MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 1 of 19 , FERNS, MISC. Fern, Holly Cyrtomium falcatum Agave from www.floridata.com: Japanese Agave sp. holly fern is a tough that is shown: Agave havardiana. from inexpensive and easy to propagate. www.wikipedia.com: Each rosette Several selected varieties are grows slowly to flower only once. available including dwarf versions and During flowering a tall stem or "mast" some with different shaped pinnae. grows from the center of the leaf This fern has been a popular porch rosette. After development of fruit the plant in Florida and the Deep South original plant dies. Agaves are since the 1800's. closely related to the lily and families, and are not related to cacti.

Fern, Macho Nephrolepis biserrata Cactus, Christmas This is the ideal fern for LARGE Schlumbergera sp. baskets. It looks fine finished as a 6" from www.wikipedia.org: pot up to a 10" basket and even as Schlumbergera is a of 6 known gallons for growing outdoors Do keep tree-dwelling cacti from Brazil. These in mind that this is the grandaddy of are the tropical rainforest epiphytes, all the Nephrolepis baskets. If it is to growing on tree branches where, be a landscape fern, it can take full despite the high rainfall, water drains sun for much of the day. It spreads off quickly so that "dry" conditions aggressively. prevail much of the time. In addition, the plant is diurnal and will close up its flowers at night. , Society violacea Cactus, Hooker's Orchid from desert-tropicals.com: Leaves of Epiphyllum hookeri the Society Garlic are narrow, looking from http://www.gardenguides.com: like onion leaves, and have an onion The orchid cactus is a vivid, beautiful smell when bruised. This smell is the that does not fit the reason why its flowers are not ideal as typical visual associated with cacti. cut flowers. The name comes from the The epiphyllum orchid cactus is a rain fact that, supposedly, although its forest dweller, not a desert inhabitant, taste is close to real garlic, it doesn't and needs a culture that matches its give bad breath. natural environment for healthy

Jade Plant Crassula ovata Cactus, Ric-Rac from www.succulent-plant.com: Cryptocereus anthonyanus popular because they are incredibly from www.toptropicals.com: It is easy to grow. With proper care and nightblooming and its flowers last only time they make fine specimens not a single night in spring. Because the unlike bonsai trees. Can be flowers are so quickly spent, this propagated from a single healthy leaf. epiphyte is mainly only grown for the The commonest problem is probably strange leaves. It loves strong yet overwatering along with mealybugs. indirect lighting. It does not need a lot of water and should be permitted to dry out entirely between waterings.

Lily, Canna Canna x generalis Fern, Boston from www.foridata.com: Cannas, or Nephrolepis exaltata canna lilies, look like banana trees from www.wikipedia.com: The Boston without the trunk! That's no accident - fern is a very popular house plant, they're kin to bananas and gingers, often grown in hanging baskets or and their wide, furled leaves come out similar conditions. In general, the of thick, multiple-eyed rhizomes, just Boston fern likes damp, but not soggy like their larger, edible cousins. soil that is rich in nutrients. Of the Flowers are the main reason cannas common cultivated ferns, the Boston are so highly prized, though. fern is the most tolerant to drought. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 2 of 19 Queen of the Night Milkweed, Orange Selenicereus grandiflorus Asclepias tuberosa rom www.wikipedia.com: An easily LARVAL HOST for Monarch (Danaus cultivated, fast growing epiphyte or plexippus), Queen (Danaus gilippus) lithophytic plant. Needs a compost and Gray Hairstreak (Strymon containing plenty of humus and melinus) butterflies. From sufficient moisture in summer. Should www.floridata.com: unique among not be kept under 41F in winter. milkweeds in that the sap is not milky Perform best if grown in full sun. and leaves are not opposite. Deep Flowers in late spring or early taproot makes transplanting difficult. summer, only blooms one night a year. Self-sows freely, deadhead if you don't want volunteers.

Yucca, Giant Mint, Pink Yucca carnerosana Stachys drummondii from www.aggie- from http://www.wildflower.org: The horticulture.tamu.edu: Carneros name of this plant is named Yucca is one of the tree species of for Thomas Drummond, (ca. 1790- yucca, sometimes reaching 20 feet tall 1835), naturalist, born in Scotland, with a massive trunk about 1 foot in around 1790. In 1830 he made a trip diameter. It is found only in Brewster to America to collect specimens from County in west Texas. It flowers only the western and southern United once every three to four years, States. In March, 1833, he arrived at producing flower clusters up to 7 feet Velasco, Texas. tall and weighing 70 pounds.

Yucca, Red Moss Rose Hesperaloe parviflora Portulaca grandiflora from wildflower.org: Not a yucca, this from www.floridata.com: Moss rose member of the Century-Plant family makes a beautiful ground cover in a produces soft, yucca-like, evergreen dry or rocky area, although it cannot leaves, 2-3 ft. in length. The flower be walked on. Use moss rose as stalk rises 5 ft. and bears showy, coral- edging at the front of borders or in the colored, tubular flowers occur on cracks in a rock wall, or the spaces arching, wand-like, pink stems. between stepping stones. It's perfect Leaves are plum-colored in winter; for a hot, dry, south facing slope. blue-green other times.

ANNUALS Petunia Petunia Blackeyed Susan from www.floridata.com: Available in Rudbeckia hirta a galaxy of shapes, patterns and from http://aggie- colors, petunias 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.

Petunia, Laua Bush Petunia X violacea 'Laura Bush' Frostweed from http://aggie- Verbesina virginica horticulture.tamu.edu: A hybrid from www.wildflowers.org: Found at between VIP and old fashioned the edges of woodlands where it can petunia which was born & bred in form sizable colonies with its Texas. This reseeding, old fashioned spreading rhizomes. Each stem has petunia has fragrant violet flowers on soft, fleshy green flanges running a vigorous, heat-tolerant plant. Does longitudinally down its length. When well even in alkaline soils. Cut back winter weather brings ice, the stems by 20% each month. exude water that freezes into fascinating shapes, hence its common name Frostweed. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 3 of 19 Sage, Scarlet Begonia Salvia splendens Begonia sp. from www.floridata.com: Scarlet from www.wikipedia.org: With 1,795 salvia is a good vertical accent in a species, Begonia is the fifth-largest container. A medium to tall variety can angiosperm genus. The are be surrounded by other annuals. In a monoecious. Rhizomatous and rex bed, salvias are great massed. groups can be propagated from leaf Because of the uniformity of bedding cuttings or even sections of leaves. plant varieties, they can also be used Tuberous varieties have a dormant very successfully in a border. period. Wax varieties are commonly chosen for bedding plants.

SMALL PERENNIALS Brazilian Button Centratherum intermedium Alyssum, Sweet from www.backyardgardener.com: Lobularia maritima Attractive, fluffy, lavender-blue, button- from www.floridata.com: Due to it low like flowers approx 2cm (¾in) across profile, sweet alyssum is the perfect are produced all summer on bushy candidate for borders and edging. Use plants with unusual, pineapple it to create living carpets or among the fragrant foliage. Very heat and stones in rock gardens. Sweet drought tolerant, attracting butterflies alyssum's unique low growing form and adding fragrance to borders or and tendency to bloom over an containers. self-sows freely. extended period make it an invaluable component of the gardener's repertoire. Chile Pequin Capsicum annuum Angelonia from texasnature.blogspot.com: Angelonia angustifolia 'AngelMist Purpl Cilipiquins, the wild progenitor of the from www.floridata.com: With their jalapeno pepper, packs a wallop that short stature and long lasting colorful surpasses all of the cultivated hot blooms, angelonias are perfect as peppers. The little yellow to bright summer bedding plants. For a green berries, about an inch long and massed effect, space plants 9-12 in conical or egg-shaped, ripen in fall. (23-30.5 cm) apart. They also make They can be used fresh or dried and great container plants for porch stored. planters and window boxes. In zones 9-11 use as flowering edging in front of perennial beds and borders. Coral Creeper Barleria repens Aster, Fall from www.plantszafrica.com: Fast- Symphyotrichum oblongifolium growing and wonderfully easy-going, from Michael Womack: Few plants Barleria repens will adapt to a number are more striking in fall than this of situations. Plant it in a large Texas native plant that is known for container, or on top of a low wall, blue flowers and yellow centers. Even where its foliage and flowers can if your goal is not butterfly attraction, cascade down and show to advantage. you definitely want to consider this perennial favorite to liven up your fall garden. Despite its name, this plant blooms again in the spring if you remove the spent blossoms. Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Coreopsis lanceolata Basil, Sweet from www.wildflower.org: This native Ocimum basilicum species has branching stems at base from wikipedia.com: Basil is most and often forms sizable colonies commonly recommended to be used along roadsides and in old fields. fresh; in cooked recipes, it is generally Nearly a dozen other perennial yellow- added at the last moment, as cooking flowered Coreopsis species occur in quickly destroys the flavor. The fresh herb can be kept for a short time in plastic bags in the refrigerator, or for a longer period in the freezer, after being blanched quickly in boiling water. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 4 of 19 Crown-of-Thorns Greenthread Euphorbia milii Thelesperma filifolium from www.floridata.com: Grown for its LARVAL HOST for: Dainty Sulphur long lasting, colorful petal-like bracts (Nathalis iole) butterfly. Native to the which surround inconspicuous little prairies of Central & Western Texas, flowers. Although often grown in pots Arkansas, Colorado, & Mexico, on the patio, this thorny succulent is striking when planted in mass. From perfect for rock gardens and sunny uvalde.tamu.edu: Greenthread borders. Crown of thorns is salt blooms between March and June and tolerant and often used in frostfree often into the fall. coastal areas, even quite near the sea.

Daisy, Blackfoot Guara, Perky Pink Melampodium leucanthemum Gaura lindheimeri 'Perky Pink' Plains Blackfoot is a low bushy from www.provenwinners.com: Each perennial growing from 8 to 12 inches flowering stem adds blooms, in height. It can be found in rocky, continuously to the end of the spike. gravelly, calcareous or sandy soils of As time goes on, the flowering stems the Edwards Plateau. The leaves can get rather long and tangled. have rough hairs and are 1 to 2 Although deadheading isn't necessary inches in length. The leaves and for continued blooming you may find flowers are readily eaten by white- that you prefer to trim back some of tailed deer. the flowering stems at some point in mid-summer.

Daisy, Copper Canyon Hoya Tagetes lemmonii Hoya sp. from www.floridata.com: What is that from www.wikipedia.com: Hoya is a smell? Ripe passionfruit...mint...a hint genus of 200-300 species of tropical of camphor. Brush by the foliage of climbing plants in the family mountain marigold and you are hit Apocynaceae (Dogbane), native to with a distinctive, pungent fragrance. southern Asia (India east to southern Mountain marigold, or Copper Canyon China and southward), Australia, and daisy, is a sprawling, shrubby Polynesia. Common names for this perennial daisy with delicately genus are waxplant, waxvine, filigreed highly aromatic foliage. waxflower or simply hoya.

Gaura, Siskiyou Pink Kalanchoe, Christmas Gaura lindheimeri var. Siskiyou Pink Kalanchoe blossfeldiana from from www.desert-tropicals.com: Use www.missouribotanicalgarden.org: house plant fertilizer for actively Best grown in sandy, loamy, medium growing plants. Blooms in winter, and moisture, well-drained soil in full sun. needs uninterrupted 14-hour nights for Good drainage is essential. a month and a half before blooming. Flowering stems may become leggy and flop, particularly when grown in rich soils or too much shade. May self-seed if spent flowers are left in place in autumn.

Geranium, Scented Lantana, Florida Red Mound Pelargonium sp. Lantana camara 'Florida Red Mound' from www.britannica.com: The from www.floridafriendlyplants.com: aromatic, or scented-leaved, Compact hybrid that is not seedy and geraniums are found in several invasive. species, including P. abrotanifolium, P. capitatum, P. citrosum, P. crispum, P. graveolens, and P. odoratissimum. Minty, fruity, floral, and spicy fragrances are released readily when their leaves are rubbed or bruised. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 5 of 19 Lily, Variegated Flax Moon Flower Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata' Datura wrightii Scale insects can be a problem. from from Patrick Dickinson, Urban Water www.monrovia.com: With its narrow, News, Dallas AgriLife: Datura wrightii reed-like foliage and a bonus of is the most common variety in Texas. variegation, this plant is dramatic in The leaves of this Datura are greyish natural gardens, with Asian themes or green in color and are covered in fine as a stark vertical texture in the spare, hairs giving it a "fuzzy" appearance. modern landscape. Contrasts well Datura plants are extremely drought against very large-leafed, shade- resistant. Every part of the Datura is loving shrubs and bronzy-colored poisonous. plants.

Marigold, Mexican Mint Musical Notes Tagetes lucida Clerodendrum incisum also Mexican Tarragon; from Dr. from www.toptropicals.com: The Michael Womack in the CCCT: One of white flowers from delicate shapes the most consistant flowering in the with their long tubular and rounded fall . . . then stalks sporting medium- structure. They appear in large sized blossoms rise above the foliage. masses. The unopened flowers It should be a staple in any South resemble musical notes in the bud Texas butterfly garden. It closely stage - opening to showy flower with mimics the fragrance of licorice or red stamens. Blooms on and off all anise. Leaves and flowers can be year. Use as a short hedge, in small used in teas and seasonings. groupings or as a single specimen plant. Milkweed, Green Obedient Plant Asclepias viridiflora Physostegia virginiana LARVAL HOST for Monarch and from www.floridata.com: Queen butterflies; from Physostegias are widely used in www.wildflower.org: Green milkweed wildflower meadows and water garden is a perennial from a vertical fringes, as well as in more civilized rootstock. Leaves are variable in borders. They are especially easy to shape with plants from dry sites arrange because flowers pushed to having long narrow leaves and those face a different direction from the from moist sites having round leaves. stem will stay in their new positions 20-80 pale green flowers occur in two obediently, which is where the plant inch clusters in upper leaf axils. got its name.

Milkweed, Tropical Oregano, Mexican Asclepias curassavica Lippia graveolens LARVAL HOST for the Monarch and from www.davesgarden.com: sbates Queen butterflies. From Michael from Austin, TX wrote: This plant Womack: . . . Another required plant provides an amazing flavor to salsa's for butterfly gardens - it is most noted when used fresh. Use just the leaves, as the preferred larval plant for wash them and chop them. The monarch butterflies. From flavors combine very well with cilantro. www.floridata.com: Like most The plant is hardy and roots easily milkweeds, it has opposite leaves and with cuttings. The flavor is much more milky sap. pungent and quite different than the dried versions.

Mistflower, Gregg's Pepper, Black Pearl Conoclinium greggii Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl' LARVAL HOST for Boardered Patch, Aransas planting 03/01 & 08/10; Monarch, Queen, and Swallowtail http://www.usna.usda.gov: butterflies; from Michael Womack: It Developed at the National Arboretum is a butterfly magnet with light bloom in 2006, the plant grows taller and fuzzy blossoms from late spring wider developing into a black pyramid through fall. Its bright-green, frilly shape without pinching, pruning, or leaves provide a nice texture to the grooming. 'Black Pearl' is garden, but the plants will usually die exceptionally heat tolerant and back in fall and need to be cut to requires minimal water and fertilizer. ground level in winter. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 6 of 19 Periwinkle, Madagascar Rosemary, Upright Catharanthus roseus Rosmarinus officinalis from www.wikipedia.com: It is noted from mountainvalleygrowers.com: A for its long flowering period, favorite Rosemary variety because of throughout the year in tropical its carefree growth, great flavor and conditions, and from spring to late dark blue flower. Leaves can be used autumn in warm temperate climates. fresh or dried. If used fresh be sure to Tolerates wind, bushy, thrives in chop them very fine or use whole humid heat. The alkaloids vincristine stems and remove from food before and vinblastine from its sap have serving. been shown to be an effective treatment for leukaemia.

Porterweed, Blue Ruellia, Wild Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Ruellia malacosperma LARVAL HOST for: Tropical Buckeye Similar looking to Ruellia brittoniana, butterfly (Junonia genoveva). from the Ruellia malacosperma can be http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu: Plants grow distinguished by wider leaves. about 4 feet tall before stems droop and touch the ground. Blue or pink flowers are borne terminally on long, stringy spikes at the ends of the stems. Rich, dark green foliage is displayed on square, green stems.

Rattlesnake Master Sage, Garden Eryngium yuccifolium Salvia officinalis from www.illinoiswildflowers.info: This from is a very odd member of the Carrot www.mountainvalleygrowers.com: family that resembles a yucca or The buds of Garden Sage are some other desert plant. However, it reminiscent of oddly shaped Easter is a true tallgrass prairie species with Eggs. They look like someone took a a unique appearance. Pioneers wax crayon and made bands, dipped thought the roots could be used as an the egg in pale green, removed the effective antidote to rattlesnake bite, wax and dipped it in pale purple. hence the common name of this plant. Shooting up to three feet with its However, this belief was erroneous. blooms, Garden Sage is both a culinary and ornamental delight. Redbird Flower Sage, Lyreleaf Pedilanthus tithymaloides Salvia lyrata Also Devil's Backbone; from from www.wildflowers.org: Lyreleaf www.toptropicals.com: Pedilanthus is sage is a strictly upright, hairy very easy to grow as a houseplant. It perennial, 1-2 ft. tall with a rosette of needs some protection from hot leaves at the base. Lyreleaf sage summer sun, but it will be happiest in makes a great evergreen full sun during the fall and winter. groundcover, with somewhat ajuga- Take care not to over-water, which like foliage and showy blue flowers in can cause rotting. The sap is spring. It will reseed easily in loose, moderately caustic. sandy soils and can form a solid cover with regular watering.

Rosemary, False Sage, Mealy Blue Conradina canescens Salvia farinacea from www.wikipedia.com: This A low clumping perennial that reaches species is found along the gulf coast one to three feet in height. It is found of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, in rocky, calcareous, and chalky soils as well as in the sand hills of central of the Edwards Plateau and South Florida. It is the most common and Texas Plains. The purple to violet- widespread species in the genus. blue flower is two-lipped with the top Suggested as a landscaping plant for lip having two lobes and the bottom lip xeriscaping. Has flowers and scent having three lobes. The flowers are similar to those of Rosmarinus found on a spike-like stem that is officinalis. densely hairy. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 7 of 19 Sage, Tropical Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye Salvia coccinea Viguiera stenoloba LARVAL HOST for Painted Lady from http://aggie- butterfly (Vanessa cardui). From horticulture.tamu.edu: With its skeletal article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie dark green leaves, golden daisies and Edmundson: Covered with bright red rounded growth habit, it is an flowers, is a perennial salvia. It extremely ornamental shrub or sub- makes a great ground cover in both shrub. It adapts to most well-drained shade or sun by just trimming back sites in full sun, and will benefit from periodically with a line trimmer. being cut back to maintain a dense shrubby appearance.

Salvia, Autumn Sage Skullcap, Texas Pink Salvia greggii Scutellaria suffrutescens Patrick Dickinson in Urban Water from Program E-News 03/2013: This www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: native Texas evergreen shrub is Use Pink Texas Skullcap for rock admired in landscapes for its long gardens, on dry hillsides, xeriscaping, blooming season, it’s hummingbirds or even for container gardening. and butterfly draw, and adaptability to Drought tolerant, heat loving, sun many different soils. Pruning on loving plant that is great for the Texas Salvia greggii should be done in late Garden. fall and early spring for a more full tidy shrub.

Salvia, Blue Sophora, Yellow Salvia azurea Sophora tomentosa from www.dianeseeds.com: The most from http://aggie- striking blue flower in the garden in horticulture.tamu.edu: Its seedpods, late summer and early fall. This pinnately compound greyish leaves drought-tolerant perennial blooms the and young twigs are all densely first year from seed, so it can be tomentose (having wooly hairs). grown as an annual where it's not Although its seeds are poisonous, it hardy. The azure-blue flowers attract does have some medicinal uses in butterflies and hummingbirds. Ceylon and the West Indies. It grows Salvia azurea tends to flop when it in sand and often freezes back in its gets too tall. To make it shorter and northern range. bushier, cut it back to 24" in late June. Or prop it up with a fence, stakes, or other tall plants. Verbena, Prairie Glandularia bipinnatifida Salvia, Henry Duelberg from www.wildflowers.org: The 6-12 Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg' in. stems branch near the base, Texas leafcutting ant (Atta texana) usually lying on the ground with rising can strip it overnight. from tips. Plants are covered with long, http://texassuperstar.com: Spikes of whitish hairs. Branch-tip, ball-shaped showy blue flowers from spring until flower heads are composed of tubular, frost. More floriferous than other five-lobed, purple flowers with dark . Texas native plant; found by centers. Greg Grant in a small central Texas cemetery. Taller with bluer and more floriferous flowers and larger and greener leaves than modern cultivars. Violet, Philippine Barleria cristata Salvia, Indigo Spires from http://toptropicals.com: Grows Salvia x 'Indigo Spires' into a shapely shrub with minimal From an article by Ernie Edmondson pruning. The trumpet-shaped 2" in the Rockport Pilot 09/16/2009: flowers open in in terminal clusters in Indigo Spires Salvia is an evergreen November and continue into mid- perennial hybid of two native salvias December. This is an easy-to-grow with long purple flower spikes. It is a shrub, about 3ft height, which can be spreading plant to three feet tall by six used for a garden hedge or tightly feet wide requiring low to medium clipped into geometrical shapes. water and full to partial sun. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 8 of 19 Yarrow, Moonshine Muhly, Big Achillea x 'Moonshine' Muhlenbergia lindheimeri from www.monrovia.com: An from www.wildflower.org: Native only outstanding Mediterranean aromatic to the Edwards Plateau of central for everlasting color in beds and Texas, Big muhly or Lindheimers borders. Works nicely in dryland muhly has become increasingly xeriscapes where it matches demands popular since the 1980s as an of arid western natives. Achillea x elegant, large-scale specimen grass, 'Moonshine' is a hybrid of A. taygetea, large enough for screening. It can be a native of Greece and A. millefolium, a soft-textured substitute for the most common form. introduced Pampas grass, which it approaches in stature.

Zexmenia, Hairy Muhly, Gulf Coast Wedelia texana Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Filipes' larval plant for the Bordered Patch from butterfly; from from www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: http://uvalde.tamu.edu: Can be found Absolutely one of the most beautiful in dry gravelly, calcareous, and rocky ornamental grasses around. A North soils of the South Texas Plains and American native and more importantly the Edwards Plateau. The yellowish- a Texas Native Plant! Puts on a real orange flower head consists of show with flowers that look like a several disk flowers and seven to purple cloud from far away, giving a fifteen ray flowers. spectacular fall color show.

GRASSES VINES & GROUNDCOVERS Bluestem, Little Baby Sun Rose (Ice Plant) Schizachyrium scoparium Aptenia cordifolia LARVAL HOST for skipper butterflies. from www.desert-tropicals.com: They From www.wildflower.org: wonderful are very tough, look clean most of the planted en masse. The visual time, and bloom from spring to fall. dynamics it provides range from blue- They grow in light shade, but bloom a green in late summer to golden with lot less. They grow well on retaining cotton-tufted seedheads in winter. It walls and hanging baskets. Aptenia readily reseeds so little bluestem is 'Red Apple' is an hybrid commonly not recommended for small gardens. encountered in nurseries.

Inland Seaoats Basket Plant Chasmanthium latifolium Callisia fragrans LARVAL HOST for skipper butterflies; from www.smgrowers.com: Callisia from www.wildflower.org: perennial fragrans (Basket Plant) - A low grass bearing large, drooping, oat-like growing perennial native of Mexico flower spikelets from slender, arching with 6 to 10 inch long waxy green branches. The blue-green, bamboo- leaves arranged alternately with the like leaves often turn a bright yellow- bases overlapping so tightly that they gold, especially in sunnier sites, in appear to be in rosettes. The leaves fall. Very popular as a low- have a slight purplish color maintenance shade grass. underneath and on the upper margins when in bright light

Muhly, Bamboo Blue Daze Muhlenbergia dumosa Evolvulus glomeratus 'Blue Daze' from from www.floridata.com: The feltlike www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: gray-green foliage and pale blue This grass has fern-like leaves and a flowers make blue daze a standout in lacy texture giving it a Bamboo look. beds and borders or as a ground The growth habit is upward to slightly cover.Blue daze is spectacular in arching, this one is non-invasive hanging containers. It is highly because it is a clumper and does not tolerant of salt and makes a fine seed well. Bamboo Muhly will tolerate ornamental for the coastal garden. some drought but it will look its best Let it cascade over a window box or a on a moist well-drained soil. porch planter. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 9 of 19 Bougainvillea Frogfruit Bougainvillea glabra Phyla nodiflora Leaf rollers are a common pest. From from www.baynatives.com: Tiny www.floridata.com: Bougainvillea is ground hugging plant, thought of as famous for its brilliantly colored floral weedy but very useful between displays and quick growth rate. stepping stones in harsh conditions. Bougainvilleas are thorny plants that All sorts of insects are drawn to the are sometimes used as security flowers of this verbena relative. plants. Because of the sharp thorns do not grow too closely to swimming pools and playgrounds.

Clover, Mexican Grass, Aztec Richardia grandiflora Liriope muscari 'Aztec' from www.floridagardener.com: from www.magnoliagardens.com: Richardia (Mexican-clover) is a Liriope muscari 'Aztec' (also sold as flowering plant native to tropical to Ophiopogon spp.) has a tufted warm temperate regions of the stoloniferous growth habit and can get Americas. They are herbaceous up to 24" tall. Aztec Grass has white perennial plants. This plant is a spikes of bell shaped flowers in the wildflower considered "Not a problem summer. This grass is prized for its species", although if is growing in your foliage. Aztec Grass is slow growing turf, you may think otherwise as it is and not overly cold-hardy. difficult to control.

Creeping Jenny Honeysuckle, Coral Lysimachia nummularia Lonicera sempervirens from from www.wildflowers.org: This vine www.missouribotanicalgarden.org: has showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, Moneywort or creeping Jenny is a low- red outside, yellow inside, in several growing, creeping ground cover which whorled clusters at the ends of the forms a leafy mat only 2-4" tall. Roots stems. Papery, exfoliating bark is where leaf nodes come in contact with orange-brown in color. This beautiful, the soil. Thrives in damp soils which slender, climbing vine is frequently will often kill off other types of ground visited by hummingbirds. Not too covers. . Tolerates limited foot traffic. aggressive. Good climber or ground cover.

Crossvine Jasmine, Carolina Bignonia capreolata Gelsemium sempervirens from www.wildflower.org: Some deer from www.floridata.com: Rapidly resistance. A climbing, woody vine covers arbors, tree trunks, trellises, reaching 50 ft. long with showy, etc. in a season or two. This is a well orange-red, trumpet-shaped flowers 2 behaved vine that will stay in scale inches long and 1 1/2 inches across and can be used on decks and which hang in clusters of two to five. porches and on trellises near patios They are sometimes seen high in a and entryways. It grows well in tree, as the vine climbs by means of containers and as ground cover along claws at the end of its tendrils. steep banks and is a good candidate for low maintenance landscapes.

Cuban Blue Pea Vine Lantana, Purple Trailing Clitoria ternatea Lantana montevidensis 'Purple' from Micheal Womack: This fast from Dr. Michael Womack: This tough growing annual produces lots of bright plant not only blossoms most of the blue flowers and a thin vine. It will year, but it is also drought and sun freeze, but the plant produces seeds hardy. The most effective use of in pea pods that can be dried and kept these plants is often mass plantings in to replant in future years. Look for it sunny areas with well-drained soils. as a one-gallon plant. The plants [The smaller the leaf, the smaller the tend to get leggy very quickly, so plant will be]. The shortest varieties of pinching helps to keep it bushy. lantana commonly are called trailing lantana. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 10 of 19 Liriope Ponyfoot, Silver Liriope muscari Dichondra argentea also variegated and giant varieties. from www.davesgarden.com: htop The evergreen foliage is thick and from San Antonio, TX wrote: Its luxurious and fallen leaves and debris native relative occurs in Mexico and tend to disappear within. Liriope is Texas. 'Silver Falls' dichondra is a tough, easy to grow and readily that is a vine-like, trailing, available from nurseries and garden perennial herb that forms low mats centers. Because it is inexpensive like its native relative. It bears 3/4 to and fast growing, this is an ideal 1-inch long and wide velvety-soft, shape defining plant in the landscape. silver coin-like leaves that are on stems that look like on white thread.

Mandevillea Primrose, Missouri Mandevilla spp. Oenothera macrocarpa from www.floridata.com: Grow from http://aggie- mandevilla for its pretty and prolific horticulture.tamu.edu: A hardy pink flowers, beautifully presented perennial native from Texas to against the dark handsome foliage. It Missouri and extending throughout is a fast grower and is a great way to much of central North America. A quickly screen an eyesore. It's a prolific bloomer with magnificent popular plant that is easy to procure at lemon-yellow flowers which last for virtually all large chain garden centers several days. An excellent border in Florida and other warm climate plant remaining green throughout the areas. year. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun. Mexican Flame Vine Rosemary, Creeping Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' from www.floridata.com: Use from Mexican flame vine to drape over www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: porch rails and mailboxes. It's expert Prostrate Rosemary is a low- at improving the visual charm of chain spreading, evergreen shrub or link fences. Use in mixed hedges to groundcover. Its leaves are green, create splashes of summertime color. leathery and very aromatic. This It also looks great clambering up palm Rosemary has pale-blue flowers from or pine tree trunks. Tends to be rather early to mid-summer. Rosmarinus compact. officinalis 'Prostratus' can be used as a beautiful groundcover.

Mistflower, Padre Island Snake Herb Conoclinium betonicifolium Dyschoriste linearis from Dr. Michael Womack in the from http://www.wildflower.org: CCCT: Great perennial with clusters Several erect stems, 6–12 inches tall, of light blue flowers no just in the fall grow from the root of this plant, the but throughout the summer as well. branches and stems are covered with Butterflies seem to flock to this stiff, coarse hairs. They grow in the vigorously growing ground cover. This leaf axils on very short stems and are plant will get large. Cut back in early somewhat tucked in between the spring or midsummer. Keeps its leaves, scattered here and there on leaves most of the winter unlike some the main stem. others in this genus.

Periwinkle, Common Woolly Stemodia Vinca minor Stemodia lanata from www.floridata.com: Common from magnoliagardensnursery.com: periwinkle is one of the most widely Mat forming groundcover that has used groundcovers in the U.S. and soft, silver grey foliage, similar to Europe. It is ideal for covering banks Lambs Ears, and small purple flowers and as an evergreen groundcover in early spring to frost. It is a tough, fast shady areas. Like its close relative, growing goundcover that is tolerant to big periwinkle (V. major), common high temperatures and high humidity, periwinkle can be invasive under ideal and will tolerate poor soils if given growing conditions. good drainage. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 11 of 19 SHRUBS Bellyache Bush Jatropha gossypiifolia American Beautyberry from www.wikipedia.com: Jatropha Callicarpa americana gossypiifolia, also called bellyache from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie bush: its fruits and foliage are toxic to Edmundson: Early spring is the time humans and animals. It is a major to cut them down before they put on weed in Australia. their new spring growth. They can be trimmed back almost to the ground, however unpruned plants will develop a weeping effect . . . with purple, or in some cases, white berries in the fall.

Bottlebrush, Little John Callistemon viminalis 'Little John' Angel's Trumpet from www.californiagardens.com: In Brugmansia candida many places Bottle Brush trees are from www.floridata.com: It can be just too big. Callistemon Little John pruned to a small tree with a single provides all of the interest in a small trunk, or allowed to grow in a clump package. The leaves and stature are with several erect and spreading reduced. The flowers, aside from stems. Use it where you want to being a deeper red are the same. make a bold statement. Its large, They attract hummingbirds like almost coarse leaves and huge drooping no other plant. They require almost flowers will be the center of attention. no care.

Bougainvillea, Elizabeth Angus Bougainvillea x 'Elizabeth Angus' Artemisia, Powis Castle from www.yourplantinfo.com: This Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' heat loving flowering shrub boasts from www.floridata.com: Artemisia X beautiful purple bracts atop upright 'Powis Castle' is believed to be the vining branches. Wonderful as an result of a cross between Artemisia accent plant, its rapid growth makes arborescens and A. absinthium. This this an excellent selection as a cover is a beautiful silver-gray plant that for arbors, trellises and fences. grows in a dense, billowing mound. Prefers dry well drained soil for best Essentially evergreen in warm winter flower production. climates. Cut back in early spring to encourage new growth to come up from the bottom. Candlestick, Giant Senna alata Babybonnet from Michael Womack: . . . another Coursetia axillaris must-have if you want the little yellow from http://aggie- or sulphur butterflies in your yard horticulture.tamu.edu: Pretty but since it provides both nectar and elusive, babybonnet is rare in Texas, leaves necessary for these small, pale although it is common in Tamaulipas yellow butterflies. This plant grows in Mexico. Baby bonnets has a extremely fast. It can grow from seed graceful natural form, eventually to maturity of six to eight feet tall in spreading in a vase shape to be as the same growing season. wide as it is tall, and pruning should be restricted to removing dead branches only. Cenizo, Convent Sage Leucophyllum frutescens 'Convent' Barbados Cherry, Dwarf from www.civanonursery.com: Malpighia glabra Though the bell-shaped, fuchsia fruit is edible and sometimes used for flowers will appear sporadically from preserves. from article in Rockport spring through fall, the most stunning Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: The fruit floral display is brought on by the high are edible in preserves. Dwarf humidity of monsoon season, when Barbados cherry makes a colorful ‘Convent’ is ablaze with a truly unique compact small shrub for part sun to color that sets it apart from other full sun locations in the landscape. Texas rangers available on the Tucked up under some of the taller market. This newer selection requires shrubs, you may find several excellent drainage and stays slightly perennial plants. smaller than the species. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 12 of 19 Cigar Plant Dragontree Cuphea ignea 'David Verity' Dracaena marginata from http://www.floridata.com: A fast http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu: grower and requires little attention. Commonly called red-edge Dracaena But it will command your attention as or Madagascar dragon tree, it grows party place for all manner of butterflies slowly but can reach 15 feet in height. and hummingbirds. Plant a mass of If you'd like something a little different, cigar plants near a window or the the variety 'Tricolor' has white leaves patio where you can enjoy watching edged in pink. Or there's 'Limelight' hordes of happy hummingbirds come Dracaena (Dracaena deremensis to feast on the beautiful banquet. 'Limelight') with striking acid-green foliage.

Coral Bean Elbowbush Erythrina herbacea Forestiera angustifolia from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie from http://aggie- Edmundson: Sprouts large clusters of horticulture.tamu.edu: Evergreen bright red tubular flowers in March or shrub with stiff, dense branches that April. It loses its leaves in the winter come off the stems at a 90 degree and can be cut to the ground in very angle, forming elbows. Male and early spring. It develops seed pods female flowers are produced on when ripe split open to reveal bright separate plants, followed by a dark coral seeds that are toxic. purple berry. Livestock and small mammals browse the twigs and fruit.

Dalea, Black Esperanza Dalea frutescens Tecoma stans LARVAL HOST for Dogface butterfly; LARVAL HOST for: Plebeian sphinx from http://aggie- moth (Paratrea plebeja). from horticulture.tamu.edu: A low, www.floridata.com: Var. stans is a mounding shrub with feathery foliage; Central American tree that grows to grows in dry limestone from the Trans- 25 ft. Arizona yellow bells (var. Pecos east to Austin and north to angustata) is a 10 ft deciduous shrub. Oklahoma. From late summer into fall Gold Star Esperanza grows to 3-4 ft. the flowers obscure the foliage; they Perfect for the South Texas Gulf resemble feather dalea's purple pea- Coast. like blooms without the plumes.

Doctorbush Esperanza, Orange Star Plumbago scandens Tecoma stans 'Orange Star' from www.davesgarden.com: from GumboLimbo from North Palm Beach, www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: FL (Zone 10) wrote: This native, This plant is a orange flowering sprawling groundcover/shrub is an Tecoma that is very similar in looks to excellent shade groundcover for Tecoma stans Yellow Bells. Tecoma South Florida, where it spreads and 'Orange Star' is an evergreen and can fills in quickly. If it grows out of reach 12' tall with a 6' spread at bounds or becomes leggy, prune and maturity. it responds quickly with denser, fuller growth.

Dogwood, Roughleaf Firebush Cornus drummondii Hamelia patens from www.wildflower.org: Clumping From Michael Womack: . . . shrub or small tree, this dogwood is butterflies also use the large leaves easily recognized by the rough, upper as roosting sites at night. from leaf surfaces and white fruit. It www.floridata.com: It can be kept spreads from root sprouts and small by pruning. Firebush is a provides cover for wildlife; various valuable addition to butterfly and small birds, such as Bells Vireo, nest hummingbird gardens. Also does well in the thickets. in containers. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 13 of 19 Firecracker Hibiscus, Hawaiian Variegated Russelia equisetiformis Hibiscus tiliaceus '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 Hibiscus, Texas Star Odontonema tubiforme Hibiscus coccineaus from www.floridata.com: The from strikingly beautiful crimson flowers www.magnoliagardennursery.com: and glossy/shiny leaves of firespike Tall, slender perennial Hibiscus that brighten the fall landscape. Plant produces large bright red, 5 petal firespike in mixed shrub borders. It will flowers that has embassingly been spread by underground sprouting, mistaken as Cannabis sativa. Blooms enlarging to form a thicket, but it is on new growth and can be cut back easy to control and keep contained. after flowering to maintain size and encourage new bloom.

Flame Acanthus Honeysuckle, Mexican Anisacanthus quadrifidus 'Wrightii' Justicia spicigera LARVAL HOST for Janais Patch, from mswn.com: Easily identified by Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) its bright orange, narrowly tubular comes back readily after a freeze. flowers. One of the few From wildflower.org: This spreading, desertadapted plants that works well drought- and cold-tolerant shrub will in shady locations. It can be planted adapt to a variety of soils and does on north exposures, under desert well in patio pots. Cutting the plant trees, or other shady spots. Its lush back severely in winter will provide foliage makes it an ideal addition. more blooms and encourage a bushier form.

Hibiscus Ixora Hibiscus sp. Ixora coccinea MULTIPLE COLORS. From Subject to aphids. From www.floridata.com: Use as a www.floridata.com: Ixora is used in foundation plant around houses and warm climates for hedges and buildings in frost-free areas. The screens, foundation plantings, hibiscus is underused as a tree form. massed in flowering beds, or grown For a spectacular flowering tree, limb as a specimen shrub or small tree. up at the base and allow to grow as it This tight, compact shrub is much will. branched and tolerates hard pruning, making it ideal for formal hedges, although we think it is at its best when not sheared. Hibiscus, Confederate Rose Jasmine, Grand Duke Arabian Hibiscus mutabilis Jasminum sambac 'Grand Duke' from http://aggie- from www.monrovia.com: horticulture.tamu.edu: Old-fashioned Wonderfully fragrant clusters of perennial or shrub hibiscus better creamy-white, button-like double known as the Confederate rose. It flowers are used in Hawaii to make tends to be shrubby or treelike in special leis. Ideal for warm, humid Zones 9 and 10. Flowers are double areas, this tropical, evergreen shrub and are 4 to 6 inches in diameter; they may bloom nearly year-round in frost- open white or pink, and change to free areas. Compact form produces deep red by evening. vine-like stems, making it perfect for clipped hedge or small trellis. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 14 of 19 Jatropha Lantana, New Gold Jatropha integerrima Lantana x hybrida 'New Gold' Jatropha is a very diverse genus cross between a Lantana camara and which includes cactus like succulents, a Lantana montevidensis. from herbaceous perennials, and woody Michael Womack in the CCCT trees. As with most members of 03/22/2008: [applicable to most Euphorbiaceae, the milky sap can be Lantanas]. This tough plant not only a strong irritant to skin. Most parts of blossoms most of the year, but it is the plant can be toxic if ingested. also drought and sun hardy - two important keys to its success in landscaping.

Kidneywood, Texas Lantana, Texas Eysenhardtia texana Lantana urticoides from http://www.wildflower.org: Much- from Michael Womack in the CCCT branched shrub, with an open, airy 03/22/2008: The most effective use of structure. Flowers white, small, with a these plants is often mass plantings in delicate fragrance, arranged in spikes sunny areas with well-drained soils. up to 4 inches long at the ends of Often found along fenceposts where it branchlets. This tree and its relative is protected from mowing. The native Kidneywood (E. polystacha) were form is considered the best variety for once used in remedies for kidney and hummingbirds and butterflies because bladder ailments. of its high nectar content.

Lantana, Carlos Oleander, Mexican Lantana camara 'Carlos' Thevetia peruviana from www.plantlust.com: Carlos Mexican oleander is a large shrub or a Lantana is one of the most exciting small tree, up to 10 to 20 feet tall with Lantana introductions of late Oleander-like leaves mostly in whorls producing clusters of orange flowers of three, long and narrow up to 10 that age to purple. The compact habit inches long. Tip of leafs are pointed and free flowering ability of this dwarf with a dark green color. Flowers are Lantana make it an excellent choice generally yellow, but there are for containers or where space is varieties with white and orange limited. Great for butterflies and other flowers too. pollinators.

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, Dallas Red Oregano Lantana camera 'Dallas Red' Origanum vulgare from from www.floridata.com: Oregano is a www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: bushy, semi-woody sub-shrub with compact growth habit and is great for upright or spreading stems and attracting butterflies into the garden. branches. Some varieties grow in Lantana is drought tolerant, salt moundlike mats, spreading by tolerant, deer tolerant, is very underground stems (called rhizomes), adaptable and had outstanding heat and others with a more upright habit. tolerance. Texas Grown, Tested in This is an extremely variable species Texas to perform outstanding for with several subspecies and named Texas Gardens. cultivars. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 15 of 19 Palm, Sago Pride of Barbados Cycas revoluta Caesalpinia pulcherrima Subject to cycad aulacaspis scale Brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers, (CAS) Aulacaspis yasumatsui; from feathery foliage, and quick growth junglemusic.net: It is not a palm at all, make Dwarf Poinciana a popular but rather a Cycad. Cycads are a evergreen shrub. It is hard to find a group of plants that are very primitive more attractive flower. This open- in their origins. Fossils have been branched, fine-textured shrub will found on almost every continent on tolerate hot, dry areas, and forms an the planet. It prefers sandy, well effective thorny barrier. It flowers year- draining soil. Prefers planting in the round with peak displays in spring and ground. fall.

Pigeonberry Rose, Martha Gonzales Rivina humilis Rosa 'Martha Gonzales' not drought tolerant. from article in Super easy to maintain, just give it a Rockport Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: light trim in late winter/early spring if Often hidden under prickly leaved desired. Can also be shaped into a Agarita, you will often find low hedge. Pigeonberry. Protected from the deer and the sun by the Agarita, Pigeonberry blooms with pink or white clusters of flowers and tiny red fruit, both at the same time.

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.

Plumeria Rose, Rock Plumeria rubra Pavonia lasiopetala from www.floridata.com: Plumeria is from www.wildflower.org: Pavonia perfect as a patio tree or as lawn makes an excellent choice for specimen. Use shrubbier forms in landscaping. Able to survive the mixed hedges where they contribute summer heat, its profusion of brilliant color and texture. Plant plumerias flowers adds a colorful touch to a dry near porches and bedroom windows landscape. Attractive, Blooms so that its delightful frangrance can be ornamental, Easily grown, Perennial enjoyed on summer evenings. garden.

Poinciana, Mexican Sage, Compact Texas Caesalpinia mexicana Leucophyllum frutescens 'Compacta' from http://aggie- www.westongardens.com: Dense, horticulture.tamu.edu: Mexican compact form of species. Silvery poinciana is found in Texas only in the leaves and bell-shaped lavender extreme lower Rio Grande Valley. It is flowers off and on all summer. Very grown mainly for its highly fragrant, drought tolerant. Useful as a hedge, in golden flowers borne in attractive a mass or in the perennial border. racemes 3 to 6 inches long. It is highly ornamental with its spectacular flowers and ferny foliage, and thrives in heat, tolerating reflected heat. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 16 of 19 Sage, Green Cloud Texas Skyflower, Brazilian Leucophyllum frutescens 'Green Cloud' Duranta erecta from Deer love all varieties of this plant. www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: Purple and white varieties. from Texas Sage is a native to Texas and www.rareflora.com: Easy to grow and Mexico and will tolerate limestone, bloom. They can also be trained in sand, and clay soils as long as they different shapes. Trimmed on a are well drained. This plant is also regular basis it will become a shrub, heat, drought, and salt tolerant, but grown on a trellis as a vine, or shaped definitely not humidity tolerant.The like a patio tree with only 1 trunk. foliage is more green than other "Sapphire Showers" and "Sweet cultivars which are usually silvery gray. Memories" dark purple and white blooms. Sage, Mexican Bush Skyflower, White Salvia leucantha Duranta erecta 'Alba' from www.floridata.com: Mexican from www.davesgarden.com: artcons bush sage, with its graceful arching from Fort Lauderdale, FL (Zone 10) stems and soft downy foliage, is one wrote: I have had my "White Sky" of our favorite salvias. The fuzzy Alba about 8 years. I started it from a purple calyces are the main show, cutting. It's a large bush with and these persist even after the actual spreading branches that can easily be flowers have fallen off, making controlled via trimming. It's a fast Mexican bush sage one of the few grower but requires a lot of space to salvias suitable for use as a cut flower. mature and bloom.

Sage, Russian Thryallis Perovskia atriplicifolia Galphimia gracilis Not a sage and not from Russia! from from www.floridata.com: This shrub is www.floridata.com: At its best in one of the best for shearing into low mass plantings. Include a group of hedges. Use in foundation plantings Russian sage in a mixed border. The beneath windows where it's dense pale gray stems provide a strong thicket of stems will discourage vertical element, and are especially prowlers. Thryallis makes a great appealing in winter when they are background plant for perennial beds. leafless. Cut back almost to ground Mass this shrub for large scale before growth begins - flowers on new groundcovers. wood.

Senna, Flowering Torchwood, Texas Senna corymbosa Amyris texana from www.backyardgardener.com: from http://aggie- Upright to spreading, evergreen horticulture.tamu.edu: Foliage and shrub. Leaves are pinnate and flowers smell like citrus when bruised. yellowish green with lance-shaped Torchwoods are very tolerant of heat leaflets. Many corymbs of yellow and drought, and because of this, plus flowers bloom in summer. their attractive foliage, long blooming period, fragrant flowers and value to wildlife, they are beginning to be used in landscaping in the southernmost part of the state.

Shrimp Plant Turk's Cap Drummondii Justicia brandegeeana Malvaviscus arboreus 'Drummondii' withstands wind and sand, will freeze Primary food source for migrating to ground but regrow, from hummingbirds. Flowers on native www.floridata.com: Use shrimp plant form stick up; on the larger tropical in mixed perennial beds and borders, variety they hang down. From article wherever you want a mass of in the Rockport Pilot by Ernie continuous color - they bloom almost Edmundson: Turk's Cap is found all year long! Keep the bushes tip growing along the fringes of live oaks pruned to promote bushiness and as well as in the low lying areas increase flowering. adjacent to the bays. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 17 of 19 Yucca, Buckley's Cypress, Montezuma Yucca constricta Buckley Taxodium mucronatum Larval host for Yucca giant skipper primarily a riparian tree, growing along butterfly. From www.wildflowers.org: upland riversides, not in swamps or Occasional in brushy and open areas. lakes; does not produce "knees", Flowers borne on a tall spike with a difficulty surviving winters farther north combined height of 10 feet. than San Antonio

PALMS, PALM-LIKE & TREES Ebony, Texas Ebenopsis ebano Anacacho Orchid Tree from nativeplantproject.com: Deep, Bauhinia lunarioides rich brown heartwood used to make Anacacho Orchid is a great small art objects and small furniture; red flowering tree for Central Texas seeds used in jewelry; fence posts, landscapes. It reaches only 10 feet in fuel; green seeds cooked and eaten; height and provides a light to medium ripe seeds roasted or popped; shells shade. The foliage is interesting, as used as coffee substitute. Highly the split leaves resemble a cloven prized as a deep-shade tree and hoof. Does best in full sun. ornamental.

Fiddlewood Citharexylum fruticosum Anaqua from www.sfrc.ufl.edu: Salt tolerant Ehretia anacua and can withstand winds, making it an from http://aggie- excellent landscape plant for coastal horticulture.tamu.edu: It is subtropical areas in warm climates. The small, and if planted as far north as Dallas it five-lobed, white flowers of fiddlewood will freeze back in cold winters, and appear throughout the year. These rarely develop flowers. It is sometimes flowers are quite fragrant and are an called sandpaper tree because of the excellent nectar source for wildlife. rough texture of the leaves. It blooms from spring through summer with white, fragrant flowers that cover the tree in dense clusters. Hackberry, Sugar Celtis laevigata Bottlebrush from www.wildflowers.org: Tree with Callistemon rigidus broad, rounded, open crown of from spreading or slightly drooping www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: branches. Sugar hackberry can grow This Bottlebrush has a bushy growth 60-80 ft. in height and equally as wide habit with stiff stems and stiff linear with a broad crown and graceful, shaped leaves and will do best on a pendulous branches. well-drained soil. In the summer this Callistemon will bloom sporting bright red flowers.

Holly, Yaupon Ilex vomitoria Colima LARVAL HOST for Henry's Elfin Zanthoxylum fagara butterfly. From Ernie Edmundson: from http://aggie- Grows naturally at the base of live horticulture.tamu.edu: It is common in oaks and can be easily saved. It the brush of the Rio Grande Plains grows in either full sun or deep shade, and near the coast, north to Jackson although it does best in the filtered and Matagorda counties, where it sunshine under live oaks. This is a thrives in hot, dry locations. An desirable evergreen shrub or small important wildlife plant, colima is a tree, being drought, flood, and freeze food source for white tailed deer, tolerant. many birds, butterfly larvae and butterflies. It is cold hardy to San Antonio. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 18 of 19 Laurel, Texas Mountain Pine, Norfolk Island Sophora secundiflora Araucaria heterophylla LARVAL HOST for Bordered Patch from www.floridata.com: All of the butterfly; from www.wildflower.org: species of Araucaria are native to the very popular as a native evergreen Southern Hemisphere where many ornamental tree, valued for its have economic significance and all handsome, dark green foliage and are enjoyed for their ornamental lush early spring blooms that are appearance. Norfolk Island Pine is grape-scented. It is drought-tolerant. native to Norfolk Island in the southern Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.

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, Queen Seagrape Arecastrum romanzoffianum Coccoloba uvifera from www.monrovia.com: With its from www.floridata.com: Seagrape is crinkled fronds, Queen is among the used in hedges and as a street tree in most graceful of the palms. This coastal cities throughout the tropics. It stately landscape palm grows more is one of the most commonly used frost tolerant as it ages, but won't native plants in South Florida stand up to a hard or prolonged landscaping. Seagrape is highly freeze. A good candidate for tolerant of salt spray and salty soils as oceanfront landscapes and larger well as strong sun and wind. Used as homesites inland, provided there are a windbreak near beaches. few gusts of hot wind to tatter its fronds. Papaya Vitex Carica papaya Vitex agnus-castus Not salt tolerant, does not tolerate Severe trimming each spring frost or even periods of near freezing produces a dense bush rather than a temperatures. tree. Remove dead flower heads to Grown in partial shade, they produce help reblooming and reduce fruit that is not very sweet. Papaya is seedings. Aromatic foliage. Seeds a short lived plant and young plants sometimes used as seasoning, similar produce more fruit than older to black pepper. The name of Chaste specimens. Grow local cultivars for Tree comes from the fact that when best fruit. used as tea it was supposed to reduce sexual desire.

Persimmon, Texas Wax Myrtle Diospyros texana Morella cerifera Beautifully textured peeling bark from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie combined with fine textured dark Edmundson: Is found growing wild in green foliage that stays evergreen in coastal areas most often in low-lying the southern range, intricate moister areas, but will adapt to dryer branching, and wide range of suitable conditions and, like the other environments for growth, make it understory trees, in the shadow of live worthy use in modern landscapes, oaks. especially those with limited space. MASTER GARDNERS FALL SALE - 10/03/2015 Page 19 of 19 Willow, Desert 'Bubba' Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba' from http://tree-land.com: The Desert Willow 'Bubba' has become one of the most popular Chilopsis linearis cultivars because of it's beautiful and fragrant trumpet shaped pink- burgundy flowers. No seed pods.