Purple Heart

Sun or shade. A hardy, heat-tolerant groundcover. Fleshy purple foliage forms spreading mats. Pink flowers appear in warm weather.\n\nUse it in pots and shady spots in the garden, around evergreens […]

Liriope

Part or full shade; evergreen, with dark green lily or grass like spreading foliage. An adaptable low-maintenance groundcover often used in formal landscapes, especially around live oaks. Inconspicuous flower spikes.

Leatherstem

Sun or part shade. Deciduous, with thick glossy leaves and white flowers in late spring. The arching rubbery stems form small spreading colonies that make excellent drought- and cold-hardy specimens […]

Plateau Goldeneye

Dappled bright shade. Perennial with small swordlike folded leaves that typically disappear in summer to return with cooler weather. They spread from matlike, shallow rhizomes in well-drained soil; protect them […]

Century Agave

Full sun. Evergreen; strongly formed, with heavy, toothed, spine-tipped leaves. Although it may not live for 100 years, each rosette spends many seasons storing energy and, for its final act […]

Possumhaw Holly

Sun/partial shade; deciduous, with unarmed branches. Possumhaw resembles its cousin, yaupon holly, but grows larger; the leaves are larger and more paddle-shaped. It’s admired for the female’s red fruit, which […]

Yaupon Holly

Sun or shade; evergreen, with small leaves. The female plant bears red fruit in winter, putting on a spectacular show and attracting birds (and wreath-makers.) On its own yaupon grows […]

Loquat

Partial shade; appreciates some protection from western summer sun. Evergreen, with long, large leaves. Fragrant flowers and sweet, bountiful orange plums during mild winters. \n\nLoquat is low-maintenance and rarely requires […]