LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Achillea 'Terra Cotta'
Terra Cotta yarrow
sun
perennial
Aesculus pavia
Red buckeye
sun to deciduous
part sun small tree
Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Giant hyssop
sun
HEIGHT
2'
15'
perennial
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
peach
red
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
N
yes
N
blue
N
white
N
white
N
2-3'
Albelia chinensis 'Ruby
Anniversary'
Ruby Anniversary Chinese
abelia
sun
deciduous
shrub
4-6'
Aloysia virgata
Sweet Almond Bush
sun
perennial
Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
Blue star
sun
perennial
10'
blue
SE US
n/a
yes
1-1.5'
Acer leucoderme
Chalk Maple
Agapanthus 'Elaine'
Lily of the Nile
Agapanthus 'Little Dutch Blue'
Lily of the Nile
Allium cepa aggregatum
Multiplying onion
sun to
pt sun
sun to
part sun
sun to
part sun
deciduous
small tree
sun
perennial
perennial
perennial
30'
3'
2'
blue
blue
white
1'
Alocasia 'Baby Ray'
Alocasia 'Tiny Dancers'
Elephant ear
Elephant ear
sun
tender
perennial
sun to tender
part sun perennial
n/a
1'
n/a
1'
N
Drought and deer resistant perennial with large, peachy flowers that
age to shades of earthy reds and oranges.
Spectacular native shrub or small tree with brilliant red flower spikes.
Deciduous in summer.
The easiest hyssop to grow in our heat and humidity! You won't be
dissapointed with the abundance of soft, blue flower spikes that are
simply alive with pollinators. Foliage is sweetly reminiscent of licorice,
but not in a bad way.
I'm loving this abelia in our trial garden. I think it's my favorite abelia of
all, in fact. New grwoth emerges a deep copery red and turns a very
dark green in summer. The flowers have been non-stop all summer
and are a magnet for pollilnators, especial tiger swallowtail butterlfies
in late summer.
Clustered spikes of highly fragrant, creamy white flowers. Butterfy and
people magnet!
Blue Ice is my favorite blue star to grow - although I love them all! It
boasts a more compact habit with with greyish willow-like foliage and
much darker blue starry flowers held in clusters at stem ends. Shear
after flower to keep a tidier habit.
Beautiful and rare native maple with yellow, orange, or red fall color.
Greg's very favorite naitve tree!
Dark blue-violet flowers in mid-summer.
A compact selection with clusters of bright, light blue flowers in
summer.
Small onion, with a lovely mild flavor that multiplies by producing
offsets. When you harvest a bunch, plant one back in the ground to
continue your crop for years to come.
Diminuitive version of the Stingray alocasia, boasting the same
stingray shaped foliage in a cuter little package. Allow to dry between
waterings. Would be excellent in poolside containers.
I love the form this petite, dramitcally upright elephant ear makes - like
outstrechted arms bent upward in prayer. Great container specimen.
LATIN NAME
Alpinia nutans
COMMON NAME
False cardamon
LIGHT
shade
DURATION
HEIGHT
perennial
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
A great tropical foliage plant for the shade. Despite the fact that this
ginger won't bloom in our climate, the evergreen, FRAGRANT foliage
and overall texture and height of this plant more than makes up for
that.
n/a
2'
Antirrhinum hispanicum
Spanish snapdragon
sun
perennial
pink
1'
Aristolochia fimbriata
White veined Dutchman's pipe sun
perennial
maroon
L
2'
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp milkweed
sun
perennial
pink
yes
N,L
2'
orange
yes
N,L
2'
orange or
yellow
yes
N,L
white
yes
N,L
green
yes
N,L
maroon
yes
3-4'
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly weed
sun
perennial
Asclepias tuberosa 'Gay
Butterflies'
Butterfly milkweed
sun
perennial
Asclepias verticillata
Whorled milkweed
sun
perennial
2'
Asclepias viridis
Green milkweed
sun
perennial
1'
Asimina triloba
Paw Paw
part
shade
deciduous
tree
15'
How on Earth have I not grown this lovely thing before? I truly watered
these beauties one time after planting in an irrigation-free bed. ONE
TIME! Soft, grey foliage plays host to small spikes of pink and yellow
flowers. And yes, they do talk like annual snaps do!
Mounding plants have rounded leaves, patterned heavily with silver
veins. Although the flowers are small, they are really interesting.
There's a curved tube at the base that opens up with a brownish
maroon face with yellow frills. This is a good host plant for the pipevine
swallotwail.
A pink flowered milkweed typically found in swamps, river bottoms and
wet meadows. Plants preform best when not allowed to dry out.
Flowers are a great nectar source and foliage is excellent fodder for
monarch caterpillars!
native, perennial butterfly weed. Terminal clusters of bring orange
flowers attract a variety of pollinators. Foliage serves as a buffet for
monarch caterpillars.
Monarch host plants with big clusters of eithe orange or yellow flowers.
A clump forming milkweed that hails from prairies, meadows and open
woodlands of the eastern U.S. Sweet-scented clusters of white flowers
appear mid-summer. Monarch host.
Perhaps the most prolific milkweed in East Texas, the green milkweed
is just that … green. Clusters of light green flowers, with hints of
purple. Monarch host.
Great tropical-looking small understory tree which boasts interesting
marroon bells in spring and provide the lone host for the equisite zebra
swallowtail butterfly
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's
Favorite'
Fall aster
Baptisia australis
FALSE indigo
LIGHT
sun
DURATION
HEIGHT
perennial
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
No late season pollinator garden is complete without fall asters.
Mounding plants are smothered in frilly, violet-blue flowers in fall,
providing a much needed, late season nectar source.
blue
yes
blue
yes
N,L
blue
hybrid
N,L
creamy
yellow
hybrid
N,L
blue
hybrid
N,L
yes
N
2-3'
sun
perennial
3-4'
Baptisia DECADENCE
'Sparkling Sapphires'
Sparkling Sapphires false
indigo
sun
perennial
Baptisia hybrid Decadence
'Vanilla Cream'
FALSE indigo
sun
perennial
Baptisia 'Indigo Spires'
Indigo Spires false indigo
sun
perennial
Begonia sp. (maybe B. boweri)
"Dottie"
Dottie's eyelash leaf begonia
part
shade
tender
perennial
2.5 - 3'
2-3'
3-4'
n/a
18"
Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello
Yellow'
Blackberry lily
Bignonia capreolata 'Helen
Fredel'
Orange Cross Vine
Buddleia 'Buzz Midnight'
Buddleia 'Buzz Velvet'
sun
perennial
yellow
2'
sun
vine
orange
10-15'
Buzz Midnight butterfly bush
Buzz Velvet butterfly bush
sun
sun
semievergreen
shrub
semievergreen
shrub
purple
N
A mid-sized butterfly bush with deep, midnight purple flowers all
summer that are great nectar sources for a swarm of pollinators.
magenta
N
Fragrant flowerspikes of dark, velvety magenta attract pollinators
throughout the summer and fall.
4'
4'
Did you know that bumblebees like "complicated" flowers? And that
"complicated" flowers provide richer, sweeter nectar? Baptisia provide
this scenario with tall spikes of lupine-like, periwinkle-blue flowers in
late spring. Seed pods are quite ornamental once flowers have faded.
Plants have a lovely compact and rounded form. Late spring brings
romantic, dusky dark blue flower spikes.
I am super excited about this more compact, floriferous hybdrid with
tall spikes of butter-yellow flowers. Baptisia as a whole are drought
tolerant and deer resistant.
Densley branched, grey-green foliage gives rise to foot-long spikes of
midnight blue flowers. Excellent pollinator plant.
We love this little begonia! Green foliage is heavily patterned with dark
purple splashes. Established plants will survive a typical winter if given
well-drained soils and bright shade. Would also make lovely container
specimens.
This iris relative has compact, iris-like foliage and is topped with
clusters of cheerfull, yellow, starry flowers as summer begins. When
ripe, seed pods burst open to resemble a blakcberry!
An outstanding selection of our native cross vine with larger, vivid
orange flowers. One of many treasures found and shared by SFA
Gardens own Greg Grant
LATIN NAME
Buddleia 'Evil Ways'
COMMON NAME
Butterfly bush
LIGHT
sun
DURATION
HEIGHT
semievergreen
shrub
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
dark
purple
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
N
4'
Caladium x hortulanum
Calamintha nepeta var. nepeta
Caladium
Lesser calamint
part
shade
tropical
annual
sun
perennial
1'
red/pink/gr
een
white
N
1-2'
Calliandra haematocephala
'Nana'
Dwarf red powder puff
Callicarpa americana lactea
White American Beauty Berry
sun to deciduous
part sun shrub
Callicarpa americana 'Welch's
Pink'
Pink American beautyberry
sun to deciduoss
part sun shrub
Callicarpa 'Amethyst'
Beautyberry
Callicarpa salicifolia
Willow-leaf beautyberry
Camellia japonica 'October
Affair'
October Affair camellia
Camellia japonica 'Tricolor'
Camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Hana
Jiman'
Hana Jiman camellia
sun
tender
perennial
sun to deciduosu
part sun shrub
sun to
part sun
pt
shade
to
shade
pt
shade
to
pt
shade
to
deciduous
shrub
red
3-5'
6'
n/a
yes
N
white
yes
N
4-6'
pink
N
pink
N
4-6'
5'
evergreen
shrub
light pink
8-10'
evergreen
shrub
evergreen
shrub
8-10'
15'
pink and
white
pink and
white
There's nothing evil about 'Evil Ways' with it's bright, chartreuse-green
foliage and fragrant spikes of fragrant, butterfly-crack flowers. The
color combination between the foliage and flowers is nothing short of
genius, and I've used it as the inspiration for my own butterfly garden
at home.
A beautiful fancy leaf caladium for a splash of fall color shared by
friend and horticulturist Steven Chamblee. Will need winter protection
indoors.
A cloud of white flowers is presented on this minty, drought tolerant
perennials. I first saw this in Atlanta, GA at a Perennial Plant
Association conference. Trust me when I say all the perennial nuts
went nuts for this easy going little thing!
Great plant for zone 9-11, tolerant of HOT conditions and the neatest
little fairy-puff flowers. Will be evergreen in frost free climates.
Native deciduous shrub with showy white fruit in the fall instead of the
usual purple. Nice for birds and other wildlife too.
Extremely tough shrub that is very managable. This selection was
discovered by our own alumn, Matt Welch, and has a pink fruit that is
very showy.
Massive berries and berry set in fall will surely stop traffic from a mile
away. Did you know that you could make jelly from beautyberries?
#plantswithapurpose
Subtropical, so treat it like a perennial. Glossy leaves and very
attractive (for a callicarpa) pink flower.
Refined elegance is what comes to mind when you see these
blossoms. Perfect, fully-double, soft pink flowers appear in late fall and
again in early spring. I've yet to see a bloom in October, but am never
dissappointed to see them in other months.
Neat, large semidouble flowers of white to blush, heavily striped dark
pink
A cheerful, fall-blooming camellia smothered in happy, single pinktipped white flowers.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
Camellia sasanqua 'Pink
Butterfly'
Pink Butterfly camellia
Camellia sinensis 'Large-leaf'
Tea camellia
Camellia sinensis 'Rosea'
Camellia sinensis 'Silver Dust'
Campsis grandiflora
Pink flowered tea camelllia
Silver Dust tea camellia
Chinese Trumpet Creeper
LIGHT
pt
shade
to
pt
shade
to
shade
pt
shade
to
shade
pt
shade
to
shade
DURATION
HEIGHT
evergreen
shrub
8-10'
evergreen
shrub
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
pink
A vigorous grower with swarms of large, single pink flowers in the fall.
Deep green foliage contrasts nicely with cheerful, white single flowers
that appear in October. An odd characteristic is that the flowers smell
like corn tortillas as noted by the 2008 Landscape Plant Materials class
that I taught - HA! Young leaves are used in the production of tea.
A sweet little-leafed tea camellia with a profusion of powder-pink small
flowers in October. You can harvest young leaves and make your own
tea!
white
6-8'
evergreen
shrub
pink
10'
evergreen
shrub
white
15'
sun to deciduous
part sun vine
salmonorage
12'
Castanea pumila
Allegheny chinquapin
sun
deciduous
tree
Cercis canadensis
Redbud
part
shade
deciduous
tree
Cestrum nocturnum
Night blooming jasmine
sun
tender
perennial
white
yes
N
reddish
pink
yes
N,L
25'
15-25'
greenish
white
4-5'
Chaenomeles DOUBLE TAKE
'Orange Storm'
Orange Storm flowering
quince
sun
deciduous
shrub
scarletorange
3-4'
A cool selection of the tea camellia with bright white speckles washing
over dark, glossy green foliage. Small single white flowers (that smell
like corn tortillas - no fooling) are present in mid-fall.
The rare Chinese trumpet creeper produces some of the most
spectacular flowers you will ever grow with large panicles of huge
flowers sporting a combination of salmon, orange, and yellwo agaist
shiny green foliage. It's much showier and much less aggressive than
our native trumpet creeper.
One of the most nostalgic and historic native small trees in the south
with tasty acorn-like nut prized by both humans and wildlife. RARE in
commerce.
Clusters of pink-red flowers bloom in early spring before the foliage
emerges. Heart-shaped foliage with pointed tips matures to a dull, dark
blue-green in summer and turns yellow in fall.
Oh what a wonderful feeling, everything's blooming my way! Clusters
of hundreds of green-ish white tubular flowers - not spectacular in the
visual sense, but most definitely in the olfactary sense. Sweet perfume
exudes soflty in the evening.
What a great new twist on a great old plant! THORNLESS stems are
smothered in large, double flowers in early spring. Plants are sterile,
bloom longer and don't set fruit. Plants make a ridiculously fabulouslooking hedge when lined out and in bloom. Double Take Orange is a
bright clear orange.
LATIN NAME
Chaenomeles DOUBLE TAKE
'Scarlet Storm'
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
Scarlet Storm flowering quince sun
DURATION
HEIGHT
deciduous
shrub
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
What a great new twist on a great old plant! THORNLESS stems are
smothered in large, double flowers in early spring. Plants are sterile,
bloom longer and don't set fruit. Plants make a ridiculously fabulouslooking hedge when lined out and in bloom. 'Double Take Scarlet'
boasts deep orange-red blooms.
scarletorange
3-4'
Chimonanthus praceox
Fragrant wintersweet
sun
deciduous
shrub
clear
yellow
10-12'
Chionanthus retusus
Chinese fringe tree
sun
deciduous
shrub
white
15-20'
Chionanthus virginicus
Grancy graybeard
sun to
pt sun
deciduous
tree
Chrysanthemum 'Michelle's
Pink'
Michelle's Pink mum
sun
perennial
Clematis 'Sugar-Sweet Blue™'
Small flowered clematis
sun
vine
20'
2'
white
yes
pink
N
blue
6-9'
Cornus angustata
Cornus florida
Evergreen dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida subsp. urbiniana Mexican dogwood
sun to evergreen
part sun tree
pt
shade
to
shade
pt
shade
to
shade
white
30'
deciduous
tree
white
yes
white
Mexico
25'
deciduous
tree
20'
L
Just when you can't hurry-up-and-wait-for-spring any longer, fragrant
wintersweet greets you with shy, nearly translucent flowers that smell
AMAZING! Ornamental value is ok, but the fragrance alone is worth
tucking one of these sweeties in the landscape.
Breathtaking display of frilly, white flowers in spring. These are the
trees that line Wilson Drive on the way to the Mast Arboretum, and I'd
like to say the stop traffic, but most college kids don't care about
gorgeous flowering trees. I guarantee they will be a part of their SFA
memories though!
Soft almost fluffy flowers that pendulant from the ends of the branches
creating a white beard like appearance.
Effervescent bloomer with a host of short-petaled, mauve-pink daisy
flowers that literally stand up and say hello.
Bright, periwinkle blue buds unfurl to reveal star shaped blooms that
develop with a silvery-white center stripe as they age. A sweet
fragrance fills the air around this wilt resistant, super hardy, medium
sized climber. Healthy and full foliage.
This lovely, evergreen dogwood is showing real promise for southern
landscapes. Large, showy white flower bracts produced in late spring,
follow by round red fruit that are edible - at least in a famine as Dr.
Creech says. Provide good drainage.
Our famous native spring flowering dogwood with consistent blooms
that keep onlookers oooohhhiiiinnngg and aaawwwiiiiinnnnggg!!!
Also known as the magical dogwood, and for good reason. Blooming
later than our native dogwood, it's white, petal-like bracts remain fused
at the tips to form a sort of Chinese lantern-look. Extremely rare.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
Crataegus marshalii
Parsley Hawthorn
sun to deciduous
part sun small tree
DURATION
Crataegus opaca
Mayhaw
sun
deciduous
tree
Crinum x 'Sangria'
Sangria crinum
sun
tender
perennial
Curcuma 'Gold Dust'
Gold Dust hidden ginger
pt sun
to sun
perennial
bulb
Echinacea purpurea 'Green
Jewel'
Green Jewel coneflower
sun
perennial
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
white
yes
N,L
white
yes
N,L
green
SE US
N
white
SE US
N
rose pink
SE US
N
15'
15'
pink
5'
3'
pink/yellow
2'
Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow
White'
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie
Splendor'
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Gold
Rush'
PowWow White coneflower
sun
perennial
Purple coneflower
sun
perennial
Paper bush
part
shade
deciduous
shrub
1'
2'
Rattlesnake master
sun
perennial
white
3'
Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling
Burgundy'
Pineapple lily
sun to
pt sun
perennial
2'
cream
Famous southern native tree for the most wonderful jelly.
One of the hardier tropical crinum with dramatic, wide strapy burgundy
foliage that offers big stalks of big pink flowers. Plant in spring for folks
north of zone 9.
Super-cool gold-brushed foliage on zone 8 hardy, tropcial giner lilies.
Foliage hides super-cool pinecone-like bracts.
Kermit lamented, "It's not easy being green!"but there is no denying
that green IS a color. These surreal green flowers have dark green
cones and light green petals. They are dramatic if nothing else.
A great seed grown selection with a compact nature and bright white
petals that cheerfully surround dark orange cones.
Awesome seed grown selection with big, pink flowers on compact, wellbranched plants.
Unique shrub with awesome winter interest. Just when you've given up
all hope of seeing sunshine and warm weather, paper bush erupts in
clusters of penulous, fragrant, bright yellow flowers.
yellow
6'
Eryngium yuccifolium
Native deciduous small tree with delicate parsley-like foliage, showy
white flowers in spring, and small red fruit in fall for the wildlife.
yes
N
One of my very favorite additions to the pollinator habitat with spiky
globes of white in mid-summer. Succulent foliage would indicate
drought tolerance, and it doesn't lie. Great architectural addition to any
garden - even if you hate pollinators. (shame on you)
Featuring attractive, purple strappy foliage - better color with more sun,
although afternoon shade is recommended. Flowers are borne in
clusters and topped with a "tuft" of foliage and ultimatley resemble a
pineapple.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Eucomis 'Freckles'
Freckles pineapple lily
sun to
pt sun
perennial
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
I'm loving the vigor of this freckled pineapple lily. A transfusion of the
strong genetics of 'Leia' into the weak, but sexy E. vandermerwei
equals the awesomeness of freckles. Strappy green foliage is heavily
freckled with purple spots and neat little pineapple shaped flowers.
purple
1'
Eucomis 'Glow Sticks'
Glow Sticks pineapple lily
sun to
pt sun
creamy
white
perennial
2'
Euonymus americanus
Strawberry bush
part
shade
deciduous
shrub
white
yes
N
pink
yes
N,L
white
yes
N,L
4-5'
Eupatorium fistulosum
Atropurpureum Glow
Joe Pye weed
sun
perennial
5-7'
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Fagus grandifolia
Farfugium japonicum 'Shishi
Botan'
Hyssop-leaf thoroughwort
American Beech
Parsley leopard plant
sun
sun
shade
Um, wow! Bright peachy-golden leaves explode from the earth before
aging to a lovely soft green. Plants don't flop like many pineapple lilies
and are topped with creamy white flowers in summer. (Caveat - if you
put ANY pineapple lily in shade, it will flop.)
While the flowers of this deciduous shrub are none to write home
about, the seeds and seed pods in the fall are beyond cool as the pods
sort of resemble exploding strawberries and the bright, orange-red
seeds are exposed.
This statuesque perennial will make a giant exclamation or provide
anchor in the back of the border while it attracts more butterflies than
you know what to do with in fall on it's big umbels of pink flowers.
2-3'
A staple in the pollinator garden that thrives in sandy, prairie soils and
produces large, flat umbels of small white blossoms in early fall. I'm
excited to grow this for the wildlife aspect, as a well as the fine texture
it lends to the landscape, and the cutflower potential.
50-80'
Found in the deep, moist but well drained soils of our eastern forests.
Beech are slow growing, yet so incredibly beautiful at maturity with
distinctive gray bark and stong horizontal branching. Coppery-brown
fall foliage persists well into the winter. One of my very favorite trees,
and I'm a tried and true perennialophile.
perennial
deciduous
tree
n/a
perennial
yellow
1'
yes
I'm really excited about this Farfugium. Despite their lack of a good
common name, these plants are wonderful, evergreen choices for the
shade. Shishi Botan has the oddest, coolest, most intriguing parsleyesque foliage and yellow flowers in late fall.
LATIN NAME
Ficus carica "Assorted"
Forsythia x intermedia 'Show
Off Starlet'
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Heirloom Figs
sun to
pt sun
deciduous
tree
sun
deciduous
shrub
Dwarf forsythia
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
Choose from Greg's grandmother's 'Celeste' (sugar fig) or super
volunteer John Makow's passalong "John's Italian." Both are tasty,
long lived, and easy to grow.
n/a
15'
yellow
2-3'
Gaillardia aestivalis var. winklerii
Winkler's firewheel
'Lemon Drop'
sun
Gardenia jasminoides "Alcyne
Johnson"
sun to evergreen
part sun shrub
Cape Jasmine
perennial
white
yes
N
1'
white
6'
Gardenia 'Sweet tea'
Sweet Tea gardenia
sun to
pt sun
evergreen
shrub
Gingko biloba
Gingko
sun
deciduous
tree
Globba schomburgkii
Yellow dancing lady ginger
shade
perennial
Grass - Andropogon gerardii
'Red October'
Red October big bluestem
sun
perennial
Grass - Andropogon ternarius
Split-beard broomsedge
white
Gardenias provide one of the signature scents of the South. This
rebloomer has large, double, and yes, fragrant flowers in summer.
3-5'
n/a
1'
yellow
red
yes
white
yes
white
yes
6'
sun
perennial
3'
Grass - Muhlenbergia capillaris
White Cloud coastal muhly
'White Cloud'
sun
perennial
3'
A new, improved forsythia with a tidy, compact habit and an
abundance of cheerful yellow flowers in spring before foliage emerges.
Upright branches make a wonderful statement in spring floral designs.
This flowers of this selection of our endangered Texas endemic has
cheerful white petals surrounding puffy yellow centers. Tolerant of dry,
sandy soils.
The famouis old fashioned cape jasmine of East Texas farmhouses
and cemeteries. Large creamy white flowers in summer with a
fragrance to die for. Greg's propagated this one from the old Johson
place in Arcadia.
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These living fossils can reach 50' in their lifetime. They are slow
growing, so be patient - or plant one for your grandkids. Fan shaped
leaves are a cheerful green and turn brilliant yellow in fall.
Pendant yellow flower panicles dance gracefully on this hardy ginger.
As with all gingers, provide good winter drainage.
Deep green foliage emerges in spring with notable red tips, but the real
show begins around the first frost turns foliage a vivid red and tall
scarlet red inflorescences appear
A native bunchgrass with ribbon-like foliage and silvery-white seed
tufts that catch the light in fall. Blue-green foliage turns a lovely shade
of bronze in fall.
Billowy clouds of white inflorescenses in fall create a most etheral
effect that glows. Add in a little fall sun, sitting low in the sky and you
have pure magic.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Grass - Panicum virgatum
'Cheyenne Sky'
Cheynne Sky Switch Grass
sun
perennial
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
reddish
yes
L
red
yes
L
white
yes
L
white
yes
L
white
yes
L
2'
Grass - Panicum virgatum
'Shenandoah'
Shenandoah switchgrass
sun
perennial
Grass - Schizachyrium
scoparium 'Carousel'
Carousel little bluestem
sun
perennial
2-3'
2'
Grass - Schizachyrium
scoparium 'Prairies Blues'
Prairie Blues little bluestem
sun
perennial
Grass - Schizachyrium
scoparium 'Standing Ovation'
Standing Ovation little
bluestem
sin
perennial
3'
3-4'
Habranthus brachyandrus
Nina's pink rain lily
sun to perennial
part sun bulb
Hedychium x 'Moy improved'
Butterfly ginger
sun to
perennial
part sun
1'
pink
salmon
4-5'
Hemerocallis 'Big Time Happy'
Big Time Happy daylily
sun
perennial
Hemerocallis 'Sweet Tart'
Sweet Tart daylily
sun
perennial
1'
yellow
peach
2'
Hemerocallis 'Red Hot Returns' Red Hot Returns daylily
sun
perennial
Hemerocallis 'Stella Supreme'
sun
perennial
Stella Supreme daylily
2'
red
yellow
1'
A great new switchgrass selection that stays relatively compact and
foliage turns a beautiful wine-red in late summer that match the
reddish flower/seed panicles that appear in time for fall. Grasses
provide shelter and food for songbirds and other wildlife in winter.
By far the most compact, earliest to color and most red fall color
selection of switchgrass. Incomparable.
Short and broad. Not the usual charachteristics we want, unless we're
talking about plants of course. This selection of our wonderful native
grass provides an upright habit while remaining compact and broad at
the base.
Prairie Blues is known for it's enduring, smoky blue foliage and
excellent copper fall color.
Little bluestem is a wonderfully drought tolerant, native bunch grass
with an upright habit. Standing Ovation presents spikey bluish-green
stems and leaves transition to a sizzling display of oranges, reds,
yellows, and purplish-browns in the autumn.
Amaryllis-like rainlily with shoy pink trumpets after summer rains.
Arresting varieagated foliage with prominent cream streaks on tall,
tropical stems with luxuriantly fragrant, cantaloupe colored flowers in
late summer. Butterfl ginger are supremely hardy, even for folks in
zone 7.
A repeat blooming daylily with ruffled, lemon yellow flowers with a
slight hint of green in the throat.
A premium daylily with lovely pinkish-peach, heavily ruffled petals.
Throats radiate a golden yellow and stamen repeat the peach color of
the petals.
Premium, repeat bloomer with RED flowers that sport an apple green
throat.
Smaller flowers don't mean a thing when they bloom abundantly. Stella
Supreme is a repeat bloomer with soft, lemon-yellow, citrus scented
flowers.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Hemerocallis 'Stephanie
Returns'
Stephanie Returns daylily
sun
perennial
Heuchera
Coral bells
Heuchera 'Champagne'
Champagne coral bells
Heuchera 'Electric Lime'
Electric Lime coral bells
Heuchera 'Spellbound'
Spellbound coral bells
Hibisccus dasycalyx
Neches River rose mallow
pt
shade
to
pt
shade
to
pt
shade
to
sun
perennial
perennial
perennial
HEIGHT
1'
1'
1'
>1'
perennial
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
Compact yet sturdy daylily with peachy-pink petals, a purple eye,
distinctive lime-yellow throats and purple veining.
Breeders have figured it out. Finally. With the addition of the native,
heat-tolerant H. villosa to the "bloodlines," coral bells actually stand a
chance in our Southern climate. I think they still struggle a bit, but they
thrive and provide foliage color ALL WINTER. I use them extensively in
patio containers.
peach
light peach
Peachy new growth ages to a fine, golden chamagne.
white
Electic lime colored foliage takes on red veins in cool temperatures.
white
white
yes
N
red
yes
N
3'
Hibiscus coccineus
Red Texas star hibiscus
sun
pt
Hydrangea macrophylla
Europa bigleaf hydrangea
shade
'Europa'
to
pt
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Penny
shade
Penny Mac bigleaf hydrangea
Mac'
to
shade
pt
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Todi'
Todi bigleaf hydrangea
shade
to
pt
Hydrangea macrophylla
shade
Variegatd hydrangea
'Variegata'
to
shasde
Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' Limelight panicle hydrangea
part
shade
perennial
deciduous
shrub
6'
6'
deciduosu
shrub
pink to
purple
pink or
blue
4'
deciduous
shrub
deciduous
shrub
4'
pink or
blue
variable
4-6'
deciduosu
shrub
creamy
white
5-7'
Dark purple foliage with hints of silver and rose.
A rare, endangered, native beauty with extremely narrow foliage, and
bright white flowers with a dark red eye. Despite it's status, the Neches
River rose mallow is easy to grow in a sunny location with moderate
moisture.
The ever popular red flowered Texas Star hibiscus produces loads of
bright red flowers through the summer.
A large, sturdy mophead hydrangea with good overall form. Early
summer flowers are full and large. Color is soil pH dependant.
Penny Mac blooms on old and new growth, meaning that she repeat
blooms throughout the summer. She's a bit more compact than the oldfashioned mopheads. Flower color is pH dependant. Pink for basic soil,
and blue for acidic.
Moodestly compact shrub, with large, mophead blooms. Flower color
changes with pH
This hydrangea is grown more for it's fabulous white and light green
variagated foliage, but also offers a healthy dose of lacecap flowers as
well.
Still one of the best panicle hydrangeas out of all on the market. Big,
billowy blossoms appear lime-green in early summer, age to ivory and
persist into fall. They are excellent cut flowers. Must have afternoon
shade, but full morning sun is great!
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
Hydrangea quercifolia
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia "Jerrell's Jerrell's Giant Oakleaf
Giant"
Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little
Honey'
Little Honey oakleaf
hydrangea
LIGHT
DURATION
part
shade
part
shade
pt
shade
to
shade
deciduous
shrub
deciduous
shrub
6'
8'
deciduosu
shrub
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
white
SE US
white
SE US
white
SE US
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
Beauitful fragrant hydrangea native to the southeastern US with showy
white flowers and red fall color.
Seedlings from PNPC volunteer Jerrell Durham's large growing, large
flowered oakleaf hydrangea.
Brilliant golden-lime foliage is a bright beacon in the shaded garden.
The foliage is so awesome that you wouldn't mind at all if it weren't
topped with large, attractive white flower panicles in mid-summer.
Massive strappy foliage gives a tremendous tropcial feel to the
landscape. White flowers erupt like fireworks around the 4th of July how cool is that?
4'
Hymenocallis caribaea 'Tropical
Caribbean spider lily
Giant'
sun to
pt sun
perennial
Ilex 'Calina'
sun
evergreen
tree
Calina holly
HEIGHT
white
2'
white
N
15'
Ilex decidua 'Parsons' Pride'
Parson's Pride Possumhaw
Holly
sun to
pt sun
deciduous
tree
white
yes
N
white
yes
N
15'
Ilex opaca 'Lynn's Weeping'
Lynn's Weeping American
holly
sun
evergreen
tree
Illicium floridanum 'Florida
Sunshine'
pt
Florida Sunshine florida anise shade
shrub
to
shade
evergreen
shrub
Iris virginica
Virginia iris, Souther blue flag sun
perennial
30'
red
MS, AL
blue
yes
5'
3'
Jasminum sambac 'Flora Plena' Flowering jasmine
sun
tender
perennial
white
3-8'
Juncus effusus f. spiralis
Corkscrew rush
sun
perennial
1'
brown
yes
We have long admired this holly hydrid at the Mast Arboretum. It has a
strong pyamidal shape and superb winter berry production. Celebrate
Christmas year round with this evergreen beauty.
This Greg Grant find has large showy red fruit and shiny green foliage
and was named for his mentor Dr. Jerry Parsons. Possumhaw holly is
designated as a Texas Superstar by Texas A&M.
This selection, from legendary plant hunter Lynn Lowrey, has graceful
branches that have a slight weeping effect. Red berries are standard.
Brilliant yellow tinted, lime green foliage is an excellent choisce for the
shade gaden. Bright pink azaleas make a great complement to 'Florida
Sunshine'
This native iris thrives in sunny, moist locations. Will form a small
colony over time with lovely blue-purple flowers in late spring. One of
the original parents to many Louisiana iris.
I cannot begin to descibe the delicious fragrance of these fully-double
white flowers. If only this booklet were scratch and sniff! Truly tropical,
so plan on bringing inside in winter. Trust me, it's worth the trouble.
Curly, kinky foliage spirals from the ground in adorable little tufts. Good
for pond margins, but plants don't require being in water.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Justicia spicigera
Mexican Honeysuckle
sun
perennial
Kniphofia uvaria 'Echo Mango'
Echo Mango torchlily
sun
perennial
HEIGHT
1-2'
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
orange
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
N
mango
1'
Kniphofia uvaria 'Echo Yellow'
Echo Yellow torchlily
sun
perennial
Lagerstroema indica 'Catawba'
Catawba crape myrtle
sun
deciduous
tree
1'
yellow
My favorite of the Echo series with strong yellow, torch-shaped flowers.
Great, smaller growing crape myrtle with bright purple flowers in
summer. Might be an inch or two too tall for underneath the
powerlines, but why are we so obsessed with planting trees
underneath them in the first place? GORGEOUS orange fall color as
well!
This is the heirloom crapemyrtle that forms the allee' in front of Greg's
historic dogtrot and has been featured in a number of magazines
including Southern Living.
purple
15'
Lagerstroemia indica "Thelma
Wheeler"
Arcadia Crapemyrtle
Lagerstroemia indica 'Kitty's
Purple'
Kitty's Purple Crapemyrtle
Laurus nobilis
Bay laurel
sun
sun
sun
deciduous
tree
deciduous
small tree
lilac-purple
20
15
evergreen
shrub
dark
purple
This new crapemyrtle was introduced by Stan Brown of Arkansas and
has the darkest purple flowers of any crapemyrtle in existence.
n/a
3-10'
Leucophylum langmaniae
'Lynn's Legacy'
Lynn's Legacy cenizo
sun
evergreen
shrub
Leucothoe axillaris 'Margie
Jenkins'
Leucothoe
part
shade
evergreen
shrub
Liatris tenuis
Gulf blazing star
sun
perennial
4'
lavender
white
SE US
N
purple
yes
N
3'
2'
Clusters of pumpkin orange, tubular flowers are irresistible to
butterflies!
I've been itching to grow torchlily (aka red hot pokers) here, but have
not found any that work in our humidity. Until now, that is! I love the
Echo sereis and the fact that, well, they live in East Texas, and repeat
bloom! Echo Mango is a clear apricot color.
Yep, it's where bay leaves come from. Every chef needs one of these
in their garden! Glossy green leaves are fragrant when crushed and
are a staple in many cuisines. Tender in climates north of zone 8, but
excellent in containers for those cool-winter gardeners
Lavender flowers cover these drought tolerant shrubs from top to
bottom after summer rains. Spectacular display!
Compact selection of this deer-resistant evergreen native with zigzaggy stems and white flowers in late spring. Plants will be wider than
tall.
This RARE, native gayfeather once widely populated the sandylands of
the longleaf forest. It's a sturdy, drought tolerant native perennial with
clusters of starry purple flowers on graceful stems. Excellent nectar
source for all of our friendly pollinators.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
pt
shade
to
shade
DURATION
sun
perennial
Liriope muscari 'Evergreen
Giant'
Liriope
Loricera sepmervirens 'Major
Wheeler'
Coral honeysuckle
Lycium barbarum 'Sweet
Lifeberry'
Goji berry
sun
deciduous
shrub
Magnolia macrophylla ashei
Ashe Magnolia
part
shade
deciduous
tree
Malvaviscus arboreus
drummondii 'Missy Puryear'
Pink Turk's cap
sun to
pt sun
perennial
Malvaviscus arboreus
drummondii 'Red Spread'
Red Spread Turk's cap
sun to
pt sun
perennial
Malvaviscus drummondii 'Pam
Puryear'
Pink Turk's Cap
sun to
perennial
part sun
Marshallia caespitosa
Barbara's buttons
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
1'
A huge, upright clumping variety of liriope. This is the plant that lines
the main drive through the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden - truly a
spectacular edge effect!
Major Wheeler is a major bloomer! This mannerly vine is smothered in
clusters of tubular red flowers in late spring. Trimming encourages
more blooms to flush.
I am so excited to grow goji berries! These vining shrubs do best when
staked and allowed to cascade. Small red berries quickly follow purple
blossoms. Pick berries when they are fully ripe, and enjoy! Berries can
also be dried like raisins. Goji berries are high in vitamins A and C, and
antioxodants.
Incredible southeastern native with big fragrant white flowers and
HUGE leaves.
Greg's lighter pink offspring of pink Turk's cap that has larger flowers
without the coral tones of 'Pam Puryear.' It was named for Pam's
mother, Missy. She's a hummingbird magnet.
Greg's larger flowered, more spreading version of this popular Texas
native. Outstanding for hummingbirds.
Greg's handiwork has produced a delicate, rosebud-pink colored
Turk's cap. Don't let that description fool you - plants are still tough as
nails and will grow anywhere you plant them!
This low growing, clump forming native has precious, pincushioned
pink flowers in early summer. Mass them in front of the pollinator
garden.
1'
These poor ferns. I've kept these in a full sun nursery with no winter
protection, and they lived in spite of me! I'm betting they'd look even
better in a lightly shaded garden setting. Evergreen in warm climates,
this fern will form a 3' wide clump over time. Not aggressive.
perennial
purple
2'
red
yes
N
10'
purple
N
10'
Microlepia strigosa
'MacFaddeniae'
Monarda 'Peter's Purple'
MacFadden's lace ferm
Bee balm
sun
35'
white
SE
pink
yes
red
yes
pink
yes
blush pink
yes
N
5'
4'
4'
perennial
pt
shade
to
shade
perennial
sun
perennial
N
n/a
purple
3'
native
hybrid
N
I think this is the finest bee balm I've ever tried and certainly one of the
few I haven't killed! Upright, disease free foliage is topped with whorls
of medium purple, tubular flowers. Definitely a great pollinator plant.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Mussaenda luteola
White wing
sun
tender
perennial
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
yellow
2-4'
Nepeta 'Walker's Low'
Walker's Low catmint
sun
perennial
blue
N
The hotter the summer, the better this plant looks. Non-stop, small,
starry yellow flowers are accented with large creamy white bracts.
Excellent color to brighten the dusk on a warm summer evening.
Thriving in dry soils, this fragant-foliaged perennial boasts grey leaves
and small yet numerous light lavender-blue flowers. Deer resistant.
2'
Parrotia persica 'Biltmore'
Biltmore Persian ironwood
sun
deciduous
shrub
yellow
20'
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's
Red'
Beardtongue
Phlox paniculata 'John Fanick'
John Fanick phlox
sun
perennial
blush
yes
N
pink
Eastern
U.S.
N
hot pink
SE U.S.
N
lavender
hybrid
N
pink
yes
N
n/a
yes
2'
sun
perennial
3'
Phlox panticulata 'Robert Poore' Garden phlox
sun
perennial
3-4'
Phlox 'Paparazzi Levine'
Levine Paparazzi phlox
sun
perennial
2'
Physostegia virginiana
Pinus palustris
Fall Obedient Plant
Longleaf Pine
sun to
perennial
part sun
sun
evergreen
tree
2'
80'
Upright selection of this wonderful, large, deciduous shrub. Tiny, frilly
flowers appear in late winter before textured foliage emerges. Leaves
turn a brilliant yellow in fall on these strongly upright shrubs.
One of the very few penstemon we can successfully grow in East
Texas with burgundy foliage and blush white flowers in late spring.
Attracts pollinators
Greg Grant collected this garden phlox in a San Antonio garden and
it's proven to be a winner with fabulous, fragrant bicolor flowers about
disease resistant foliage. Designated a Texas Superstar by Texas
A&M.
One of the few powdery mildew resistant varieties of garden phlox for
the South, with upring foliage topped with fragrant clusters of vibrant
pink flowers. Butterflies and hummingbirds too!
Name aside, this wonderful hybrid phlox provides a powerful punch of
bluish-lavender, and a wonderful fragrance in early spring.
This easy grow spreading perennial explodes into bloom each fall with
spikes of bright pink flowers that can be moved around on the stem,
hence the obedient name.
Famous long lived pine with graceful long needles and huge cones.
LATIN NAME
Prunus 'Purple Pride' PP
COMMON NAME
Purple plum
LIGHT
DURATION
sun
deciduous
tree
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
blush white
NATIVE
yes
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
N,L
12'
Pyrrosia lingua
Tongue fern
Quercus alba
White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
Quercus falcata pagodifolia
Cherrybark Red Oak
Quercus stellata
Post Oak
pt
shade
to
shade
part
shade
sun to
part sun
sun to
part sun
sun
perennial
Neat fern with fronds that resemble a cow's tongue. That description
really does it for you, right? Thick leaves emerge singly from the
ground, and will eventualy form a dense clump. Good for sloped areas.
n/a
1'
deciduous
tree
deciduous
tree
deciduous
tree
80'
50'
80'
deciduous
tree
n/a
yes
L
n/a
Live oak
sun
evergreen
tree
Rhododendron canescens 'Phox
Phlox pink native azalea
Pink'
part
shade
deciduous
shrub
Rhododendron 'Chinzan'
Chinzan azalea
part
shade
evergreen
shrub
Dottie's Red Dancer
evergreen azalea
pt
shade
to
shade
evergreen
shrub
Rhododendron 'Dotties Red
Dancer'
n/a
yes
L
n/a
yes
L
n/a
yes
L
One of the signatures trees for the South. Majestic crowns are wider
than tall providing the best structure for climing and for shade.
pink
yes
N
The most beautiful selection of our native East Texas azalea with large
clusters of frangrant hot pink and white bi-color flowers in early spring.
If you want an azalea that you'll never have to trim, Chinzan is for you!
Compact, mounded shrubs offer tiny leaves and a foll complement of
pink flowers in early spring.
One of the Huang varieties planted in the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden
that we've admired for a long, long time. Bright red flowers delight in
early spring. Dottie's Red Dancer is named for our sweet benefactor,
Ms. Dottie Wisely.
50'
6-8'
pink
2'
red
4-5'
Beautiful and famous native oak with wonderful fall color.
Native southeastern bottomland hardwood shade tree.
50'
Quercus virginiana
WOW! Our first ever plant patent at the SFA Gardens. We'll be world
famous. Or not. Regardless, this purple-leaved version of our native
faltwoods plum keeps it's color even in the hottest months. Sweet
spring flowers grant tasty fruit in early summer. Move over purple
plum, there's a better alternative for southern gardens in town!
Stately large native shade tree. Many fine specimens at the PNPC.
I had a gentleman ask me once if we had any "spooky" trees, and
turns out he was refering to post oaks. Their sillhouette is in fact a bit
spooky when they've lost their leaves. Great native shade tree with a
picturesque habit.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
Rhododendron 'Hampton
Beauty'
Hampton Beauty evergreen
azalea
Rhododendron 'Klondyke'
Orange Deciduous Azalea
Rhododendron 'Koromo Shikibu'
Koromo Shikibu evergreen
azalea
Marth Hitchcok evergreen
Rhododendron 'Matha Hitchcok'
azalea
R.W. Penningtion evergreen
Rhododendron 'RW Pennington'
azalea
LIGHT
pt
shade
to
part
shade
pt
shade
to
shade
pt
shade
to
pt
shade
to
part
shade
part
shade
Rhododendron x 'Klondyke'
Klondyke deciduous azalea
Rhododendron x 'Twinkles'
Twinkles deciduous azalea
Rosa 'Miss Caroline'
Miss Caroline tea rose
sun
Rosa 'Mrs. B.R. Cant'
Mrs. B. R. Cant tea rose
sun
DURATION
evergreen
shrub
deciduous
shrub
evergreen
shrub
evergreen
shrub
evergreen
shrub
deciduosu
shrub
deciduosu
shrub
evergreen
shrub
HEIGHT
4-6'
6'
FLOWER
COLOR
salmon
orange
purple
4-6'
3-5'
3-5'
4'
4'
5'
evergreen
shrub
purple and
white
pink
yellow
pink
pink
rose pink
5-7'
Rosa 'New Dawn' Cavendish
New Dawn rose
sun
evergreen
shrub
pink
12-15'
Rosa x "Big Momma's Musk"
Big Momma's musk rose
sun
evergreen
shrub
Rosa x gallica "Scottsville"
Scottsville Gallica Rose
sun
evergreen
shrub
5'
white
magenta
5'
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
A heavy flowering azalea with gorgeous coral-pink flowers. If you only
grow one azalea, this one should be the one!
Spectacular deciduous azalea with bright orange fragrant flowers.
Our signature purple spider azlalea with spidery light purple petals.
Flowes repeat bloom a bit in fall. These are the azaleas that line
University Drive between along our gardens.
A striking bicolor azalea with white throats accentuating light purple
flower margins. Broad spreading and fast growing!
I really love these whimsical blooms. Fowers are a light pink with white
throats, and cute-as-a-button GREEN freckles!
Orange flower buds burst open a sunny, golden yellow.
Full clustersof bright pink flowers!
Ruth Knophf's quill flowered sport of the famous 'Duchesse de
Brabant.' Very fragrant and very hardy.
THIS is the rose that made me fall in love with old garden roses. Fully
double, cabbagey flowers are a true rose pink with darker rose pink
outer petals. The blossoms beg for a full-on faceplant inhale, and will
reward such action with a light appled fragrance.
In 1997 'New Dawn' was voted the most popluar rose in the world at
the 11th WOrld Convention of Rose Societies. Wow! Adding to the
story, these particular plants are from cuttings taken by Bryan Holt
Davis whilst visiting the Cavendish Estate Hotel in England. While he
calls it the "Cavendish"Rose, it's been determined that it's our lovely
New Dawn.
Antique white cluster flowered rose from Greg's great grandmother in
Arcadia.
Greg collected this rose from a 150 year old plant at an old plantation
home in Scottsville, Texas. It's a once bloomer but spectacular and
deeply fragrant.
LATIN NAME
Rosa x odorata 'Enchantress'
COMMON NAME
Enchantress Tea Rose
LIGHT
sun
DURATION
HEIGHT
evergreen
shrub
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
A beautiful, compact, and healthy antique rose with very good
blackspot resistance. When Southern Living once asked Greg to name
his two most disease resistant roses he told them Enchantress and
Mrs. B. R.. Cant.
This the hard to find larger growing form of the famous sweetheart
rose.
magenta
4'
Rosa x polyantha 'Spray Cecile
Spray Sweetheart rose
Brunner'
sun
evergreen
shrub
Rosa x wichuraiana "Queenie"
sun
evergreen
climber
Queenie rambling rose
6'
pink
hot pink
15
Rosmarinus officianalis
'Barbeque'
Rosemary
sun
evergreen
shrub
Rubus 'Kiowa' PP9861
Blackberry
sun
vine
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Litle
Goldstar'
Perennial black-eyed susan
sun
perennial
3-4'
5'
blue
white
native
hybrid
yellow
N
N
1-2'
Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Little
Little Henry sweet coneflower sun
Henry'
perennial
yellow
LA, AR,
MO
N
white
yes
N
blue
yes
N
3-4'
Sabal mexicana
Salvia farinacea 'Rebel Child'
Texas sabal palm
Rebel Child Sage
sun
sun
evergreen
tree
50'
perennial
3'
Salvia leucantha 'All White'
Mexican bush sage
sun
perennial
white
N
4'
Scutellaria suffrutescens
Texas Pink skullcap
sun
perennial
pink
1'
Mexico
This hardy, thornless, once blooming rambling rose was collected by
Dr. William C. Welch in Austin and named for his late wife. She glows
with a spectacular clusters of hot pink flowers each spring.
Selected for good flavor and aroma as well as straight stems perfect
for using as BBQ skewers.
An excellent blackbery for southern gardens with massive, delicious
fruit in early summer.
A staple in the summer garden that reliably blooms despite our
miserable summer temperatures. Yellow daisy-like flowers with brown
cones - great cut flower and excellent pollinator plant.
A cheerful selection of a later season nectar plant, with big, brown
eyes and disctinctly quilled yellow petals - think of Twiggy's
exaggerated eyelashes. (I'll wait if you're a millenial and need to
google Twiggy)
This trunk forming sabal palm, native to south Texas is hardy
throughout all of zone 8 in Texas, and possibly colder. When they
bloom, they attract a huge number of pollinators.
This Greg Grant introduction was a love child between 'Henry
Duelberg' and 'Cedar Hill.' It's a bit bluer and larger flowered than
Henry and amazingly has fragrant flowers.
Dramatic, drought tolerant perennials with architectural velvety white
stems, white-backed silvery, lance shaped foliage and long, elegant
spikes of white flowers in fall.
Wow, talk about drought tolerant. This baby fits that description to
perfection. Low mounding plants with small, greyish green leaves
explode with small, dark pink tubular flowers all throughout the
summer. Well drained soils are preffered.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
Sedum 'Cherry Tart'
Cherry Tart sedum
sun
perennial
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'
Angelina stonecrop
sun
perennial
HEIGHT
>1'
FLOWER
COLOR
pink
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
white
>1'
Silene subcilliata
Solidago odora
Firepink, Louisiana catchfly
Anise-scented goldenrod
sun to
pt sun
sun
perennial
3'
perennial
red
yes
yellow
yes
pink
yes
red/yellow
yes
N
N
2-5'
Sophora affinis
Eve's necklace
sun
deciduous
tree
Spigellia maralandica
Indian pink
part
shade
perennial
Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon'
Mellow yellow spiraea
sun
deciduous
shrub
Stemodia tormentosa
perennial
(z8-10)
Wooly stemodia
sun
Stokesia laevis 'Purdy Purple'
Stoke's Aster
sun to
pt sun
perennial
Tagetes lucida
Mexican mint marigold
sun
perennial
Taxodium distichum
Baldcypress
sun to deciduous
part sun tree
Taxodium distichum 'Jim's Little
Dwarf Baldcypress
Guy'
sun to
pt sun
deciduous
tree
20'
2'
white
2'
lavender
yes
>1'
1'
2'
100'
15'
purple
SE US
yellow
N
N
n/a
yes
n/a
yes
A groundcover sedum with rich, burgundy foliage.
Hardworking, low-growing sedum with bright lemon-lime foliage.
Excellent ground cover, pair with pink flowers like echinacea or prairie
phlox for a great combo.
Rare East Texas native with bright red, starry flowers appearing in time
for the late summer/fall hummingbird migration.
No, I haven't lost my mind. Goldenrod provide very valuable late
summer, early fall pollinator and predatory insect habitat and forage,
and they are tough as nails. As much as we blame goldenrod for our
allergies, the real culprit is ragweed with it's non-descript, and wind
pollinated flowers. Anise-scented goldenrod is a CLUMP forming
goldenrod with sweetly fragrant foliage - that the deer don't care for!
Drought tolerant and great cutflower.
Great drought tolerant native small tree with pinkish wisteria-like
flowers during the spring and black bead-like seed pots during the
winter. Deserves much wider use in Texas.
Spectacular native perennial with clusters of yellow and red flowers
each spring.
Mellow Yellow is the name of the game! Fine-textured, bright yellowgreen foliage really shines in the landscape. Spring offers tiny white
flowers that smother plants from top to bottom!
Found in sandy, coastal plains, stemodia is a wonderfully drought
tolerant ground cover with silvery, green-blue foliage, sweetly accented
with light lavender flowers.
Purdy purple flowers, reminiscent of asters on steroids open a grape
jelly purple. Attracts butterflies.
Also called Texas tarragon, this fragrant little beauty is drought
tolerant, deer resistant and has cheerful yellow flowers in the fall.
Among the most majestic native trees with a lifespan of over a
thousand years and broze fall color. Will tolerate wet or normal garden
soils. Produces knees in wet soils.
Compact version of our lovely bald cypress.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
Teucrium fruticans
Silver germander
sun
perennial
3-4'
blue
Tradescantia hybrida
'Charlotte's Web'
Charlotte's Web spiderwort
perennial
1'
blue
Tricyrtis 'Samurai'
Samurai toad lily
sun
pt
shade
to
shade
Vaccineum 'Gulf Coast'
Vaccineum 'Southern Bell'
Verbena x hybrida "Mary
Catherine"
Gulf Coast blueberry
Southern Bell blueberry
Millard's red verbena
sun
sun
sun
perennial
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
Deer resistant, drought tolerant shrubby perennial with striking silvery
grey foliage. Germander is quite tolerant of abuse and will thrive
whether you leave it in a natural state or beat it into a submissive little
meatball. Blue flowers appear in spring. This is a great buffer plant,
offering a visual resting place amongst all the colors of the garden.
Superior sun tolerance to 'Sweet Kate,' the brilliant, banana-yellow
foliage works really well with it's light blue flowers.
Lovely fall blooming perennial for the shade with small orchid-like
flowers of creamy white freckled with dark purple spots, foliage has a
soft cream edge.
purple-ish
2'
semievergreen
shrub
semievergreen
shrub
white
N
Sweet flavored, low-chill blueberry, perfect for the home landscape.
You'll need a partner…try 'Southern Bell' ↓
white
N
red
N
blue
N
pink
N
A hybrid blueberry from the University of Florida bred with low-chill,
southern gardens in mind. Large, medium-blue fruit on upright plants.
The vigorous spreading perennial was shared by friend Glen Millard
where it grows with reckless abandon in his garden. Greg named it for
Glen's mother who was an accomplished Nacogdoches gardener at
the same location.
Greg's virus free 'Blue Princess' look-a-like with masses of lavender
blue, fragrant flowers.
Greg's new vigorous pink flowered great-grandchild of the ever popular
Blue Princess verbena
4-5'
4-5'
perennial
1'
Verbena x hybrida 'New Blue
Princess'
Verbena x hybrida 'Pink
Princess'
Vernonia lettermanii 'Iron
Butterfly'
New Blue Princess verbena
sun
perennial
Pink Princess Verbena
sun
perennial
Narrow leaf ironweed
sun
1'
1'
perennial
purple
3'
Viburnum macrocephalum
Snowball viburnum
sun to evergreen
part sun shrub
15-20'
white
OK, AR
N
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey, don't you know that I love you? Not that I
have the faintest clue what on Earth that means, but honey, I love this
little, pretty thing. I can't wait to see the flower buds begin in midsummer because I know cooler weather, and the most delicate, frilly,
yet large clusters of bright purple flowers are on their way.
Gorgeous, large shrub with huge clusters of white hydrangea-like
blooms in mid-spring. Most excellent cut flower!
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
Viburnum plicatum f
tomentosum
Doublefile viburnum
sun to deciduous
part sun shrub
Viburnum prunifolium
Blackhaw viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum x obovatum
Viburnum
'Sir Robert'
DURATION
sun to deciduous
part sun shrub
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
white
XGordlinia grandiflora
Muscadine grape
white
yes
15'
semisun to
evergreen
part sun
shrub
Mountain gorldinia
sun
deciduous
vine
sun
semievergreen
shrub
white
native
hybrid
25'
n/a
yes
white
10-15'
Yucca cernua
Nodding yucca
Yucca recurvifolia - blue foliage
Softleaf yucca
selection
sun to
pt sun
perennial
sun
woody lily
perennial
bulb
white
2'
white
to 6'
Zephyranthes spp. - La
Buffarosa Group
Pink rainlily
sun
Zoysia tenuifolia
Mascarene grass
sun to
perennial
part sun
8"
pink
n/a
6"
price codes
N
Dinstinctly horizontal branches are loaded with white, lacecape-like
hyrdrangea flowers. I really love the architecture of this shrub!
N
Deciduous native shrub with white spring flowers and good fall color.
Shared and propagated by the Durham wonder twins of Lufkin.
10'
12-15'
Vitis rotundifolia
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
yes
I asked Dr. Creech to help me with this description and he said "less
suckering than lord Byron - white flowers - almost evergreen." Wow.
So reading between those lines, Sir Robert is a durable, nearly
evergreen shrub that will form a smallish colony, has glossy, deep gree
flowers and clusters of pretty white flowers in late spring.
The most popular and adapted grape in the South, famous for jelly,
juice, and munching. Plant at least two cultivars for pollination.
XGordlinia combines the rare beauty of the Franlinia tree with the easyto-grow nature of Gordonia. Plant in a evenly moist site with good
drainage, and perhaps a bit of late afternoon shade, and XGordlinia
will delight you with big, white, fried-egg looking flowers throughout the
summer. (Camellia relative)
A new species recently discovered by botanist, Eric Keith, who
graduated from SFA. This Yucca has a soft greenish blue foliage that
complements it's 5-8' blooms. Very neat and rare plant.
Gracefully bending blue-green leaves create an interesting
architectural quality. Tall flower spike of large, white blooms. An
excellent accent that really grabs attention! A great choice for
containers or as a specimen. Evergreen.
Wide, silver-blue-green leaves are topped with large pink flowers in
early summer. Stunning!
Famous no-mow grass of Japanese gardens which develops into
undulating rolling hills. Dr. Welch loves to use it as an interesting low
maintenace pot plant in decorative terracotta pots.
LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME
LIGHT
DURATION
HEIGHT
FLOWER
COLOR
NATIVE
Nectar
DESCRIPTION
Larvae
price codes
orange
yellow
pink
lavender
blue
brown
$12
$9
$8
$7
$6
$5
others priced as marked
garden gala day
april 1, 2017