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VALLEY NATIVE LARGE SHRUBS FOR THE GARDEN Mature height 5 ft or greater SB-1/17 Key: 1= Drought tolerant 3= Needs more water 2= Low maintenance; plant anywhere 4= Suitable for container gardening, with appropriate pruning to keep smaller Characteristics Common Botanical Full Shade/ Full Mature Mature Evergreen Comments Name Name Sun Sun Shade Height Width (ft) (ft) 1 Amargosa, Castela erecta X X 6 6 X Whitish branches; silvery Goat Bush subsp. texana leaf undersides; red flower and fruit; thorny 1,2 Black Brush Vachellia X 10-15 15 Fragrant creamy white rigidula bottle-brush flowers; spiny 2 Butterfly Bush; Buddleja X X 6 5 Excellent butterfly nectar Tepozán sessiliflora plant 1,2 Brasil Condalia X X 6-15 15 X Fruit for birds, black; hookeri interesting growth habit; thorny 1,2 Brush Holly Xylosma X X 6-12 3-4 X Branches form graceful flexuosa arches; fruit for birds, red to purple; thorny 1,2 Cenizo, Leucophyllum X 8 8 X Purple flowers, after rain; Purple Sage frutescens gray or green foliage forms; green can grow in part shade; can be hedged 1,2 Century Agave X 6 6 X Leaf margins and tips with Plant americana spines; sap burns skin; needs space; blooms once, then it dies, but has offshoots 1,2 Colima, Lime Zanthoxylum X X 15 15 X Ornamental fruit; crushed Prickly Ash fagara leaves have citrus scent; prickly 1,2 Coral Bean, Erythrina X X 16 10-15 Showy coral red blooms; Colorín herbacea hummingbird nectar plant; poisonous red seeds; thorny 2,4 Cortes Croton X X 6 4-5 X Nectar for butterflies; Croton cortesianus caterpillar host plant 1,2 Desert Schaefferia X 3-6 3-5 Red fruit; male and female Yaupon cuneifolia plants need to get fruit 1,2 Elbowbush, Forestiera X 8 3-8 X Male and female flowers Panalero angustifolia are on separate plants so need a male plant near female one(s) to ensure fruit production; can be used to make hedges. 1,2 Fiddlewood Citharexylum X 6-10 10 Attractive foliage and berlandieri white flower clusters; showy orange to black fruit; fruit for birds 1,2 Granjeno, Celtis pallida X X 8-15 12 X Light gray, smooth bark; Spiny orange fruit attracts birds Hackberry and is edible; spiny 1,2 Guajillo Acacia X X 9-15 9-15 X Lacy foliage; fragrant berlandieri flowers; a source of honey; with very small prickles (sometimes none); can be shrub or small tree 1 Hogplum, Colubrina X 6-8 6-8 Interesting growth habit Texas texensis with zigzag branches Colubrina 1,2 Lotebush Ziziphus X X 8-10 10 White stem; black fruit for obtusifolia birds; thorny 1,2,4 Manzanita, Malpighia X X X 4-9 1-4 X Pink flowers; edible, red Barbados glabra fruit high in vitamin C; fruit Cherry for birds; can be hedged 2,3 Mexican Cephalanthus X 8-16 10 Fragrant, white ball- Buttonbush salicifolius shaped blooms; butterfly nectar plant 1 Mexican Lippia X X 10 3-10 Crushed leaves have Oregano, graveolens oregano scent; can be Oregano used for cooking; white flower clusters 2 Potato Tree, Solanum X X 10 10 X Large, soft, hairy leaves; Salvadora erianthum fruit for birds; can be small tree or shrub 1,2 Sierra Madre Amyris X X 6-10 6-10 X Crushed leaves have Torchwood madrensis citrus scent; fragrant flowers; fruit for birds 1,2 Snake Eyes Phaulothamnus X X 8 8 X Translucent fruit with spinescens black seed inside; bird cover; thorny 2 Snowberry, Chiococca alba X X 6-10 6-10 X Clambering shrub; white, David’s fragrant flower clusters; Milkweed white fruit 1,2 Spanish Yucca X X 6-12 3-5 X Has Y-shaped trunk and Dagger; treculeana leaves form rosette on Trecul’s top; leaf tips are sharp; Yucca white flowers attract moths; cover for wildlife 2,4 Sweet Stem, Aloysia X 6 X Pink flowers; excellent Vara Dulce macrostachya butterfly nectar plant; favorite of bees; scented leaves when crushed 1,2,4 Texas Coursetia X X 5-9 6 X Pale pink or white delicate Babybonnets axillaris flowers; fountain shaped shrub; butterfly nectar plant; caterpillar host plant 1,2,4 Texas Eysenhardtia X X 10 8 Airy, upright shrub; very Kidneywood, texana small white flowers in Vara Dulce spikes; butterfly nectar source; caterpillar host plant 1,4 Texas Lantana X X 3-6 3-6 X Showy clusters of orange, Lantana urticoides red, and yellow throughout the year; butterfly nectar plant; susceptible to white fly damage and resultant viral damage 1,2 Texas Amyris texana X X 3-6 2-8 X Fragrant flowers in the Torchwood, Fall; crushed leaves have Chapotillo citrus scent; attracts moths; fruit for birds 1,2 Torrey’s Croton incanus X X 3-6 5 X Butterfly nectar plant; Croton caterpillar host plant, fruit for birds; leaves turn orange under stress 1,4 Turk’s Cap, Malvaviscus X X X 5-10 2-5 X Large red flowers in tube Manzanilla drummondii shape; red fruit; butterfly and hummingbird nectar plant; fruit for birds 1,2 Vasey Adelia Adelia vaseyi X X 10 6 X Vase-shaped shrub; ornamental mottled, peeling bark; caterpillar host plant 2, 3 Velvet Lantana X X 5-6 3 X White clusters of flowers Lantana, velutina throughout the year, Orégano Xiu followed by purple fruit eaten by birds; soft leaves—a stark difference to Texas Lantana, which has rough ones. Butterfly nectar plant. 1,2 Whitebrush; Aloysia X 9 6 Airy, vase shape shrub; Common Bee gratissima very fragrant white Bush; flowers; butterfly nectar Jazminillo plant 2 Woolly Melochia X 3-6 6 Purple to pink or white Pyramid Bush tomentosa flowers; butterfly nectar plant 2 Yellow Sophora X 3-7 3-7 Yellow flowers; soft Sophora tomentosa leaves; hummingbird nectar plant .
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