Lavender

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 [...]

Sun/part shade. A striking autumn wildflower with clusters of purple or pinkish-purple blooms on stiff unbranched stems. Makes an excellent cut flower. A Texas native; attracts butterflies.

Full sun. Deciduous. A large, thorny tropical vine with a shrub-like habit, admired for the spectacular red, purple, and fuchsia bracts around its white flowers. With its abundant thorns, it [...]

Full sun (in shade, cenizo tends to grow leggy.) Evergreen, with smooth, dusty-green leaves that contrast with the typical silverleaf cenizo. Lavender-colored flowers appear sporadically during [...]

Full sun (any shade makes it grow leggy.) Cenizo is evergreen, with silvery foliage covered with tiny dusty hairs. Sweet-scented pink flowers appear briefly after rain events in summer and fall. [...]

Sun or partial shade; herbaceous, generally freezing back in winter. ‘Katie’ is a low-growing perennial branching from the ground with woody stems, long willow-like leaves and purple [...]

Sun or partial shade. Deciduous; nearly evergreen with tiny silvery leaves. Small purple blooms appear spring through fall. A useful ground cover in rocky areas challenged by thin soil difficult [...]

Partial or full shade; a nearly evergreen perennial grown for its attractive, coppery foliage in early spring and fall; cold- hardy to 10 degrees in south-central Texas.

Sun/part shade. A low-spreading herbaceous perennial with bright lavender flowers. Attracts butterflies. Blue Princess is an English form recommended as a Texas Superstar by Greg Grant during his [...]

Full sun. A native herbaceous perennial blooming throughout the warm season and sometimes in winter. The rounded purple flower clusters and highly divided leaves are distinctive.\n\nVerbena is [...]