If I were you I'd rip out that overused poop the Chinese tallow. It's clogging
our waterways and is an invasive spreader.

I'm going to be taking out all the N.domestica in the next few weeks. I wil use
evergreen shrubs like yaupon holly, loripedelum (non-native, but adapted non
invasive) and Texas sage. I like the contrast in colors.



On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 19:26:51 -0600, J Kolenovsky wrote:

Yes! Replace that overused, exotic poop with native plants like yaupon,
Dahoon holly, Possomhaw, Texas Mountain Laurel, Mexican Bush sage,
Autumn sage (salvia greggii) and a host of others, to mention a few.
I have over 116 links at:http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden for browsing.

Here's a list of stuff I put in since last fall:

Plant inventory -

Perennials · Asclepias tuberosa, Butterflyweed · Teucrium
Germander · Salvia
greggii, Autumn or Cherry Sage · Salvia coccinea, Tropical or
Red Salvia · Salvia
regla, Mountain Sage · Salvia roemeriana, Cedar sage · Salvia
nemorosa · Salvia
uligulosa, Bog Salvia · Salvia microphylla · Salvia
blepharophylla · Salvia van houtii ·
Salvia leucantha, Mexican Bush Sage · Salvia texana · Salvia
elegans · Salvia
sinaloensis · Yarrow · Verbena · Echinacea purpurea, Purple
Coneflower ·
Sophora tomentosa Yellow sophora, Gulf Coast Laurel · Ruellia ·
Frogfruit · Texas
Betony · Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal flower · Canna, Dwarf
canna · Copper
Canyon Daisy · Blue Tuscan Rosemary · Aster · Phlox


Marsh plants · Umbrella Palm · Pennywort · Bacopa · Cattail ·
Longwood Canna ·
Wedelia hispida, Zexmania · Louisiana Iris · Wood violet ·
Chameleon Plant ·
Japanese Iris


Trees · Quercus nigra ,Water Oak · Sapium ,Chinese Tallow ·
Cercis canadensis,
Texas Redbud · Persea borbonia, Redbay · Sophora secundiflora,
Texas Mountain
Laurel · Prunus mexicana, Mexican Plum · Aesculus pavia, Texas
Buckeye ·
Parkinsonia aculeata, Retama · Sassafras albidum


Shrubs · Malphigia glabra, Barbados Cherry · Callicarpa
americana, Beautyberry
· Malvaviscus arboretum var. drummondii, Turk's Cap · Lantana
camera, West
Indian lantana · Lantana horrida, Texas lantana · Ilex Burford
Holly · Pittosporum
tobra · Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon · Nandina domestica, Heavenly
Bamboo · Ilex
cassine, Dahoon Holly · Ilex decidua, Possumhaw Holly ·
Leucophyllum, Texas
Sage, Cenizo · Leucophyllum, Texas Sage variety, Green Cloud ·
Hesperaloe
parviflora, Red Yucca · Cassia alata, Candlestick Plant ·
Hamelia patens,
Hummingbird bush · Chilopsis linearis, Desert Willow ·
Anisacanthus quadrifidus,
var. wrightii, Flame Acanthus · Azalea, Azalea "George L. Tabor"


Vines · Crossvine · Pink Jasmine · White Grape · Aristolochia,
Pipevine ·
Bougainvillea · Passiflora coriacea, Batwing passionflower ·
Passiflora coccinea,
Red passionflower · Passiflora, Jeanette passionflower


Groundcover · Shenandoah Switch Grass · Penisteum? Red Dwarf
Bunnny Tail
Fountain Grass · Penisteum? Black Fountain Grass · Weeping Love
Grass · Rubus
trivialis Southern dewberry, Bramble · Stipa, Mexican
feathergrass · Bouteloua
curtipendula, Sideoats grama · Muhlenbergia capillaris, Gulf
muhly · Carex
Texnesis, Texas sedge · Carex Glaucua, Blue sedge



Gary Harper wrote:

I have some Red Tipped Phenias in my yard that are about 5 or 6 feet tall.
They are too big for my taste and I want to replace them with some type of
short shrubs that I can keep at 2 to 3 feet tall.

When is a good time for planting shrubs?

Thanks,
Gary