MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 SALE Page 1 of 13 bromiliad Twelve Apostles Lily Crinum sp. Bromeliad from www.davesgarden.com: TickiSox from Lowndesboro, AL from www.wikipdia.com: (Zone 8a) wrote: The flowers are Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot nothing to write home about, they are flowering of around 3,170 fragranced but I think of soap instead native mainly to the tropical of the anise scent they are supposed Americas. The family includes both to carry. They are a reliable repeat epiphytes, such as Spanish moss bloomer once they are established. (Tillandsia usneoides), and terrestrial Rain really sets them off. Well worth species, such as the pineapple having. (Ananas comosus). Pregnant Onion Ornithogalum longibracteatum Pineapple from www.wikipedia.com: It is often Ananas comosus grown as a houseplant, or outdoors from www.floridata.com: Try this fun as an ornamental in warmer method of propagation: Slice off the climates. It is very hard to kill. It likes small rosette of leaves at the top, a lot of water. Is called a "pregnant including about an inch of the fruit. onion" because it makes little Let this "crown" dry for a day or two, "babies" on the side of its bulb which then set it on some slightly moist fast can then be potted and grown into draining sandy potting mix. Keep it entire pregnant onion plants. around 70F in indirect light and it should grow into a new pineapple plant in a few weeks. cactus bulb Thornless Pricklypear Cactu Opuntia stricta Amaryllis from www.wikipedia.com: Commonly Hippeastrum spp. known known as Erect Prickly Pear, is from www.floridata.com: Outdoors a species of cactus from southern use amaryllis in mixed perennial North America and Central America. borders. Plant among or It produces lemon yellow flowers in under high shade of pine trees. the spring and summer, followed by Makes great cut flowers. In winter, purplish-red fruits. It has been amaryllis bulbs are easily forced into introduced to South Africa and spectacular blooms. In a matter of Australia where it has become an weeks a dry bulb will become a lovely invasive weed. centerpiece to brighten gloomy winter days. fern Walking Iris Foxtail Fern Neomarica northiana Protasparagus densiflorus var from www.davesgarden.com: The cultivar 'Myersii' (foxtail fern) is broozersnooze from Jacksonville, FL also great for containers. It has a (Zone 9b) wrote: Very easy to grow neater, more restrained look than the here in NE Florida. Blooms very 'Sprengeri' fern; stiffly upright stems fragrant, resemble an orchid but only to 2' long, with very dense, cylindrical last 1 day. Plant produces a long, plume-like foliage, giving the plant a bloom-bearing streamer. My fluffy, cloud-like appearance. The neighbor planted hers in her yard stems are like bottle brushes, 2-3" in covered by oak trees. Shade, sun - diameter, and tapering gradually to whatever, it grows. the tips. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 2 of 13 Holly Fern Mondo Grass Cyrtomium falcatum Ophiopogon japonicus Likes rich, acidic soil and good from www.floridata.com: Mondo drainage. It thrives with occasional grass's rich dark green, finely textured fish emulsion or liquid fertilizer. evergreen foliage provides a Groom when foliage becomes frayed handsome backdrop for more colorful or unsightly. Ferns will soon regrow plants. It is virtually pest and care free after being cut back, but avoid cutting making it a great choice for low into or damaging the crown. maintenance plantings.

ground cover, perennial Missouri Primrose Oenothera macrocarpa Ice Plant from http://aggie- Carpobrotus edulis horticulture.tamu.edu: A hardy may be invasive. from perennial native from Texas to www.wikipedia.com: Grow year Missouri and extending throughout round, with individual shoot segments much of central North America. A growing more than three feet per prolific bloomer with magnificent year. Ice Plants can grow to at least lemon-yellow flowers which last for 165 feet in diameter. Flowering several days. An excellent border occurs almost year round. Seed plant remaining green throughout the production is high, with hundreds of year. Prefers well-drained soil in full seeds produced in each fruit. The fruit sun. is edible. Creeping Ruellia Ruellia squarrosa Lilyturf Creeping ruellia (Ruellia squarrosa) Liriope muscari grows very low to the ground and also variegated and giant varieties. spreads more by underground The evergreen foliage is thick and runners than by seeds. This type luxurious and fallen leaves and debris blooms admirably in the deepest of tend to disappear within. Liriope is shade and does well when tough, easy to grow and readily overgrown by other plants. The available from nurseries and garden leaves are wide, dark green, and sort centers. Because it is inexpensive of soft and fuzzy. and fast growing, this is an ideal shape defining plant in the landscape. grass, perennial Gregg's Mistflower Blue Fescue Conoclinium greggii Festuca arvernensis This is the most common variety in from www.learn2grow.com: Native to local nurseries. larval food for southwestern Europe, this fescue Bordered Patch larvae, nectar source species is a densely-clumping for Monarch & Swallowtail butterflies. perennial with curved, green, narrow from www.davesgarden.com: desert leaves. In size and shape it rose from Dripping Springs, TX resembles Festuca ovina which many wrote: I can't do without this plant in gardeners use as a small ornamental my garden! It's easy and attracts so grass in beds and borders. Festuca many butterflies. arvernensis is adapted to hot, dry conditions.

Padre Island Mistflower Purple Fountain Grass Conoclinium betonicifolium Pennisetum setaceum var. Ru from http://www.wildflowers.org: This Will die back in winter. Purple color is is a somewhat woody, weak, more intense with additional water. decumbent plant rooting at the nodes Needs no care once established, is in sand or sandy clay and found pest-free. Used in landscaping, fresh throughout the Texas coast. The & dried arrangements, ground cover, flowering stems turn up at the ends and erosion control. and the blades are fleshy with toothed margins. All the flowers are disk-type with bluish petals. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 3 of 13 Big Muhly Blackeyed Susan Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Rudbeckia hirta from www.wildflower.org: Native only from http://aggie- to the Edwards Plateau of central horticulture.tamu.edu: A stiff, upright Texas, Big muhly or Lindheimers annual or shortlived perennial native muhly has become increasingly to the eastern United States, but has popular since the 1980s as an become endemic throughout North elegant, large-scale specimen grass, America. The Black-Eyed Susan is large enough for screening. It can be probably the most common of all a soft-textured substitute for American wildflowers Thrives in most introduced Pampas grass, which it soils in full sun. approaches in stature.

Gulf Coast Muhly Coreopsis Muhlenbergia capillaris var. Fil Coreopsis sp. from from www.wikipedia.com: Common http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.c names include tickseed and om: Absolutely one of the most calliopsis. The flowers are usually beautiful ornamental grasses around. yellow with a toothed tip. They have A North American native and more showy flower heads with involucral importantly a Texas Native Plant! bracts in two distinct series of eight Puts on a real show with flowers that each. Coreopsis species are used as look like a purple cloud from far away, food plants by the caterpillars of some giving a spectacular fall color show. Lepidoptera species including Coleophora acamtopappi.

Weeping Muhly herb, perennial Muhlenbergia palmeri from www.nativesoftexas.com: This Cane Begonia graceful muhley grass is native to Begonia coccinea Arizona but does well in the Texas Begonia coccinea is a species Hill Country. It has a graceful begonia native to Brazil. Many weeping appearance and enjoys full hybrids have been produced using it sun. It is very drought tolerant when as a parent. Plant has thick, leathery, established. Like the other grasses in solid bright-green leaves with a soft this genera it blooms in the fall with sheen and bright red flowers. slender seed heads. It grows to 1½ Variants in flower color include dark or 2 feet tall. pink and deep coral/salmon.

Pigeonberry Rivina humilis not drought tolerant. from article in Blanketflower Rockport Pilot by Ernie Edmundson: Gaillardia x grandiflora Often hidden under prickly leaved from www.mobot.com: Called Agarita, you will often find blanket flower in probable reference Pigeonberry. Protected from the deer to the resemblance to blankets woven and the sun by the Agarita, by Native Americans. However, Pigeonberry blooms with pink or some authorities suggest that the white clusters of flowers and tiny red name blanket flower was originally in fruit, both at the same time. reference to the habit of wild species plants to form colonies which blanketed the ground. herb, annual Cinnamon Basil Texas Bluebells Ocimum basilicum 'Cinnamon' Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russe from wikipedia.com: Basil is most from www.wildflowers.org: The commonly recommended to be used extremely showy flowers can be blue, fresh; in cooked recipes, it is purple, pink, white, or yellow. The generally added at the last moment, Japanese have been breeding Texas as cooking quickly destroys the Bluebells (known there as Lisianthus) flavour. The fresh herb can be kept for over 70 years. People have for a short time in plastic bags in the literally picked them from the wild in refrigerator, or for a longer period in such numbers that the wild the freezer, after being blanched populations have been unable to quickly in boiling water. reseed in their native habitat. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 4 of 13 Bulbine Garlic Chives Bulbine frutescens Allium tuberosum from plantzafrica.com: Bulbine from www.davesgarden.com: frutescens is often used in pajaritomt from Los Alamos, NM landscaping where a drought- (Zone 5a) wrote: I love this plant. I resistant, tough groundcover is use the leaves stir fried with meat or required. It also has its value in the seafood. I sprinkle flowers on salads. home garden. This plant is ideal to It does spread readily over time, but I grow and is a useful first-aid remedy find more uses over time. The lacy for childrens' daily knocks and flowers are lovely in late summer. scrapes.

Wooly Butterfly Bush Texas Gold Columbine Buddleia marrubiifolia Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinc from www.nativesoftexas.com: Plant from http://aggie- this West Texas native in full sun and horticulture.tamu.edu: A Texas watch the butterflies congregate. The native, this new plant is a cultivated round orange and yellow blooms are selection from a rare perennial a great contrast to the silver gray wildflower. Should give excellent foliage. Be sure to plant in a well performance in all areas of Texas drained site and give it plenty of room with the possible exception of the Rio to grow to its 4 by 4 feet size. It likes Grande Valley and the Panhandle. limestone soils and blooms from March to September.

Butterfly Weed Purple Coneflower Asclepias tuberosa Echinacea purpurea LARVAL HOST for: Monarch from www.mobot.org: Excellent, long- (Danaus plexippus) and Queen blooming flower for massing in the (Danaus gilippus) butterflies. border, meadow, native plant garden, from www.floridata.com: It is unique naturalized area, wildflower garden or among milkweeds in that the sap is part shade area of woodland garden. not milky and leaves are not Often massed with black-eyed opposite. Deep taproot makes Susans (Rudbeckias). transplanting difficult. Self-sows freely, deadhead if you don't want volunteers.

Mexican Butterfly Weed Coral Creeper Asclepias curassavica Barleria repens from Michael Womack: . . . another from www.plantszafrica.com: Fast- required plant for butterfly gardens - it growing and wonderfully easy-going, is most noted as the larval plant for Barleria repens will adapt to a monarch butterflies. from number of situations. Plant it in a www.floridata.com: The butterflies large container, or on top of a low whose caterpillars feed on milkweeds wall, where its foliage and flowers can contain the same poisonous cascade down and show to glycosides and are poisonous as well. advantage.

Chives Crown-of-Thorns Allium schoenoprasum Euphorbia milii from www.wikipedia.com: Chives are from www.floridata.com: Grown for cultivated both for its culinary uses as its long lasting, colorful petal-like well as its ornamental value; the violet bracts which surround inconspicuous flowers are often used in ornamental little flowers. Although often grown in dry bouquets. Chives thrive in well pots on the patio, this thorny drained soil, rich in organic matter, succulent is perfect for rock gardens with a pH of 6-7 and full sun. Chives and sunny borders. Crown of thorns can be grown from seed and mature is salt tolerant and often used in in summer, or early the following frostfree coastal areas, even quite spring. near the sea. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 5 of 13 Variegated Shell Ginger Oyster Plant Alpinia zerumbet variegated Tradescantia spathacea from www.wikipedia.com: Grows in very small flowers in boat-shaped upright clumps 8-10 feet tall in tropical bracts among the leaves, all parts are climates. In more typical conditions, it poisonous, may cause skin irritation reaches 4-8 feet tall in the green or allergic reactions house, and 3-4 feet tall, as a house plant. It is called a shell ginger or shell flower most commonly, because its individual pink flowers resemble sea shells.

Greenthread Black Pearl Pepper Thelesperma filifolium Capsicum annuum 'Black Pea LARVAL HOST for: Dainty Sulphur from www.davesgarden.com: htop (Nathalis iole) butterfly. Native to the from San Antonio, TX (Zone 8) prairies of Central & Western Texas, wrote: It was introduced in 2005. The Arkansas, Colorado, & Mexico, fruit is rounded with a slightly pointed striking when planted in mass. From shape when ripe. It has proven to be uvalde.tamu.edu: Greenthread a great addition to my landscape and blooms between March and June and it has had no problems with insects often into the fall. nor diseases.

Indigo Spires Porterweed Salvia x. 'Indigo Spires' Stachytarpheta jamaicensis This striking Salvia was discovered LARVAL HOST for: Tropical growing at Huntington Botanical Buckeye butterfly (Junonia Gardens in California in the 1970s. genoveva). from Indigo Spires tends to keep growing http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu: Plants grow and growing and then falls over under about 4 feet tall before stems droop its own weight. Constant pruning and and touch the ground. Blue or pink pinching will keep it in bounds, and flowers are borne terminally on long, removing the flower spikes after most stringy spikes at the ends of the of the flowers have dropped off will stems. Rich, dark green foliage is encourage more blooming. displayed on square, green stems

Butterfly Iris Redbird Flower Dietes bicolor Pedilanthus tithymaloides from from www.toptropicals.com: www.magnoliagardensnursery.com: Pedilanthus is very easy to grow as a Dietes bicolor is a clumping perennial houseplant. It needs some protection with sword like leaves and is a native from hot summer sun, but it will be to South Africa. Bicolor Iris naturally happiest in full sun during the fall and occurs near streams and wet areas in winter. Take care not to over-water, the Bathurst district of the Eastern which can cause rotting. The sap is Cape. Even though it is native to wet moderately caustic, although mild by areas, it is drought tolerant as well. Euphorbia standards, it should still be handled with caution.

Christmas Kalanchoe Chi-Chi Pink Ruellia Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Ruellia brittoniana 'Chi Chi' from www.desert-tropicals.com: Use color variation of the "Mexican house plant fertilizer for actively Petunia"; from growing plants. Blooms in winter, and www.plantdelights.com: 'Chi Chi' is a needs uninterrupted 14-hour nights dynamite ruellia from Texas…a for a month and a half before seedling selection of R. brittoniana blooming. from plant guru Scott Ogden. The narrow, very dark green foliage clothes the 2' tall stem, topped with 1" pink petunia-like flowers, from early summer through fall. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 6 of 13 Cherry Sage Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye Salvia greggii var Lipstick Viguiera stenoloba from www.plantdelights.com: One of from http://aggie- the longest-flowering Texas sage horticulture.tamu.edu: With its cultivars we have trialed. Each skeletal dark green leaves, golden compact 3' tall x 3' wide clump is daisies and rounded growth habit, it is simply smothered in terminal flower an extremely ornamental or spikes of lipstick-red (RHS 50A) sub-shrub. It adapts to most well- flowers, each highlighted by a white drained sites in full sun, and will throat and brown calyx. Texas sage benefit from being cut back to makes a great foreground addition to maintain a dense shrubby a grouping of ornamental grasses. appearance.

Mealy Blue Sage Standing-Cypress Salvia farinacea Ipomopsis rubra A low clumping perennial that from http://aggie- reaches one to three feet in height. It horticulture.tamu.edu: The brilliant is found in rocky, calcareous, and red, tubular flowers are marginally chalky soils of the Edwards Plateau spaced throughout the entire length and South Texas Plains. The purple of the spike. The leaves are finely to violet-blue flower is two-lipped with divided making this variety easy to the top lip having two lobes and the identify when not in bloom. Requires bottom lip having three lobes. The a very dry, well-drained soil in full sun flowers are found on a spike-like stem to partial shade. that is densely hairy.

Mexican Red Sage palm Salvia darcyi from www.smgrowers.com: Spreads Pygmy Date Palm by stolons to produce wide clumps Phoenix roebelenii that are densely covered with the from www.floridata.com: Small pastel green triangular shaped stature, delicate lacy appearance and leaves. Plant in full to part sun (the easy care make this an exceptional more sun the better) and give regular palm that everyone can enjoy deep irrigation. Attracts snails. Noted whether in the landscape or indoor to be cold hardy to at least 20 F and containers. Pygmy date palm is probably lower. inexpensive and available from mail order, nurseries and plant shops everywhere. Indigo Spires Salvia Salvia var. Indigo Spires Mystic Spires is a dwarf form, up to 2' shrub, perennial tall. From an article by Ernie Yellow Alder Edmondson in the Rockport Pilot Turnera ulmifolia 09/16/2009: Indigo Spires Salvia is from www.davesgarden.com: The an evergreen perennial hybid of two two-inch wide, bright yellow flowers native salvias with long purple flower open in the morning and are closed spikes. It is a spreading plant to three by noon. It has tiny seeds that sow feet tall by six feet wide requiring low prolifically. It will often grow out of a to medium water and full to partial crack in the sidewalk after a seed sun. germinates there.

Golden Shrimp Plant Pachystachys lutea from www.mobot.com: White flowers are partially covered by and protrude from showy, overlapping (hence, shrimp) golden yellow bracts which provide the predominant structure and color. Lance-shaped to elliptic medium green leaves (to 6” long) are heavily veined. It is a popular landscape plant in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 7 of 13 American Beautyberry Giant Candlestick Callicarpa americana Senna alata from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie from Michael Womack: . . . another Edmundson: Early spring is the time must-have if you want the little yellow to cut them down before they put on or sulphur butterflies in your yard their new spring growth. They can be since it provides both nectar and trimmed back almost to the ground, leaves necessary for these small, however unpruned plants will develop pale yellow butterflies. This plant a weeping effect . . . with purple, or in grows extremely fast. It can grow some cases, white berries in the fall. from seed to maturity of six to eight feet tall in the same growing season.

Angel's Trumpet Century Plant Brugmansia candida Agave americana from www.floridata.com: It can be from http://aggie- pruned to a small tree with a single horticulture.tamu.edu: It lives for 10 trunk, or allowed to grow in a clump to 25 years before it uses all its with several erect and spreading reserves to produce a magnificent stems. Use it where you want to flower stalk that can be 15 feet tall. make a bold statement. Its large, After that the original plant dies, but is coarse leaves and huge drooping replaced by small offshoots around flowers will be the center of attention. the base. It is extremely drought tolerant and moderately slow-growing.

Powis Castle Artemisia Coral Bean Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' Erythrina herbacea from www.floridata.com: Artemisia X from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie 'Powis Castle' is believed to be the Edmundson: Sprouts large clusters result of a cross between Artemisia of bright red tubular flowers in March arborescens and A. absinthium. This or April. It loses its leaves in the is a beautiful silver-gray plant that winter and can be cut to the ground in grows in a dense, billowing mound. very early spring. It develops seed Essentially evergreen in warm winter pods when ripe split open to reveal climates. Cut back in early spring to bright coral seeds that are toxic. encourage new growth to come up from the bottom.

Babybonnet Croton Coursetia axillaris Codiaeum variegatum from http://aggie- from floridata.com: In tropical horticulture.tamu.edu: Pretty but climates, crotons make attractive elusive, babybonnet is rare in Texas, hedges and potted patio specimens. although it is common in Tamaulipas Elsewhere, they are grown in in Mexico. Baby bonnets has a greenhouses or as house plants, graceful natural form, eventually valued for their striking foliage. The spreading in a vase shape to be as better the light, the brighter the wide as it is tall, and pruning should foliage colors will be, but do not leave be restricted to removing dead crotons in direct sun when grown branches only. indoors.

Pencil Cactus Roughleaf Dogwood Euphorbia tirucalli Cornus drummondii not a cactus, milky sap is poisonous from www.wildflower.org: Clumping and a strong irritant shrub or small tree, this dogwood is easily recognized by the rough, upper leaf surfaces and white fruit. It spreads from root sprouts and provides cover for wildlife; various small birds, such as Bells Vireo, nest in the thickets. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 8 of 13 Elbowbush Chinese Hibiscus Forestiera angustifolia Hibiscus rosa-sinensis from http://aggie- from aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu: horticulture.tamu.edu: Evergreen The glossy green foliage varies shrub with stiff, dense branches that considerably in size and texture come off the stems at a 90 degree among the many varieties. Flowers angle, forming elbows. Male and range from 4 to 8 inches in diameter, female flowers are produced on and may be double or single. separate plants, followed by a dark Hibiscus belong to the mallow family purple berry. Livestock and small and are closely related to cotton, mammals browse the twigs and fruit. hollyhock, Turks cap, the mallows, shrub althaea, Confederate rose, and okra. Esperanza Confederate Rose Hibiscus stans Hibiscus mutabilis LARVAL HOST for: Plebeian sphinx from http://aggie- moth (Paratrea plebeja). from horticulture.tamu.edu: Old-fashioned www.floridata.com: Var. stans is a perennial or shrub hibiscus better Central American tree that grows to known as the Confederate rose. It 25 ft. Arizona yellow bells (var. tends to be shrubby or treelike in angustata) is a 10 ft deciduous Zones 9 and 10. Flowers are double shrub. Gold Star Esperanza grows to and are 4 to 6 inches in diameter; 3-4 ft. Perfect for the South Texas they open white or pink, and change Gulf Coast. to deep red by evening.

Firebush Cape Hamelia patens Tecoma capensis From Michael Womack: . . . from www.floridata.com: Cape butterflies also use the large leaves honeysuckle can be used as a as roosting sites at night. from climbing (it needs tying) or www.floridata.com: It can be kept barrier hedge/screen, trained as a small by pruning. Firebush is a specimen shrub, or used as a ground valuable addition to butterfly and cover on steep slopes or rocky banks. hummingbird gardens. Also does It is sometimes trained as an espalier. well in containers. It is especially attractive cascading over walls or planters. It can be trained to a garden arch.

Firecracker Mexican Honeysuckle Russelia equisetiformis Justicia spicigera LARVAL HOST for: Common from mswn.com: Easily identified by Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia). its bright orange, narrowly tubular Has a white varient. From flowers. One of the few www.magnoliagardensnusery.com: desertadapted plants that works well Produces thin wiry-like foliage and in shady locations. It can be planted scarlet to coral tubular flowers. Great on north exposures, under desert for containers or for spilling over trees, or other shady spots. Its lush walls, much like a fountain. foliage makes it an ideal addition.

Firespike Jatropha Odontonema tubiforme Jatropha integerrima from www.floridata.com: The Jatropha is a very diverse genus strikingly beautiful crimson flowers which includes cactus like succulents, and glossy/shiny leaves of firespike herbaceous perennials, and woody brighten the fall landscape. Plant trees. As with most members of firespike in mixed shrub borders. It Euphorbiaceae, the milky sap can be will spread by underground sprouting, a strong irritant to skin. Most parts of enlarging to form a thicket, but it is the plant can be toxic if ingested. easy to control and keep contained. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 9 of 13 New Gold Lantana Blue Lantana x hybrida 'New Gold' Plumbago auriculata cross between a Lantana camara and from www.floridata.com: Blooms all a Lantana montevidensis. from year long except for the coldest winter Michael Womack in the CCCT months. A white flowered variety (P. 03/22/2008: [applicable to most auriculata var. alba) is available. The Lantanas]. This tough plant not only cultivar, 'Royal Cape' has intense blossoms most of the year, but it is cobalt blue flowers. Use plumbago in also drought and sun hardy - two borders, foundation plantings, and for important keys to its success in color massed in beds. Blooms best in landscaping. full sun.

Texas Lantana Plumeria Lantana urticoides Plumeria rubra from Michael Womack in the CCCT from www.floridata.com: Plumeria is 03/22/2008: The most effective use perfect as a patio tree or as lawn of these plants is often mass specimen. Use shrubbier forms in plantings in sunny areas with well- mixed hedges where they contribute drained soils. Often found along color and texture. Plant plumerias fenceposts where it is protected from near porches and bedroom windows mowing. The native form is so that its delightful frangrance can considered the best variety for be enjoyed on summer evenings. hummingbirds and butterflies because of its high nectar content.

Fragrant Mistflower Pride of Barbados Ageratina havanensis Caesalpinia pulcherrima from http://aggie- Brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers, horticulture.tamu.edu: An open shrub feathery foliage, and quick growth with slender branches that can reach make Dwarf Poinciana a popular six feet tall, fragrant mist flower evergreen shrub. It is hard to find a explodes in the fall with masses of more attractive flower. This open- white, fuzzy, very fragrant flowers that branched, fine-textured shrub will act as a magnet to hummingbirds, tolerate hot, dry areas, and forms an butterflies, and a plethora of other effective thorny barrier. It flowers insects. year-round with peak displays in spring and fall.

Bush Morning Glory Althea Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa Hibiscus syriacus from www.plantanswers.com: Most from www.floridata.com: Rose-of- prolific bloomer of any of the summer Sharon is most commonly used in perennials. The plant is covered with mixed shrub borders, or in a group for medium-size, light pink (there is a its tall, upright shape and summer white form available) blooms all color. It also makes a fine stand alone summer. Blooms last only one day specimen. Rose-of-Sharon is a but clusters of blooms are formed in perennial favorite among home the axil of every leaf. Cut back gardeners for its ease of care and its monthly to encourage branching and large showy flowers that persist for blooming. weeks in the hot summertime.

Sago Palm Seagrape Cycas revoluta Coccoloba uvifera from junglemusic.net: It is not a palm from www.floridata.com: Seagrape is at all, but rather a Cycad. Cycads are used in hedges and as a street tree in a group of plants that are very coastal cities throughout the tropics. It primitive in their origins. Fossils have is one of the most commonly used been found on almost every continent native plants in South Florida on the planet. It prefers sandy, well landscaping. Seagrape is highly draining soil. Prefers planting in the tolerant of salt spray and salty soils as ground. well as strong sun and wind. Used as a windbreak near beaches. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 10 of 13 Shrimp Plant Flapjack Kalanchoe Justicia brandegeeana Kalanchoe thyrsiflora withstands wind and sand, will freeze from www.davesgarden.com: to ground but regrow, from trickiwoo from Fort Worth, TX (Zone www.floridata.com: Use shrimp plant 8) wrote: Bought this in a 4" pot a in mixed perennial beds and borders, year ago. Now fills out a 12' pot with 4 wherever you want a mass of plants in there. May interest y'all to continuous color - they bloom almost know that when I was potting it up I all year long! Keep the bushes tip broke a leaf off & just stuck it in a pruned to promote bushiness and small pot & now have another plant increase flowering. the size I bought last year.

Brazilian Skyflower Moss Rose Duranta erecta Portulaca grandiflora Deer love all varieties of this plant. from www.floridata.com: Moss rose Purple and white varieties. from makes a beautiful ground cover in a www.rareflora.com: Easy to grow and dry or rocky area, although it cannot bloom. They can also be trained in be walked on. Use moss rose as different shapes. Trimmed on a edging at the front of borders or in the regular basis it will become a shrub, cracks in a rock wall, or the spaces grown on a trellis as a vine, or between stepping stones. It's perfect shaped like a patio tree with only 1 for a hot, dry, south facing slope. trunk.

Mexican Turk's Cap tree Malvaviscus arboreus var. Me strong butterfly/hummingbird Anacacho Orchid Tree addractor, flowers droop as Bauhinia lunarioides compared to the native Turk's Cap Anacacho Orchid is a great small which are upright, more susceptable flowering tree for Central Texas to freezing than the native variety. landscapes. It reaches only 10 feet in height and provides a light to medium shade. The foliage is interesting, as the split leaves resemble a cloven hoof. In spring white blooms appear to add beauty and interest to the landscape. Variegated Vitex Vitex trifolia var. variegata from http://hort.ufl.edu: This fast Mexican Buckeye growing shrub is popular for its Ungnadia speciosa variegated foliage and pretty blue from http://aggie- flowers . Vitex will reach a height of horticulture.tamu.edu: Pink flowers 10 to 12 feet and quickly becomes bloom simultaneously as it leafs out tree-like if neglected or trained to with light bronze colored leaflets - fall encourage multi-trunk development. color is bright golden yellow. May be However, this plant creates a nice, used as a large multi-trunk shrub or dense shrub if it is properly pruned. trained into a small tree. Because of its spreading nature it is not well suited near the street. Not related to the Yellow or Ohio Buckeye. succulent Aloe Colima Aloe vera Zanthoxylum fagara from www.thegardenhelper.com: All from http://aggie- Aloes are semitropical succulent horticulture.tamu.edu: It is common plants, and may only be grown in the brush of the Rio Grande Plains outdoors in areas where there is no and near the coast, north to Jackson chance of freezing. However, they and Matagorda counties, where it make excellent house plants when thrives in hot, dry locations. An they are given sufficient light. Potted important wildlife plant, colima is a Aloes benefit from spending the food source for white tailed deer, summer outdoors. many birds, butterfly larvae and butterflies. It is cold hardy to San Antonio. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 11 of 13 Crapemyrtle Texas Mountain Laurel Lagerstroemia indica Sophora secundiflora from www.floridata.com: Crape This is the most common variety in myrtles have been planted along local nurseries. from highways in the southern United www.davesgarden.com: desert_rose States for generations. They are from Dripping Springs, TX wrote: I becoming more widely used in urban can't do without this plant in my areas, especially as new varieties garden! It's easy, drought-tolerant have been developed for smaller size and attracts so many butterflies--- I and disease resistance. A single can't count them all. It grows in crape is a magnificent specimen in average alkaline to poor soil. It has the middle of a lawn. plenty of seeds in the fall.

Cedar Elm Wax Myrtle Ulmus crassifolia Morella cerifera The Latin species name means thick from article in Rockport Pilot by Ernie leaf. Dominant species in the woods Edmundson: Is found growing wild in of much of Central Texas. Larval coastal areas most often in low-lying host for the Mourning Cloak & moister areas, but will adapt to dryer Question Mark butterflies. Although it conditions and, like the other is susceptible to Dutch Elm Disease, understory trees, in the shadow of live it appears to be less of a problem oaks. The plant spreads from the with it than it is with American Elm, U. roots and forms large clusters if left americana, or Winged Elm, U. alata. unpruned.

Lacebark Elm Bur Oak Ulmus parvifolia Quercus macrocarpa from www.floridata.com: Most of the from www.wikipedia.com: The elms make great shade and avenue acorns are the largest of any North trees, and Chinese elm is one of the American oak. Typically grows in the best. Foliage in autumn often turns open, away from forest canopy.. It is shades of red and purple. With its also a fire-resistant tree, and multi-colored exfoliating bark, possesses significant drought Chinese elm is especially attractive in resistance by virtue of a long taproot. winter. this is a good choice when It commonly lives to be 200 to 300 you want a shade tree for a small years old. Outstanding ornamental landscape. tree.

Spiny Hackberry Live Oak Celtis pallida Quercus virginiana from http://www.wildflower.org: One from of the few shrubs in the Celtis http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu: genus. Its numerous spiny branches Live oak is majestic and long-lived, are whitish gray. The bark is smooth with a crown that can spread up to and gray. Leaves are small, roundish, twice its height. It is pH adaptable, and somewhat rough. Clusters of and tolerant of drought and poor small, fairly inconspicuous, white soils, although it does not tolerate flowers are followed by shiny red, poorly drained soils or extremely well- orange and yellow fruit ripening in fall. drained deep sand. Its primary liability is its susceptibility to the oak wilt fungus. Sugar Hackberry Wild Olive Celtis laevigata Cordia boissieri from www.wildflowers.org: Tree with Hardy as far north as San Antonio. broad, rounded, open crown of Fruit may make livestock disoriented spreading or slightly drooping if eaten to excess. Needs water to branches. Sugar hackberry can grow get established but drought-tolerant 60-80 ft. in height and equally as afterwards. wide with a broad crown and graceful, pendulous branches. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 12 of 13 Papaya vine, perennial Carica papaya Not salt tolerant, does not tolerate Arrowhead Vine frost or even periods of near freezing Syngonium podophyllum temperatures. The Arrowhead plant can be grown Grown in partial shade, they produce alone or within a mixed planting for fruit that is not very sweet. Papaya is additional interest. As the plant ages, a short lived plant and young plants however, it will begin to vine; produce more fruit than older therefore, it may be a good idea to specimens. Grow local cultivars for grow the arrowhead plant in a best fruit. hanging basket. Likewise, the plant can be trained on a pole or trellis for support. It can be invasive and hard to control. Mexican Poinciana Caesalpinia mexicana from http://aggie- Crossvine horticulture.tamu.edu: Mexican Bignonia capreolata poinciana is found in Texas only in from www.wildflower.org: Not deer the extreme lower Rio Grande Valley. resistant. A climbing, woody vine It is grown mainly for its highly reaching 50 ft. long with showy, fragrant, golden flowers borne in orange-red, trumpet-shaped flowers 2 attractive racemes 3 to 6 inches long. inches long and 1 1/2 inches across It is highly ornamental with its which hang in clusters of two to five. spectacular flowers and ferny foliage, They are sometimes seen high in a and thrives in heat, tolerating tree, as the vine climbs by means of reflected heat. claws at the end of its tendrils. Retama Parkinsonia aculeata from http://aggie- Cup of Gold horticulture.tamu.edu: Graceful tree Solandra maxima with bright green bark. It can be from www.floridata.com: It is often single stemmed or multi-trunked, and grown on large pergolas or trellises, because it has long thin leaves it or trained to grow up the side of a casts only dappled shade. The yellow house where the spectacular flowers flowers with red-orange throats are can spill down the walls over windows borne in spring or early summer. and doorways. Tolerant of salt spray Needle-like thorns can be and salty soils, all the chalice maintenance and pedestrian hazards. are large rampant growers and are excellent for seaside gardens. Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis from www.livingdesert.com: Desert Dutchman's Pipe Vine willows will grow rapidly -- 3 feet a Aristolochia gigantea var Brasi year for several years with regular from www.buenacreekgardens.com: watering. If they’re dropping a lot of King of a large group of vines that leaves in the summer, they could attract pollinating flies with flowers probably use a drink. Go easy on the that look like (and often smell like) fertilizer, because too much nitrogen dead meat. These vines don’t just will promote rank, uncharacteristic attract flies, however: they actually growth attractive only to insects like trap them and keep them overnight to aphids. effect pollination. Make nice hats! vine, annual Cuban Blue Pea Vine Coral Honeysuckle Clitoria ternatea Lonicera sempervirens from Micheal Womack: This fast from www.wildflowers.org: This vine growing annual produces lots of has showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, bright blue flowers and a thin vine. It red outside, yellow inside, in several will freeze, but the plant produces whorled clusters at the ends of the seeds in pea pods that can be dried stems. Papery, exfoliating bark is and kept to replant in future years. orange-brown in color. This beautiful, Look for it as a one-gallon plant. The slender, climbing vine is frequently plants tend to get leggy very quickly, visited by hummingbirds. Not too so pinching helps to keep it bushy. aggressive. Good climber or ground cover. MASTER GARDNER SPRING 2010 PLANT SALE Page 13 of 13 Carolina Jasmine Trumpet Creeper Gelsemium sempervirens Campsis radicans from www.floridata.com: Rapidly LARVAL HOST for: Plebeian sphinx covers arbors, tree trunks, trellises, moth ( plebeja). from etc. in a season or two. This is a well www.wildflowers.org: Trumpet behaved vine that will stay in scale creeper grows tall with support. It can and can be used on decks and damage wood and other soft porches and on trellises near patios structures when it attaches to walls by and entryways. It grows well in aerial roots or suckers. It colonizes by containers and as ground cover along ground suckers and self layering and steep banks and is a good candidate can get out of control. for low maintenance landscapes.

Mexican Flame Vine Pseudogynoxys chenopodioid from www.floridata.com: Use Mexican flame vine to drape over porch rails and mailboxes. It's expert at improving the visual charm of chain link fences. Use in mixed hedges to create splashes of summertime color. It also looks great clambering up palm or pine tree trunks. Tends to be rather compact.

Palay Rubbervine Cryptostegia grandiflora from www.wikipedia.com: It is also a significant weed in northern Australia, sometimes regarded in fact, as the worst weed in all of Australia. It has also been introduced to most other tropical and subtropical regions by man, because of its attractive flowers and the fact that its latex contains commercial quality rubber.

Pandora Vine Pandorea jasminoides from www.ehow.com: A sun-loving plant from Australia that grows best in the hot southern climates of Florida, Texas and California. Whether growing up a trellis or tumbling across a high stone wall, its rich green leaves and bountiful vines add a tall airy quality to the garden. Best of all, the plant blooms 2 or 3 times each year.

Snapdragon Vine Maurandella antirrhiniflora from www.wildflowers.org: Snapdragon vine is a delicate, herbaceous vine which usually reaches 3 ft. or more in length. Small, rose-purple flowers occur on slender pedicels from the axils of triangular, lobed leaves. also known as Roving Sailor. These vine, not a true snapdragon, is charming, attractive and well worth cultivating.