical or egg-shaped, ripen in fall. fertilizer every couple of weeks. Full They can be used fresh or dried and sun for best flowers. stored.

Blue Flax Cigar Plant, Tall Linum perenne lewisii Cuphea micropetala from http://www.gardenguides.com: from www.floridata.com: Candy corn Lewisii comes from Lewis of the Lewis plant spreads out slowly by rhizomes, and Clark expedition in 1806. In large but is not invasive. The flowers are stands, the multiple-stemmed plants stunning in their beauty and hold up can create breathtaking displays of well in the vase. Cuphea micropetala flowers.) Blue flax grows best in sunny is one of the best hummingbird areas with dry, sandy soil, according magnets you can plant! Hummers to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower can't get enough of it! Center.

Brazilian Button Columbine, Texas Gold Centratherum intermedium Aquilegia chrysantha 'Hinckleyana' from www.backyardgardener.com: from http://aggie- Attractive, fluffy, lavender-blue, button- horticulture.tamu.edu: A Texas like flowers approx 2cm (¾in) across native, this new plant is a cultivated are produced all summer on bushy selection from a rare perennial plants with unusual, pineapple wildflower. Should give excellent fragrant foliage. Very heat and performance in all areas of Texas with drought tolerant, attracting butterflies the possible exception of the Rio and adding fragrance to borders or Grande Valley and the Panhandle. containers. self-sows freely. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 5 of 20 Coral Creeper Ginger, Variegated Shell Barleria repens Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' from www.plantszafrica.com: Fast- from www.wikipedia.com: Grows in growing and wonderfully easy-going, upright clumps 8-10 feet tall in tropical Barleria repens will adapt to a number climates. In more typical conditions, it of situations. Plant it in a large reaches 4-8 feet tall in the green container, or on top of a low wall, house, and 3-4 feet tall, as a house where its foliage and flowers can plant. It is called a shell ginger or shell cascade down and show to advantage. flower most commonly, because its individual pink flowers resemble sea shells.

Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Greenthread Coreopsis lanceolata Thelesperma filifolium from www.wildflower.org: This native LARVAL HOST for: Dainty Sulphur species has branching stems at base (Nathalis iole) butterfly. Native to the and often forms sizable colonies prairies of Central & Western Texas, along roadsides and in old fields. , Colorado, & , Nearly a dozen other perennial yellow- striking when planted in mass. From flowered Coreopsis species occur in uvalde.tamu.edu: Greenthread blooms between March and June and often into the fall.

Crown-of-Thorns Hollyhocks Euphorbia milii Alcea setosa from www.floridata.com: Grown for its from www.bhg.com: The ultimate long lasting, colorful petal-like bracts cottage garden choice, hollyhock which surround inconspicuous little sends up tall spires that cover flowers. Although often grown in pots themselves in flowers in beautiful on the patio, this thorny succulent is colors. They're easy to grow from perfect for rock gardens and sunny seed. Most hollyhocks are biennials, borders. Crown of thorns is salt that is, they grow only foliage the first tolerant and often used in frostfree year, flower the second, and die that coastal areas, even quite near the sea. fall.

Daisy, Blackfoot Hosta Melampodium leucanthemum Hosta sp. Plains Blackfoot is a low bushy 3000 registered species, pests- perennial growing from 8 to 12 inches deer/slugs/snails in height. It can be found in rocky, gravelly, calcareous or sandy soils of the Edwards Plateau. The leaves have rough hairs and are 1 to 2 inches in length. The leaves and flowers are readily eaten by white- tailed deer.

Daisy, Gerber Hoya Gerbera jamesonii Hoya sp. from www.floridata.com: Match from www.wikipedia.com: Hoya is a gerbers of a single color with other genus of 200-300 species of tropical bedding plants of similar or climbing plants in the family complementary hue. I have a bed of Apocynaceae (Dogbane), native to bright yellow gerbers planted among southern Asia (India east to southern blue Stoke's aster that explodes into a China and southward), Australia, and glorious blanket of color every April. Polynesia. Common names for this Gerber daisies are prolific, sturdy and genus are waxplant, waxvine, available in a spectacular palette of waxflower or simply hoya. colors. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 6 of 20 Kalanchoe, Christmas Milkweed, Tropical Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Asclepias curassavica from www.desert-tropicals.com: Use LARVAL HOST for the Monarch and house plant fertilizer for actively Queen butterflies. From Michael growing plants. Blooms in winter, and Womack: . . . Another required plant needs uninterrupted 14-hour nights for for butterfly gardens - it is most noted a month and a half before blooming. as the preferred larval plant for monarch butterflies. From www.floridata.com: Like most milkweeds, it has opposite leaves and milky sap.

Lavender, English Moss Rose Lavandula angustifolia Portulaca grandiflora from http://en.wikipedia.org: Native to from www.floridata.com: Moss rose the western Mediterranean, it is a makes a beautiful ground cover in a strongly aromatic with lavender dry or rocky area, although it cannot flowers. Angustifolia is Latin for be walked on. Use moss rose as "narrow leaf" and was previosly edging at the front of borders or in the known as Lavandula officinalis. cracks in a rock wall, or the spaces between stepping stones. It's perfect for a hot, dry, south facing slope.

Lily, Variegated Flax Mother-In-Law's Tongue Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata' Sansevieria trifasciata Scale can be a problem. from from www.wikipedia.com: Genus of www.monrovia.com: With its narrow, about 70 species of flowering plants in reed-like foliage and a bonus of the family Ruscaceae, native to variegation, this plant is dramatic in tropical and subtropical regions of the natural gardens, with Asian themes or Old World. They are known for their as a stark vertical texture in the spare, weird hissing behaviour in which CO2 modern landscape. Contrasts well builds up in their stems and hisses against very large-leafed, shade- when the release valve opens. loving and bronzy-colored Currently considered a weed in plants. Australia.

Lion's Tail Obedient Plant Leonotis menthifolia Physostegia virginiana from http://toptropicals.com: After from www.floridata.com: bloom, the new growth just keeps Physostegias are widely used in growing up through the flower. wildflower meadows and water garden Shrubby, semi-woody, perennial or fringes, as well as in more civilized semi-evergreen subshrub to 2m high borders. They are especially easy to with a 1m spread. Tolerates poor soil. arrange because flowers pushed to Spiny whorls of soft apricot-orange face a different direction from the fuzzy flowers are held atop tall erect stem will stay in their new positions stems that remind of a crows nest on obediently, which is where the plant the mast of a ship. got its name.

Marigold, Mexican Mint Oregano, Cuban Tagetes lucida Plectranthus amboinicus also Mexican Tarragon; from Dr. from www.wikipedia.com: The leaves Michael Womack in the CCCT: One of are strongly flavoured and make an the most consistant flowering in the excellent addition to stuffings for meat fall . . . then stalks sporting medium- and poultry. Finely chopped, they can sized blossoms rise above the foliage. also be used to flavour meat dishes, It should be a staple in any South especially beef, lamb and game. Texas butterfly garden. It closely mimics the fragrance of licorice or anise. Leaves and flowers can be used in teas and seasonings. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 7 of 20 Oregano, Mexican Rosemary, False Lippia graveolens Conradina canescens from www.davesgarden.com: sbates from www.wikipedia.com: This from Austin, TX wrote: This plant species is found along the gulf coast provides an amazing flavor to salsa's of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, when used fresh. Use just the leaves, as well as in the sand hills of central wash them and chop them. The Florida. It is the most common and flavors combine very well with cilantro. widespread species in the genus. The plant is hardy and roots easily Suggested as a landscaping plant for with cuttings. The flavor is much more xeriscaping. Has flowers and scent pungent and quite different than the similar to those of Rosmarinus dried versions. officinalis.

Pepper, Black Pearl Rosemary, Upright Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl' Rosmarinus officinalis Aransas planting 03/01 & 08/10; from mountainvalleygrowers.com: A http://www.usna.usda.gov: favorite Rosemary variety because of Developed at the National Arboretum its carefree growth, great flavor and in 2006, the plant grows taller and dark blue flower. Leaves can be used wider developing into a black pyramid fresh or dried. If used fresh be sure to shape without pinching, pruning, or chop them very fine or use whole grooming. 'Black Pearl' is stems and remove from food before exceptionally heat tolerant and serving. requires minimal water and fertilizer.

Porterweed, Blue , Katie Dwarf Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Ruellia brittoniana 'Katie' LARVAL HOST for: Tropical Buckeye Not as invasive as older forms. From butterfly (Junonia genoveva). from www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu: Plants grow The flowers of Ruellia brittoniana about 4 feet tall before stems droop 'Katie' are much like those of a and touch the ground. Blue or pink cultivated petunia however they are a flowers are borne terminally on long, bit more cupped and funnel-like. stringy spikes at the ends of the Flowering on Katie Ruellia occurs stems. Rich, dark green foliage is from late spring to mid summer. This displayed on square, green stems. variety has blue or purplish colored flowers and dark green leaves.

Redbird Flower Sage, Big Red Pedilanthus tithymaloides Salvia penstemonoides Also Devil's Backbone; from from www.wildflowers.org: Once www.toptropicals.com: Pedilanthus is thought to be extinct, Big Red Sage very easy to grow as a houseplant. It was rediscovered in the 1980s s. It needs some protection from hot occurs in the wild in only a few summer sun, but it will be happiest in locations in central Texas, but luckily full sun during the fall and winter. it is easy to grow from seed and can Take care not to over-water, which attain an impressive stature in garden can cause rotting. The sap is soil. The flowers are a sort of purplish moderately caustic. red and appear in the summer, drawing many hummingbirds.

Rose, Brazilian Rock Sage, Eyelash-Leaved Pavonia braziliensis Salvia blepharophylla from http://plantlust.com: A bushy from www.wikipedia.com: Salvia plant hardy in zone 7-11. Likes sun to blepharophylla (eyelash-leaved sage) dappled shade. Mauve buds open to is a creeping perennial from the 1" pale yellow hibiscus like flowers. Mexican states of San Luis Potosi and The blooms open in morning and . The epithet, again in late day. Flowering all blepharophylla, is from the Greek for summer. "with leaves fringed like eyelashes". MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 8 of 20 Sage, Garden Salvia, Henry Duelberg Salvia officinalis Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg' from Texas leafcutting ant (Atta texana) www.mountainvalleygrowers.com: can strip it overnight. from The buds of Garden Sage are http://texassuperstar.com: Spikes of reminiscent of oddly shaped Easter showy blue flowers from spring until Eggs. They look like someone took a frost. More floriferous than other wax crayon and made bands, dipped cultivars. Texas native plant; found by the egg in pale green, removed the Greg Grant in a small central Texas wax and dipped it in pale purple. cemetery. Taller with bluer and more Shooting up to three feet with its floriferous flowers and larger and blooms, Garden Sage is both a greener leaves than modern cultivars. culinary and ornamental delight. Sage, Lyreleaf Salvia, Indigo Spires Salvia lyrata Salvia x 'Indigo Spires' from www.wildflowers.org: Lyreleaf From an article by Ernie Edmondson sage is a strictly upright, hairy in the Rockport Pilot 09/16/2009: perennial, 1-2 ft. tall with a rosette of Indigo Spires Salvia is an evergreen leaves at the base. Lyreleaf sage perennial hybid of two native salvias makes a great evergreen with long purple flower spikes. It is a groundcover, with somewhat ajuga- spreading plant to three feet tall by six like foliage and showy blue flowers in feet wide requiring low to medium spring. It will reseed easily in loose, water and full to partial sun. sandy soils and can form a solid cover with regular watering.

Sage, Mealy Blue Salvia, Nuevo Leon Salvia farinacea Salvia greggii 'Nuevo Leon' A low clumping perennial that reaches from www.plantlust.com: masses of one to three feet in height. It is found intense blue-purple flowers over a in rocky, calcareous, and chalky soils long season. Semi-shrubby to 2' tall of the Edwards Plateau and South and wide. Flowers appear from early Texas Plains. The purple to violet- summer to late fall. Full sun in rich, blue flower is two-lipped with the top well drained soil - regular summer lip having two lobes and the bottom lip water. having three lobes. The flowers are found on a spike-like stem that is densely hairy.

Sage, Tropical Shrimp Plant, Golden Salvia coccinea Pachystachys lutea LARVAL HOST for Painted Lady from www.mobot.com: White flowers butterfly (Vanessa cardui). From are partially covered by and protrude article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie from showy, overlapping (hence, Edmundson: Covered with bright red shrimp) golden yellow bracts which flowers, is a perennial salvia. It provide the predominant structure and makes a great ground cover in both color. Lance-shaped to elliptic shade or sun by just trimming back medium green leaves (to 6” long) are periodically with a line trimmer. heavily veined. It is a popular landscape plant in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.

Salvia, Autumn Sage Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye Salvia greggii Viguiera stenoloba Patrick Dickinson in Urban Water from http://aggie- Program E-News 03/2013: This horticulture.tamu.edu: With its skeletal native Texas evergreen shrub is dark green leaves, golden daisies and admired in landscapes for its long rounded growth habit, it is an blooming season, it’s hummingbirds extremely ornamental shrub or sub- and butterfly draw, and adaptability to shrub. It adapts to most well-drained many different soils. Pruning on sites in full sun, and will benefit from Salvia greggii should be done in late being cut back to maintain a dense fall and early spring for a more full tidy shrubby appearance. shrub. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 9 of 20 Skullcap, Heartleaf Grass, Pampas Scutellaria ovata Cortaderia selloana from www.wildfowers.org: Heartleaf Invasive in frost-free areas. Due to skullcap provides a beautiful blue the sharp leaf edges do not use color to any shade garden in the pampas grass near walkways, spring. It may go dormant over the swimming pools, benches, play areas, summer but is evergreen during the etc. winter. There can be a lot of loss due 'Sunningdale Silver' — grows to a to rotting over the summer. It is height of 3 m and has particularly probably best to water pots dense flowering plumes. 'Albolineata' infrequently over summer. — a small cultivar which grows to only 2 m in height. The leaves are variegated, with yellow edges. Violet, Philippine Grass, Purple Fountain Barleria cristata Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' from http://toptropicals.com: Grows from www.monrovia.com: Popular, into a shapely shrub with minimal drought tolerant grass forms neat pruning. The trumpet-shaped 2" clumps of purplish maroon blades. flowers open in in terminal clusters in Topped by rose red flower spikes November and continue into mid- summer through fall. Beautiful as December. This is an easy-to-grow landscape specimen or planted in shrub, about 3ft height, which can be groups. Provides quick annual color in used for a garden hedge or tightly any climate. Perennial in warm clipped into geometrical shapes. climates. Does not set seed.

Yarrow, Moonshine Grass, Vetiver Achillea x 'Moonshine' Chrysopogon zizanioides from www.monrovia.com: An from https://en.wikipedia.org: helps to outstanding Mediterranean aromatic stabilise soil and protects it against for everlasting color in beds and erosion, but it can also protect fields borders. Works nicely in dryland against pests and weeds. Vetiver has xeriscapes where it matches demands favourable qualities for feed. of arid western natives. Achillea x From the roots, oil is extracted and 'Moonshine' is a hybrid of A. taygetea, used for cosmetics, aromatherapy , a native of Greece and A. millefolium, herbal skincare and ayurvedic soap . the most common form.

GRASSES Inland Seaoats Chasmanthium latifolium Bluestem, Little LARVAL HOST for skipper butterflies; Schizachyrium scoparium from www.wildflower.org: perennial LARVAL HOST for skipper butterflies. grass bearing large, drooping, oat-like From www.wildflower.org: wonderful flower spikelets from slender, arching planted en masse. The visual branches. The blue-green, bamboo- dynamics it provides range from blue- like leaves often turn a bright yellow- green in late summer to golden with gold, especially in sunnier sites, in cotton-tufted seedheads in winter. It fall. Very popular as a low- readily reseeds so little bluestem is maintenance shade grass. not recommended for small gardens.

Muhly, Bamboo Muhlenbergia dumosa Grass, Mexican Feather from Nassella tenuissima www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: Does well in the wind. from This grass has fern-like leaves and a www.taunton.org: No other grass lacy texture giving it a Bamboo look. exhibits quite the refinement of texture The growth habit is upward to slightly as this species. Its bright green arching, this one is non-invasive foliage resembles delicate filaments because it is a clumper and does not that arise in elegant, vase-like clumps seed well. Bamboo Muhly will tolerate and spill outward like a soft fountain. some drought but it will look its best All summer it bears a profusion of on a moist well-drained soil. feathery panicles. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 10 of 20 Muhly, Gulf Coast Creeping Jenny Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Filipes' Lysimachia nummularia from from www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: www.missouribotanicalgarden.org: Absolutely one of the most beautiful Moneywort or creeping Jenny is a low- ornamental grasses around. A North growing, creeping ground cover which American native and more importantly forms a leafy mat only 2-4" tall. Roots a Texas Native Plant! Puts on a real where leaf nodes come in contact with show with flowers that look like a the soil. Thrives in damp soils which purple cloud from far away, giving a will often kill off other types of ground spectacular fall color show. covers. . Tolerates limited foot traffic.

VINES & GROUNDCOVERS Cuban Blue Pea Vine Clitoria ternatea Baby Sun Rose from Micheal Womack: This fast Aptenia cordifolia growing annual produces lots of bright aka Ice Plant, Hearts and Flowers. blue flowers and a thin vine. It will from www.desert-tropicals.com: They freeze, but the plant produces seeds are very tough, look clean most of the in pea pods that can be dried and kept time, and bloom from spring to fall. to replant in future years. Look for it They grow in light shade, but bloom a as a one-gallon plant. The plants lot less. They grow well on retaining tend to get leggy very quickly, so walls and hanging baskets. Aptenia pinching helps to keep it bushy. 'Red Apple' is an hybrid commonly encountered in nurseries.

Dutchman's Pipe Vine Aristolochia gigantea 'Brasiliensis' Basket Plant from www.buenacreekgardens.com: Callisia fragrans King of a large group of vines that from www.smgrowers.com: Callisia attract pollinating flies. These vines fragrans (Basket Plant) - A low don’t just attract flies, however: they growing perennial native of Mexico actually trap them and keep them with 6 to 10 inch long waxy green overnight to effect pollination. Make leaves arranged alternately with the nice hats! bases overlapping so tightly that they appear to be in rosettes. The leaves have a slight purplish color underneath and on the upper margins when in bright light Fern, Asparagus Asparagus densiflorus Blue Daze from www.floridata.com: This is the Evolvulus glomeratus 'Blue Daze' most common ornamental asparagus from www.floridata.com: The feltlike in cultivation. Several other selections gray-green foliage and pale blue are available including 'Sprengeri flowers make blue daze a standout in Deflexus' with broader leaf-like stems; beds and borders or as a ground 'Sprengeri Nanus', that is a dwarf cover.Blue daze is spectacular in form; and 'Sprengeri Robustus' that is hanging containers. It is highly larger. Can be invasive. tolerant of salt and makes a fine ornamental for the coastal garden. Let it cascade over a window box or a porch planter. Frogfruit Phyla nodiflora Bougainvillea from www.baynatives.com: Tiny Bougainvillea glabra ground hugging plant, thought of as Leaf rollers are a common pest. From weedy but very useful between www.floridata.com: Bougainvillea is stepping stones in harsh conditions. famous for its brilliantly colored floral All sorts of insects are drawn to the displays and quick growth rate. flowers of this relative. 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. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 11 of 20 Grass, Aztec Liriope Liriope muscari 'Aztec' Liriope muscari from www.magnoliagardens.com: also variegated and giant varieties. Liriope muscari 'Aztec' (also sold as The evergreen foliage is thick and Ophiopogon spp.) has a tufted luxurious and fallen leaves and debris stoloniferous growth habit and can get tend to disappear within. Liriope is up to 24" tall. Aztec Grass has white tough, easy to grow and readily spikes of bell shaped flowers in the available from nurseries and garden summer. This grass is prized for its centers. Because it is inexpensive foliage. Aztec Grass is slow growing and fast growing, this is an ideal and not overly cold-hardy. shape defining plant in the landscape.

Honeysuckle, Cape Mandevillea capensis Mandevilla spp. from www.floridata.com: Cape from www.floridata.com: Grow can be used as a mandevilla for its pretty and prolific climbing vine (it needs tying) or barrier pink flowers, beautifully presented hedge/screen, trained as a specimen against the dark handsome foliage. It shrub, or used as a ground cover on is a fast grower and is a great way to steep slopes or rocky banks. It is quickly screen an eyesore. It's a sometimes trained as an espalier. It is popular plant that is easy to procure at especially attractive cascading over virtually all large chain garden centers walls or planters. It can be trained to a in Florida and other warm climate garden arch. areas.

Honeysuckle, Coral Mexican Flame Vine Lonicera sempervirens Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides from www.wildflowers.org: This vine from www.floridata.com: Use has showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, Mexican flame vine to drape over red outside, yellow inside, in several porch rails and mailboxes. It's expert whorled clusters at the ends of the at improving the visual charm of chain stems. Papery, exfoliating bark is link fences. Use in mixed hedges to orange-brown in color. This beautiful, create splashes of summertime color. slender, climbing vine is frequently It also looks great clambering up palm visited by hummingbirds. Not too or pine tree trunks. Tends to be rather aggressive. Good climber or ground compact. cover.

Jasmine, Confederate Mistflower, Padre Island Trachelospermum jasminoides Conoclinium betonicifolium from www.floridata.com: Pest-free, from Dr. Michael Womack in the easy to maintain, drought resistant CCCT: Great perennial with clusters and heavenly fragrant, this is probably of light blue flowers no just in the fall the south's favorite flowering vine. but throughout the summer as well. Confederate jasmine is highly Butterflies seem to flock to this recommended to new gardeners. It is vigorously growing ground cover. This easy to grow and satisfies with quick plant will get large. Cut back in early growth and a fabulous floral display. spring or midsummer. Keeps its leaves most of the winter unlike some others in this genus.

Lantana, Purple Trailing Mondo Grass Lantana montevidensis 'Purple' Ophiopogon japonicus from Dr. Michael Womack: This tough from www.floridata.com: Mondo plant not only blossoms most of the grass's rich dark green, finely textured year, but it is also drought and sun evergreen foliage provides a hardy. The most effective use of handsome backdrop for more colorful these plants is often mass plantings in plants. It is virtually pest and care free sunny areas with well-drained soils. making it a great choice for low [The smaller the leaf, the smaller the maintenance plantings. plant will be]. The shortest varieties of lantana commonly are called trailing lantana. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 12 of 20 Passionflower, Native Verbena, Moss Verbena tenuisecta from www.floridata.com. The fruits of from http://aggie- this species of passionflower are horticulture.tamu.edu: A sprawling called maypops and are about the perennial, native to South America, size of an apricot and have a similar, and introduced to the southern United but stronger and more aromatic flavor States. The small flowers have a rich (like a guava). Indeed, it is the fruit of violet to purple hue, clustered together a related species (P. edulis) that gives forming a small bouquet. An excellent Hawaiian Punch® its distinctive taste. drought-tolerant variety for arid regions. Prefers light to heavy soils in full sun. A valuable asset for summer color. Ponyfoot, Silver Winecups Dichondra argentea Callirhoe involucrata from www.davesgarden.com: htop Perennial herb, evergreen from San Antonio, TX wrote: Its groundcover, widely distributed native relative occurs in Mexico and throughout Texas west to & Texas. 'Silver Falls' dichondra is a north through Arkansas to Minnesota cultivar that is a vine-like, trailing, & North Dakota, north to perennial herb that forms low mats Wyoming like its native relative. It bears 3/4 to - May go dormant in full sun, easily 1-inch long and wide velvety-soft, grown in dry to moist, well-drained silver coin-like leaves that are on soils, long tap root gives plant good stems that look like on white thread. drought tolerance but makes transplanting difficult - no serious pests or diseases Primrose, - nectar & larval plant for common Oenothera macrocarpa checkered skipper butterfly from http://aggie- horticulture.tamu.edu: A hardy SHRUBS perennial native from Texas to American Beautyberry Missouri and extending throughout Callicarpa americana much of central . A from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie prolific bloomer with magnificent Edmundson: Early spring is the time lemon-yellow flowers which last for to cut them down before they put on several days. An excellent border their new spring growth. They can be plant remaining green throughout the trimmed back almost to the ground, year. Prefers well-drained soil in full however unpruned plants will develop sun. a weeping effect . . . with purple, or in Rosemary, Creeping some cases, white berries in the fall. Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' from www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: Prostrate Rosemary is a low- Angel's Trumpet spreading, evergreen shrub or Brugmansia candida groundcover. Its leaves are green, from www.floridata.com: It can be leathery and very aromatic. This pruned to a small tree with a single Rosemary has pale-blue flowers from trunk, or allowed to grow in a clump early to mid-summer. Rosmarinus with several erect and spreading officinalis 'Prostratus' can be used as stems. Use it where you want to a beautiful groundcover. make a bold statement. Its large, coarse leaves and huge drooping Snake Herb flowers will be the center of attention. Dyschoriste linearis from http://www.wildflower.org: Several erect stems, 6–12 inches tall, grow from the root of this plant, the branches and stems are covered with stiff, coarse hairs. They grow in the leaf axils on very short stems and are somewhat tucked in between the leaves, scattered here and there on the main stem. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 13 of 20 Artemisia, Powis Castle Buttonbush Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' Cephalanthus occidentalis from www.floridata.com: Artemisia X from http://aggie- 'Powis Castle' is believed to be the horticulture.tamu.edu: The flowers, result of a cross between Artemisia one-inch white fragrant globes that arborescens and A. absinthium. This look like pincushions, appear from is a beautiful silver-gray plant that June to August. They attract grows in a dense, billowing mound. butterflies and hummingbirds, and at Essentially evergreen in warm winter least 25 species of birds eat the climates. Cut back in early spring to seeds, which resemble those of the encourage new growth to come up sycamore tree and stay on the plant from the bottom. throughout winter.

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 shrubs, you may find several the 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 fruits 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 Australia. 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.

Bottlebrush, Little John Cigar Plant Callistemon viminalis 'Little John' Cuphea ignea 'David Verity' from www.californiagardens.com: In from http://www.floridata.com: A fast many places Bottle Brush trees are grower and requires little attention. just too big. Callistemon Little John But it will command your attention as provides all of the interest in a small party place for all manner of butterflies package. The leaves and stature are and hummingbirds. Plant a mass of reduced. The flowers, aside from cigar plants near a window or the being a deeper red are the same. patio where you can enjoy watching They attract hummingbirds like almost hordes of happy hummingbirds come no other plant. They require almost to feast on the beautiful banquet. no care.

Butterfly Bush, Blue Coral Bean Clerodendurm ugandense Erythrina herbacea Will freeze back but is root hardy from from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie most moderate freezes. From Michael Edmundson: Sprouts large clusters of Womack in the CCCT: Moderately bright red tubular flowers in March or attractive to butterflies, the main April. It loses its leaves in the winter attraction are the one-inch pale blue and can be cut to the ground in very flowers. early spring. It develops seed pods when ripe split open to reveal bright coral seeds that are toxic. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 14 of 20 Dalea, Black Esperanza, Orange Star Dalea frutescens 'Orange Star' LARVAL HOST for Dogface butterfly; from from http://aggie- www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: horticulture.tamu.edu: A low, This plant is a orange flowering mounding shrub with feathery foliage; Tecoma that is very similar in looks to grows in dry limestone from the Trans- Tecoma stans Yellow Bells. Tecoma Pecos east to Austin and north to 'Orange Star' is an evergreen and can Oklahoma. From late summer into fall reach 12' tall with a 6' spread at the flowers obscure the foliage; they maturity. resemble feather dalea's purple pea- like blooms without the plumes.

Damianita Ficus, Green Island Chrysactinia mexicana Ficus microcarpa 'Green Island' from from http://www.south-florida-plant- www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: guide.com: Green Island ficus should Damianita is a Texas Native near the be used much more but many people Edward’s Plateau that likes the hot don't know this handsome, award- conditions and poor soils of our area. winning shrub that's prized for its low- It is a shrubby evergreen plant with a maintenance qualities. Parts of the low mounding growth habit with plant contain toxins...the milky sap leaves that are needle-like and very inside stems can cause skin aromatic making it deer and rabbit irritations, so wear gloves when resistant. trimming and handling cuttings.

Dragontree Firebush Dracaena marginata Hamelia patens http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu: From Michael Womack: . . . Commonly called red-edge Dracaena butterflies also use the large leaves or Madagascar dragon tree, it grows as roosting sites at night. from slowly but can reach 15 feet in height. www.floridata.com: It can be kept If you'd like something a little different, small by pruning. Firebush is a the variety 'Tricolor' has white leaves valuable addition to butterfly and edged in pink. Or there's 'Limelight' hummingbird gardens. Also does well Dracaena (Dracaena deremensis in containers. 'Limelight') with striking acid-green foliage.

Elbowbush Firecracker Forestiera angustifolia Russelia equisetiformis from http://aggie- LARVAL HOST for: Common horticulture.tamu.edu: Evergreen Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia). shrub with stiff, dense branches that Has a white varient. From come off the stems at a 90 degree www.magnoliagardensnusery.com: angle, forming elbows. Male and Produces thin wiry-like foliage and female flowers are produced on scarlet to coral tubular flowers. Great separate plants, followed by a dark for containers or for spilling over walls, purple berry. Livestock and small much like a fountain. mammals browse the twigs and fruit.

Esperanza Firespike Tecoma stans Odontonema tubiforme LARVAL HOST for: Plebeian sphinx from www.floridata.com: The moth (Paratrea plebeja). from strikingly beautiful crimson flowers www.floridata.com: Var. stans is a and glossy/shiny leaves of firespike Central American tree that grows to brighten the fall landscape. Plant 25 ft. Arizona yellow bells (var. firespike in mixed shrub borders. It will angustata) is a 10 ft deciduous shrub. spread by underground sprouting, Gold Star Esperanza grows to 3-4 ft. enlarging to form a thicket, but it is Perfect for the South Texas Gulf easy to control and keep contained. Coast. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 15 of 20 Flame Acanthus Hibiscus, Texas Star Anisacanthus quadrifidus 'Wrightii' Hibiscus coccineaus LARVAL HOST for Janais Patch, from Texan Crescent ( texana) www.magnoliagardennursery.com: comes back readily after a freeze. Tall, slender perennial Hibiscus that From wildflower.org: This spreading, produces large bright red, 5 petal drought- and cold-tolerant shrub will flowers that has embassingly been adapt to a variety of soils and does mistaken as Cannabis sativa. Blooms well in patio pots. Cutting the plant on new growth and can be cut back back severely in winter will provide after flowering to maintain size and more blooms and encourage a encourage new bloom. bushier form.

Hawthorn, Indian Holly, Possumhaw Rhaphiolepsis indica Ilex decidua shown: var. Clara, 4', white flowers, reddish new growth from www.desert-tropicals.com: The Indian Hawthorn is great landscape shrub, low divider or informal hedge. The Indian Hawthorn likes a slightly acidic soil, use fertilizer for acid loving plants. Withstands some salt spray.

Heather, Mexican Honeysuckle, Mexican Cuphea hyssopifolia spicigera White & purple varieties. variety from mswn.com: Easily identified by 'Compacta' grows to 2-4' while its bright orange, narrowly tubular 'Allyson' (pictured) goes to 1' flowers. One of the few desertadapted plants that works well in shady locations. It can be planted on north exposures, under desert trees, or other shady spots. Its lush foliage makes it an ideal addition.

Hibiscus Jasmine, Grand Duke Arabian Hibiscus sp. Jasminum sambac 'Grand Duke' MULTIPLE COLORS. From from www.monrovia.com: www.floridata.com: Use as a Wonderfully fragrant clusters of foundation plant around houses and creamy-white, button-like double buildings in frost-free areas. The flowers are used in Hawaii to make hibiscus is underused as a tree form. special leis. Ideal for warm, humid For a spectacular flowering tree, limb areas, this tropical, evergreen shrub up at the base and allow to grow as it may bloom nearly year-round in frost- will. free areas. Compact form produces vine-like stems, making it perfect for clipped hedge or small trellis.

Hibiscus, Confederate Rose Jasmine, Night Blooming Hibiscus mutabilis Cestrum nocturnum from http://aggie- from www.floridata.com: This horticulture.tamu.edu: Old-fashioned sprawling shrub has glossy, smooth, perennial or shrub hibiscus better simple leaves 4-8 in long. The long known as the Confederate rose. It vinelike stems can form a mound up tends to be shrubby or treelike in to 12 ft across, but it seldom gets Zones 9 and 10. Flowers are double more than a 4 ft across in cultivation. and are 4 to 6 inches in diameter; they Although the flowers are not open white or pink, and change to particularly showy to the eye, their deep red by evening. sweet scent is heavenly. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 16 of 20 Jatropha Mistflower, Fragrant Jatropha integerrima Chromolaena odorata Jatropha is a very diverse genus from http://www.wildflower.org: which includes cactus like succulents, Branched stems curve upward and herbaceous perennials, and woody are 2-6 ft. in height. Triangular-shaped trees. As with most members of leaves are virtually evergreen in Euphorbiaceae, the milky sap can be extreme S TX. Lilac flowers cluster a strong irritant to skin. Most parts of together into showy, -like the plant can be toxic if ingested. flower heads.

Kidneywood, Texas Oleander Eysenhardtia texana Nerium oleander from http://www.wildflower.org: Much- tolerates a wide range of growing branched shrub, with an open, airy conditions; all parts are poisonous, structure. Flowers white, small, with a blooms only on old wood, great border delicate fragrance, arranged in spikes shrub up to 4 inches long at the ends of branchlets. This tree and its relative Kidneywood (E. polystacha) were once used in remedies for kidney and bladder ailments.

Lantana, Confetti Orange, Mock Lantana camara 'Confetti' Philadelphus lewisii from from www.wildflowers.org: A loosely www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: branched shrub, covered in the spring The blooms are tri-colored consisting by many white flowers. Idahos state of yellow, pink, and purple to wine flower; when in full bloom the flowers colors that will fade with age and are scent the air with a delightfully sweet great for attracting butterflies. Confettii fragrance reminiscent of orange Lantana will bloom late spring to fall blossoms. The genus is named for the and has an upright growth habit. The Egyptian king Ptolemy Philadelphus. foliage is very aromatic and can irritate the skin of some people.

Lantana, New Gold Palm, Sago Lantana x hybrida 'New Gold' Cycas revoluta cross between a Lantana camara and Subject to cycad aulacaspis scale a Lantana montevidensis. from (CAS) Aulacaspis yasumatsui; from Michael Womack in the CCCT junglemusic.net: It is not a palm at all, 03/22/2008: [applicable to most but rather a Cycad. Cycads are a Lantanas]. This tough plant not only group of plants that are very primitive blossoms most of the year, but it is in their origins. Fossils have been also drought and sun hardy - two found on almost every continent on important keys to its success in the planet. It prefers sandy, well landscaping. draining soil. Prefers planting in the ground.

Lantana, Texas Pigeonberry Lantana urticoides Rivina humilis from Michael Womack in the CCCT not drought tolerant. from article in 03/22/2008: The most effective use of Rockport Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: these plants is often mass plantings in Often hidden under prickly leaved sunny areas with well-drained soils. Agarita, you will often find Often found along fenceposts where it Pigeonberry. Protected from the deer is protected from mowing. The native and the sun by the Agarita, form is considered the best variety for Pigeonberry blooms with pink or white hummingbirds and butterflies because clusters of flowers and tiny red fruit, of its high nectar content. both at the same time. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 17 of 20 Plumbago, Blue Rose, Peggy Martin Plumbago auriculata Rosa sp. 'Peggy Martin' from www.floridata.com: Blooms all Verticillium wilt may affect rosesas year long except for the coldest winter well as black spot. from http://aggie- months. A white flowered variety (P. horticulture.tamu.edu: Surviving 20 auriculata var. alba) is available. The feet of salt water over the garden of cultivar, 'Royal Cape' has intense Mrs. Peggy Martin, Plaquemines cobalt blue flowers. Use plumbago in Parish, Louisiana, after hurricane borders, foundation plantings, and for Katrina. It has been introduced into color massed in beds. Blooms best in commerce in the United States and full sun. has become a symbol among gardeners.

Poinciana, Mexican Rose, Rock Caesalpinia mexicana Pavonia lasiopetala from http://aggie- from www.wildflower.org: Pavonia horticulture.tamu.edu: Mexican makes an excellent choice for poinciana is found in Texas only in the landscaping. Able to survive the extreme lower Rio Grande Valley. It is summer heat, its profusion of brilliant grown mainly for its highly fragrant, flowers adds a colorful touch to a dry golden flowers borne in attractive landscape. Attractive, Blooms racemes 3 to 6 inches long. It is ornamental, Easily grown, Perennial highly ornamental with its spectacular garden. flowers and ferny foliage, and thrives in heat, tolerating reflected heat.

Pride of Barbados Sage, Compact Texas Caesalpinia pulcherrima Leucophyllum frutescens 'Compacta' Brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers, www.westongardens.com: Dense, feathery foliage, and quick growth compact form of species. Silvery make Dwarf Poinciana a popular leaves and bell-shaped lavender evergreen shrub. It is hard to find a flowers off and on all summer. Very more attractive flower. This open- drought tolerant. Useful as a hedge, in branched, fine-textured shrub will a mass or in the perennial border. tolerate hot, dry areas, and forms an effective thorny barrier. It flowers year- round with peak displays in spring and fall.

Rose, Knockout Red Sage, Convent Rosa sp. Leucophyllum frutescens 'Convent' from knockoutroses.com: Knock from www.civanonursery.net: Out™ is a compact, tidy shrub rose ‘Convent’ has the darkest pink flowers and resistant to black-spot. Blooms of the cold tolerant, drought resistant, are fire engine red in cool weather heat loving plants known as Texas and a cherry red in the summer Rangers. If you’ve ever seen one in months. The foliage is a dark purplish full bloom, you have a good idea of green and turns to burgundy in the why these are some of the most fall. Tough foliage and blooms. Knock popular plants in Southwestern Out™ is drought tolerant. residential and commercial landscapes. Can be pruned into shapes. 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 SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 18 of 20 Sage, Russian PALMS, PALM-LIKE & TREES Perovskia atriplicifolia Not a sage and not from Russia! from Anacacho Orchid Tree www.floridata.com: At its best in Bauhinia lunarioides mass plantings. Include a group of Anacacho Orchid is a great small Russian sage in a mixed border. The flowering tree for Central Texas pale gray stems provide a strong landscapes. It reaches only 10 feet in vertical element, and are especially height and provides a light to medium appealing in winter when they are shade. The foliage is interesting, as leafless. Cut back almost to ground the split leaves resemble a cloven before growth begins - flowers on new hoof. Does best in full sun. wood.

Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeeana withstands wind and sand, will freeze Bottlebrush to ground but regrow, from Callistemon rigidus www.floridata.com: Use shrimp plant from in mixed perennial beds and borders, www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: wherever you want a mass of This Bottlebrush has a bushy growth continuous color - they bloom almost habit with stiff stems and stiff linear all year long! Keep the bushes tip shaped leaves and will do best on a pruned to promote bushiness and well-drained soil. In the summer this increase flowering. Callistemon will bloom sporting bright red flowers.

Skyflower, Variegated Duranta erecta var. variegata from www.smgrowers.com: This Buckeye, Mexican variegated form has creamy-yellow Ungnadia speciosa margins around the one inch long from http://aggie- serrated leaves. In mild climates this horticulture.tamu.edu: Pink flowers plant can be in flower nearly year bloom simultaneously as it leafs out round with flowers and fruit appearing with light bronze colored leaflets - fall at the same time. It does best in full color is golden yellow. Used as a sun with frequent deep watering and large multi-trunk shrub or trained into is hardy to about 20-25 ° F. a small tree. Not related to Ohio Buckeye.

Skyflower, White Duranta erecta 'Alba' from www.davesgarden.com: artcons Crepe Myrtle, Basham's Party Pink from Fort Lauderdale, FL (Zone 10) Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei wrote: I have had my "White Sky" from Alba about 8 years. I started it from a http://bashamlandscapewoodlands.co cutting. It's a large bush with m: This gentle lavender-pink spreading branches that can easily be crapemyrtle is a fast growing, larger controlled via trimming. It's a fast form. It can grow over 20 feet and is grower but requires a lot of space to slightly resistant to mildew and mature and bloom. aphids. To encourage a second flush of flowers, remove old flowers with hand pruners.

Thryallis Galphimia gracilis from www.floridata.com: This shrub is Holly, Yaupon one of the best for shearing into low Ilex vomitoria hedges. Use in foundation plantings LARVAL HOST for Henry's Elfin beneath windows where it's dense butterfly. From Ernie Edmundson: thicket of stems will discourage Grows naturally at the base of live prowlers. Thryallis makes a great oaks and can be easily saved. It background plant for perennial beds. grows in either full sun or deep shade, Mass this shrub for large scale although it does best in the filtered groundcovers. sunshine under live oaks. This is a desirable evergreen shrub or small tree, being drought, flood, and freeze tolerant. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 19 of 20 Laurel, Texas Mountain Palm, Queen Sophora secundiflora Arecastrum romanzoffianum LARVAL HOST for Bordered Patch from www.monrovia.com: With its butterfly; from www.wildflower.org: crinkled fronds, Queen is among the very popular as a native evergreen most graceful of the palms. This ornamental tree, valued for its stately landscape palm grows more handsome, dark green foliage and frost tolerant as it ages, but won't lush early spring blooms that are stand up to a hard or prolonged grape-scented. It is drought-tolerant. freeze. A good candidate for oceanfront landscapes and larger homesites inland, provided there are few gusts of hot wind to tatter its fronds. Oak, Bur Papaya Quercus macrocarpa Carica papaya from www.wikipedia.com: The acorns Not salt tolerant, does not tolerate are the largest of any North American frost or even periods of near freezing oak. Typically grows in the open, temperatures. away from forest canopy.. It is also a Grown in partial shade, they produce fire-resistant tree, and possesses fruit that is not very sweet. Papaya is significant drought resistance by virtue a short lived plant and young plants of a long taproot. It commonly lives to produce more fruit than older be 200 to 300 years old. Outstanding specimens. Grow local cultivars for ornamental tree. best fruit.

Oak, Monterrey Oak Persimmon, Texas Quercus polymorpha Diospyros texana Monoecious. Good urban tree. from Beautifully textured peeling bark www.tree-land.com: In south Texas combined with fine textured dark where the winters are less severe green foliage that stays evergreen in Monterrey Oaks will retain their leaves the southern range, intricate almost all year long but in the Dallas – branching, and wide range of suitable Fort Worth area they will start to drop environments for growth, make it their leaves in December. In early worthy use in modern landscapes, spring Monterrey Oaks produce peach especially those with limited space. and red colored leaves that mature into a dark green color.

Olive, Wild Schefflera Cordia boissieri Schefflera actinophylla Hardy as far north as San Antonio. from www.floridata.com: Use for Fruit may make livestock disoriented if screens, windbreaks, hedges, eaten to excess. Needs water to get specimens, street plantings, and established but drought-tolerant patios. A popular container plant for afterwards. 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.

Palm, Ponytail Simpson's Stopper Beaucarnea recurvata Myrcianthes fragrans from www.floridata.com: Ponytail from http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu: Fragrant palm is often sold as a potted plant for white flowers that grow in long the interesting appearance of its panicles which occur periodically swollen base, which is in fact an throughout the year. These flowers adaptation for storing water during then develop into attractive, red times of drought. It is, of course, not a berries that are edible. The flowers palm, but related to the yuccas and attract many species of butterflies, century plants. and the fruits are appealing to birds, especially the mockingbird. MASTER GARDNERS SRING SALE - 03/19/2016 Page 20 of 20 Sumac, Prairie Rhus lanceolata from http://aggie- horticulture.tamu.edu: Grows either as a single-trunked tree or suckering to form colonies. It is usually found on limestone or neutral soils, growing in the central part of Texas and in the higher mountain ranges of the Trans- Pecos. It is extremely heat and drought tolerant, and its leaves are vivid red in the fall.

Vitex Vitex agnus-castus Severe trimming each spring produces a dense bush rather than a tree. Remove dead flower heads to help reblooming and reduce seedings. Aromatic foliage. Seeds sometimes used as seasoning, similar to black pepper. The name of Chaste Tree comes from the fact that when used as tea it was supposed to reduce sexual desire.