Firecracker Plant

Full to morning sun or partial shade. A fine-textured, sagelike perennial with showy cascades of slender, bell-shaped red flowers. (Yellowish cultivars are available.) Blooms appear from spring through first frost.\n\nThe […]

Fall Aster

Sun/part shade. Nearly evergreen, with low-growing, aromatic foliage. Purple and yellow daisy-like blooms make a dramatic display in autumn (and occasionally in spring.) \n\nFall aster spreads gradually by stolons.

English Ivy

Shade. Evergreen, with large, glossy, dark-green leaves. English ivy is easy to grow and makes a great groundcover for bright moist shade around buildings and trees, filling in structural beds […]

Dusty Miller

Sun or part shade; protect from western sun. Nearly evergreen annual or short-lived perennial, with velvety-white foliage. A favorite bedding plant, massed among more strongly formed ornamentals or used as […]

Pink Thoroughwort

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.

White Prairie Artemisia

Sun or very partial shade; semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial, with stiff upright stems and striking, silvery-white foliage used as a garnish or flavoring, along with various medicinal applications. Artemisia quickly spreads […]

Turk’s Cap

Full sun to partial shade; a shrub-like perennial with thick, crinkled mallow leaves and red hibiscus flowers that never seem to open — hence its common names. It blooms continuously […]

Shrimp Plant

Sun/partial shade; nearly evergreen with fairly tall, lanky foliage up to 5 feet. Creamy white flowers extend from the showy salmon-colored bracts.\n\nThis justicia blooms regularly, even in full shade and […]

Mealy Cup Sage

Sun/part shade. An herbaceous perennial; it appears in spring with blue flower spikes all summer long. A short-lived perennial, it normally freezes back down to the ground in winter. Finches […]

Little-leaf Sage

Partial sun. A small, mostly evergreen salvia, blooming year-round, but especially in spring and autumn. Autumn Sage is similar but easily distinguished by its smooth leaves; Little-leaf sage grows slightly […]