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Coral Honeysuckle

Sun/part shade; semi-evergreen, with unusual leaves that completely encircle the stems. Clusters of coral-colored blooms appear during warm weather and may persist into winter.\n\nUnlike the [...]

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Annual Phlox

Sun or partial shade. Sow seeds in late summer or fall. Phlox is a much-branched, sticky-glandular plant with bright red, pink, or white flowers in tight clusters at the ends of stems.\n\nAnnual [...]

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Prairie Gaillardia

Sun to partial shade. Narrow, lance-shaped leaves on rigid stems, branching toward the top; flower stalks terminate in yellow rays, lobed at the margins and occasionally reddish at their bases. [...]

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Crossvine

Partial sun/shade. Semi-evergreen. Tangerine blooms with yellow throats appear in late spring, with occasional blooming until frost. The flowers resemble trumpet creeper, but crossvine is far [...]

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Coral Bean

Full sun or partial shade. A deciduous, herbaceous perennial, with glossy spadelike leaves, striking tubular pink or red flower spikes, and blackish pods bearing poisonous red beans. An [...]

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Chisme

Chisme (Spanish for gossip) spreads like gossip from seed, though easily removed. The low growing annual fills in nicely around other larger plants and displays attractive fuchsia flowers in the [...]

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Heartleaf Iceplant

Sun/part shade; mostly evergreen. Protect from frost (and from deer). Thick, fleshy leaves with brightly colored flowers form a spreading groundcover similar to portulaca.\n\nPlanted in the [...]

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Rio Grande Globe Amaranth

Full sun. Herbaceous perennial, an annual wildflower in Texas, with striking red blooms that attract butterflies. Strawberry Fields is widely available cultivar.

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Bottlebrush

Full sun; a large, evergreen shrub with fragrant leaves. Blooms on new growth, with bright red, fine-textured puff flowers that bloom during warm weather.\n\nVarious species are available in the [...]

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Firespike

Shade/part shade. Firespike is a dieback perennial, with big glossy foliage that freezes back to the ground every winter. (Some gardeners suggest digging them up and bringing them inside as [...]