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Texas Prickly Pear

Sun or partial shade. Evergreen, with yellow, red or orange flowers generally starting in June, followed by maroon fruits which will keep your mockingbirds busy for months. Prickly pear is […]

Cow’s Tongue Prickly Pear

Cow's tongue leaf pads.

Sun. Evergreen. Cow’s tongue is a local prickly pear with long pads that reach like long fingers toward the sky: a striking Star Trek form in any rock or cactus […]

Pencil Cactus

Sun or light shade. Evergreen. This tough shrub cactus forms a thicket of small cylindrical stems armed with sharp spines. Yellow blooms appear in August, followed by dramatic displays of […]

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 […]

Chinese Holly (Dwarf)

Sun or shade; evergreen with very stiff glossy leaves. The spiny leaves are distinctive, with the central tip pointing downward and the outer tips pointing up, resembling horns. \n\nOften hedged, […]

Burford Holly (Dwarf)

Burford holly leaves and berries.

Sun/part shade; evergreen, with dark glossy leaves bearing sharp needlelike points; small, white blooms, with red berries in winter; a slow grower. Often used as a strong sturdy hedge.

Chinese Holly

Sun or shade; evergreen with stiff glossy leaves. The spiny leaves are distinctive, with the central tip pointing downward and the outer tips pointing up, resembling horns. Red berries in […]

Bald Cypress

Bald cypress with seeds.

Sun, part shade; deciduous, with good copper or yellow fall color. A very tall tree, eventually flat-topped.\n\nThis is the common bald cypress of Southern swamps, Hill Country rivers, and the […]

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 […]

Coyotillo

Sun or partial shade; fuller form in sun. Thornless and evergreen, with soft, lime-green, strongly veined buckthorn leaves and a nice rounded shrub shape. It is one of the few […]