LIGHT: Sun/Partial Shade

SOIL: Well-drained, moist

HEIGHT: 1-3 ft.

Photo: Johnny L. Johnson

LANDSCAPE VALUES: A plant with attractive foliage and showy blue flower spikes from April to May. This is a North Texas prairie plant that will grow well in our area.

HEIGHT: 30-60 inches

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Subshrub with sky blue flowers in October. Rio Grande Plains to Coastal Texas. Outstanding butterfly nectar plant. Bloom period coincides with monarch migration.

LIGHT: Sun/filtered shade
SOIL: Moist
HEIGHT: 1-3 ft.

FLOWER: Fragrant white

Photo: Don DuBois

Map adapted from Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Can be planted in as much as 6" of water. Strap-like leaves. Blooms with very fragrant white blossoms in clusters June to November. In swamps and edges of water in southeast and coastal Texas. Grows well here.

HEIGHT: to 3-5 ft

SPACING: 4 ft

LIGHT: Sun/partial sun

SOIL: Moist

HEIGHT: 5 to 7'

ZONE: 7 - 11

LIGHT: Sun / partial shade

HEIGHT: 3 - 9 ft

SOIL: Tolerates most

FLOWER: flowers are twisted into a tube with protruding red stamens, and never completely open

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Turk’s cap, named for the shape of its flower, is a semi-evergreen, root hardy shrub. There is a white flowered form and a variegated leaf, and a red blooming form. Ranges from the U.S. Gulf Coast region, to Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies. The marble-size red fruit is enjoyed by a number of birds and animals. The flowers attract hummingbirds and several species of butterflies summer through fall.

ZONE: 2 - 11
LIGHT: Sun/partial sun
SOIL: Well drained
HEIGHT: 12 to 18 in.

SPACING: 9 in.

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Vigorous blooms add a wildflower look and spicy citrus scent to bouquets. Purple 6 inch flower spikes from April to June. Spikes make attractive dried material. Sometimes reseeds.

Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

SPACING: 2 – 3 ft.

FLOWER: Lavender

SPACING: 1ft.

SPACING: 1ft.

ZONE: 6 – 9

LIGHT: Sun /Part shade

HEIGHT: 25 - 30 ft.

SOIL: Tolerates most soils

FLOWER: Very fragrant, white flowers in early spring.

ZONE: 5 - 9

LIGHT: Full Sun

HEIGHT: 60 - 80 ft.

SOIL: Very moist, well-drained

FRUIT: .7 to 1" acorn; cup covers most of the acorn

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

ZONE: 7-9b

LIGHT: Sun / Partial shade

SOIL: Well drained

HEIGHT: 12 - 15 ft.

FLOWER: Pink and fragrant

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Beautiful small tree. Light green leaves turn golden yellow in Fall. Pink, fragrant Spring bloom. DROUGHT RESISTANT. Mildly POISONIOUS seeds.

LIGHT: Sun/Part shade

SOIL: Well-drained

WATER: Moist

HEIGHT: 3-5 ft.

LANDSCAPE VALUES: An excellent late summer/fall nectar source for butterflies and bees. Purple flowers. Forms dense clumps with spreading root system.

ZONE: 5 - 9

LIGHT: Sun, part shade
SOIL: Well-drained, neutral to acidic

HEIGHT: 25 ft

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Foot-long leaves give a tropical look in the summer and turn yellow to coppery-red in the fall. Banana-shaped fruit is a prized and nutritious treat for humans and wildlife alike. Native to TX and eastern North America.

Host plant for the

Zebra Swallowtail butterfly.

ZONE: 5 - 9

LIGHT: Sun, part shade
SOIL: Well-drained

HEIGHT: 15 - 20 ft

SPREAD: 15 – 20ft

FLOWER: Green-white Fragrant

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata), also known as Common Hop Tree, is a small, deciduous, understory shrub or tree with a thin, crooked trunk. This multi-stemmed tree is found from rocky slopes to river valleys, savannas, thickets, and woodlands. It can withstand somewhat-degraded habitats. This tree grows along the West Fork of the San Jacinto River in Harris and Montgomery Counties, where it grows as an understory tree in sandy soil. White flowers in spring give rise to the unique wafer shaped seeds that give it its common name. The fruit has been used as a substitute for hops in beer and the root bark has been employed in home remedies.

Host plant for the Eastern Tiger and Giant Swallowtail butterfly