Zizotes Milkweed

Fun sun or partial shade. Perennial, with mounding foliage up to 24 inches tall and wide. Clusters of small, intricate pale green flowers appear throughout the year, followed by conspicuous […]

Gray Shrub Sage

Sun or light shade. A low, mounding evergreen salvia with woody stems and aromatic greyish foliage. Sky-blue flowers appear as early as February and may last all season long.\n\nNative to […]

Oklahoma Redbud

Partial shade; best if protected from afternoon summer sun. ‘Oklahoma’ is a popular selection of Texas redbud, with cool wine-red or magenta-colored flowers covering the bare branches in early springtime. […]

Big Red Sage

Sun. An herbaceous perennial salvia, with 2′-3′ tall wands of reddish-purple sage flowers in spring and summer. Somewhat similar to scarlet sage in habit, but the glossy leaves are distinctive.\n\nBig […]

Beaked Yucca

Full sun. Evergreen. An attractive tree-form yucca. Many sources consider it simply a branching variety of the popular Big Bend Yucca (rostrata). Thin blue-gray leaves grow in a cluster, later […]

Yaupon Holly (Dwarf)

Sun/part shade; evergreen, with a low, mound like form (up to 4 feet). All dwarf yaupon cultivars are male — meaning they won’t bear any of the showy red fruit […]

Crape Myrtle ‘Natchez’

Full sun; deciduous. All the \”Indian series\” hybrids were produced at the National Arboretum to improve disease resistance and lengthen the bloom period. ‘Natchez’ is the white-blooming version with striking […]

Crape Myrtle ‘Basham’s Party Pink’

Full sun; deciduous, with pale silvery-pink flowers throughout the warm season. Basham’s is a very large 40′ crape myrtle (the name commemorates Bill Basham, the city of Houston’s horticulturist in […]

Blackfoot Daisy

Sun/part shade; deciduous. A mounding perennial with narrow, green leaves and creamy-white flowers with orange centers. Useful in rock gardens.\r\n\r\nSurvival requires excellent drainage; this native may be short-lived if over-watered.

Chiltepín

Sun or shade; a deciduous, freely reseeding perennial. The white flowers produce small, edible, hot peppers. Under-utilized; in general, it makes a great addition to the shade garden or any […]