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My current plant list
You missed J, K, U & Z ;-)
"animaux" wrote in message ... I am posting this to show that you do not have to have a boring garden in Texas. Hopefully, I will stop buying and planting! I do have the front lawn to dig up, which will give me more room for more things! Acanthus mollis Acanthus spinosa Agave (variegated) Aquilegia chrysantha var. 'Hinkleyi' Alocasia micholitziana 'Freydek' Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' (var. ginger lily) Apples ('Granny Smith' and 'Mollies Delicious') Aristolochia elegans aka Dutchman's Pipevine Aristolochia fimbriata Artemesia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade' Asclepias Aster oblongfolia aka Hardy blue aster Autumn fern Bauhinia (orchid tree, tender) Blackberry 'Navaho' Blackfoot Daisy Brugmansia (2 unidentified) Brugmansia candida Brugmansia spp. Brugmansia suavolens (3 varieties) Burford holly Butter and Eggs (forgot botanical name.could be Linaria?) Caesalpinia pulcherrima aka Pride of Barbados or Texas Bird of Paradise Callicarpa dichotoma 'Dark Star' (American beautyberry) Calocasia 'Black Princess' Calocasia esculenta 'Illustris' (Imperial taro) Calylophus drummondianus var. berlandieri Canna (yellow, not named) Canna 'Tropicana' Canna x generalis 'Pretoria' Canna x hybrid 'Striped Beauty' Cardoon Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight' Cassia artemesioides Cedar sage Celosia argentea plumosa 'Flamingo Feather' Ceratostigma plubaginoides (leadwort) Cercis texinensis (native redbud) Cercidium microphyllum aka Palo Verde Cissus incisa Des Moulins aka Cow itch aka Ivy treebine Clematis teriflora (sweet autumn clematis aka C. paniculata) Clematis x jackmanii Cleridendrom ugandense aka Blue bower Comfrey Coreopsis Cotinus coggygria `Purpureus' Crepe myrtle Cuphea (batface) Datura inoxia Datura metel Datura meteloides Datura wrightii Desert Willow (2) Dittany of Crete Dolichos lablab (hyacinth bean vine) Dryopteris normalis (fern) Echinacea purpurea Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' Elcampane (Inula helenium) Engelmannia pinnatifida (Engelman's daisy) Erythrina herbacea aka Coral bean tree Ficus pumila 'Variegata' Geranium phaeum 'Mourning Widow' Guara lindheimeri Hackberry tree Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Hamelia patens 'Grande' Hemerocallis 'Hall's Pink' Hemerocallis 'Stella D'Orro Hemerocallis sp. Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' Holly Fern Hollyhocks (3) double white, apricot and black Houttuynia cordata Hybiscius syriacus (white double althea) Hydrangea m. leucantha 'Queens lace' Hydrangea petiolaris (climbing) Hydrangea quercifolia aka Oakleaf hydrangea Hydrangea variegata Hypericum calycinum Inland sea oats Ipomoea 'Blackie' Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue' Ipomoea 'Marguerite' Iris foetidissima 'Gladwin' Iris paeudocorus Kapoc Lantana montevidensis 'Weeping white' Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum' (Chinese privet) Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon' Live Oak (three mature specimen trees) Mandevilla boliviensis white Maxmillion sunflower Mexican hat Miscanthus sinensis 'Cabaret' Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' (Japanese silver grass) Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' Nicotiana sylvestris Oleander (white) Osmunda cinamonea (fern) Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican Palo Verde) Passiflora incarnata x 'Incense' Passiflora x alatocaerulea (back fence) Passiflora foetidisima Paulownia kavakamii Peach 'Dixieland' Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' Penstemon 'Husker Red' Penstemon cobaea Perovskia atripolicifolia Phyla incisa Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata' Polygonum 'Langsford Variety' Possom Haw Holly Prickly poppy Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud' (purple ornamental plum) Rain Lily Rosa rugosa Rose 'Sombruiel' Rudbeckia sp. Ruellia sp. 'Katy' (white) Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph' Salvia coccinea 'White Nymph' Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' Salvia greggii 'Alba' Salvia greggii 'Moonglow' Salvia guaranitica Salvia madrensis (forsythia sage, yellow flowers) Salvia Mexicana 'Lollie Jackson' Salvia nemosa 'East Friesland' Salvia sinaloaensis (sapphire carpet sage) Salvia Texana Sambucas Mexicana Schizophragma integrifolium 'Moonlight' Sempervivum tectorum (hens and chicks) Solanum jasminoides 'Grandiflora' (white potato vine) Soldiago nemoralis aka Prairie goldenrod Sophora secundiflora aka Mountain laurel Spanish flag (vine) Spiderwort Stachytarpheta sp. (porterweed) Stachys coccinea aka Texas betony Stipa tenuissima (wiregrass) Sword fern Tecomaria capensis -Cape Honeysuckle Thunburgia grandiflora Tiarella cordifolia 'Black Velvet' (foamflower Tricyrtis hirta Tripsicum dactyloides (Eastern gama grass) Vanilla grass Verbena x hybrida 'Blue Princess' (Texas A&M) Veronica teucrium 'Royal Blue' (front yard) Veronica x 'Sunny Border Blue' Viburnum burkwoodii Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet' Vitex agnus castus (Chasteberry) blue and white two plants Washingtonia robusta (Mexican fan palm) Waxleaf ligustrum Yarrow (common native white) Yaupon holly Yucca (blue curly) Yucca (common) |
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Terry Horton wrote:
care we give is to look at it. :-) Pic of this extraordinary Texas and southwestern native he http://eebweb.arizona.edu/grads/betsy/pp.html We have one that looks like that, but it's only purple all over in the winter time. As soon as it got warm last year, it turned mostly green with some purple on the edges. Is it the same species? We got it at Barton springs nursery (which has a great selection of agaves and other dessert lilies). possibly the best winter color we can plant. Possumhaws are conspicuous along central Texas highways in winter, with ash white trunks and branches covered in red berries. http://tinyurl.com/5d62. We have those too, but we didn't get a lot of berries this year because last year's late 17 degrees frost in March killed all the blooms :( -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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(Victor M. Martinez) wrote: If you want beautiful, hardy, no-care-whatsoever plants, get an agave collection going. They are gorgeous, they come in lots of different forms and sizes, and they require no care! -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv I like the Agave idea but assume I will have to build up a rocky/sandy bed or mound for drainage. I will probably do this at some point in the future. Right now, I just want to stuff in stuff that will thrive on clay without me doing too much bed prep etc. Roland |
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Joe Doe wrote:
I like the Agave idea but assume I will have to build up a rocky/sandy bed or mound for drainage. I will probably do this at some point in the future. Right now, I just want to stuff in stuff that will thrive on clay without me doing too much bed prep etc. Purslane. I bought a few of different colors, put them in a hanging basket, and over about a month filled in a 2 foot by 4 foot area of flower bed by cutting sprigs off and poking them in the ground. Just a little bit of water at dusk, and they grow like weeds. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
My current plant list
You missed J, K, U & Z ;-)
"animaux" wrote in message ... I am posting this to show that you do not have to have a boring garden in Texas. Hopefully, I will stop buying and planting! I do have the front lawn to dig up, which will give me more room for more things! Acanthus mollis Acanthus spinosa Agave (variegated) Aquilegia chrysantha var. 'Hinkleyi' Alocasia micholitziana 'Freydek' Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' (var. ginger lily) Apples ('Granny Smith' and 'Mollies Delicious') Aristolochia elegans aka Dutchman's Pipevine Aristolochia fimbriata Artemesia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade' Asclepias Aster oblongfolia aka Hardy blue aster Autumn fern Bauhinia (orchid tree, tender) Blackberry 'Navaho' Blackfoot Daisy Brugmansia (2 unidentified) Brugmansia candida Brugmansia spp. Brugmansia suavolens (3 varieties) Burford holly Butter and Eggs (forgot botanical name.could be Linaria?) Caesalpinia pulcherrima aka Pride of Barbados or Texas Bird of Paradise Callicarpa dichotoma 'Dark Star' (American beautyberry) Calocasia 'Black Princess' Calocasia esculenta 'Illustris' (Imperial taro) Calylophus drummondianus var. berlandieri Canna (yellow, not named) Canna 'Tropicana' Canna x generalis 'Pretoria' Canna x hybrid 'Striped Beauty' Cardoon Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight' Cassia artemesioides Cedar sage Celosia argentea plumosa 'Flamingo Feather' Ceratostigma plubaginoides (leadwort) Cercis texinensis (native redbud) Cercidium microphyllum aka Palo Verde Cissus incisa Des Moulins aka Cow itch aka Ivy treebine Clematis teriflora (sweet autumn clematis aka C. paniculata) Clematis x jackmanii Cleridendrom ugandense aka Blue bower Comfrey Coreopsis Cotinus coggygria `Purpureus' Crepe myrtle Cuphea (batface) Datura inoxia Datura metel Datura meteloides Datura wrightii Desert Willow (2) Dittany of Crete Dolichos lablab (hyacinth bean vine) Dryopteris normalis (fern) Echinacea purpurea Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' Elcampane (Inula helenium) Engelmannia pinnatifida (Engelman's daisy) Erythrina herbacea aka Coral bean tree Ficus pumila 'Variegata' Geranium phaeum 'Mourning Widow' Guara lindheimeri Hackberry tree Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Hamelia patens 'Grande' Hemerocallis 'Hall's Pink' Hemerocallis 'Stella D'Orro Hemerocallis sp. Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' Holly Fern Hollyhocks (3) double white, apricot and black Houttuynia cordata Hybiscius syriacus (white double althea) Hydrangea m. leucantha 'Queens lace' Hydrangea petiolaris (climbing) Hydrangea quercifolia aka Oakleaf hydrangea Hydrangea variegata Hypericum calycinum Inland sea oats Ipomoea 'Blackie' Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue' Ipomoea 'Marguerite' Iris foetidissima 'Gladwin' Iris paeudocorus Kapoc Lantana montevidensis 'Weeping white' Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum' (Chinese privet) Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon' Live Oak (three mature specimen trees) Mandevilla boliviensis white Maxmillion sunflower Mexican hat Miscanthus sinensis 'Cabaret' Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' (Japanese silver grass) Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' Nicotiana sylvestris Oleander (white) Osmunda cinamonea (fern) Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican Palo Verde) Passiflora incarnata x 'Incense' Passiflora x alatocaerulea (back fence) Passiflora foetidisima Paulownia kavakamii Peach 'Dixieland' Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' Penstemon 'Husker Red' Penstemon cobaea Perovskia atripolicifolia Phyla incisa Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata' Polygonum 'Langsford Variety' Possom Haw Holly Prickly poppy Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud' (purple ornamental plum) Rain Lily Rosa rugosa Rose 'Sombruiel' Rudbeckia sp. Ruellia sp. 'Katy' (white) Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph' Salvia coccinea 'White Nymph' Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' Salvia greggii 'Alba' Salvia greggii 'Moonglow' Salvia guaranitica Salvia madrensis (forsythia sage, yellow flowers) Salvia Mexicana 'Lollie Jackson' Salvia nemosa 'East Friesland' Salvia sinaloaensis (sapphire carpet sage) Salvia Texana Sambucas Mexicana Schizophragma integrifolium 'Moonlight' Sempervivum tectorum (hens and chicks) Solanum jasminoides 'Grandiflora' (white potato vine) Soldiago nemoralis aka Prairie goldenrod Sophora secundiflora aka Mountain laurel Spanish flag (vine) Spiderwort Stachytarpheta sp. (porterweed) Stachys coccinea aka Texas betony Stipa tenuissima (wiregrass) Sword fern Tecomaria capensis -Cape Honeysuckle Thunburgia grandiflora Tiarella cordifolia 'Black Velvet' (foamflower Tricyrtis hirta Tripsicum dactyloides (Eastern gama grass) Vanilla grass Verbena x hybrida 'Blue Princess' (Texas A&M) Veronica teucrium 'Royal Blue' (front yard) Veronica x 'Sunny Border Blue' Viburnum burkwoodii Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet' Vitex agnus castus (Chasteberry) blue and white two plants Washingtonia robusta (Mexican fan palm) Waxleaf ligustrum Yarrow (common native white) Yaupon holly Yucca (blue curly) Yucca (common) |
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On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 17:36:48 GMT, animaux
wrote: I am posting this to show that you do not have to have a boring garden in Texas. Nice plants, but who would ever think gardening in Texas boring? Especially here in central Texas, where pretty much every major ecotype 'north' of tropical and 'south' of taiga converge. |
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On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 16:21:50 -0600, (Joe Doe)
wrote: In article , wrote: What on the list is low care/no care? I ask because I have a near blank canvas but only want to fill it with high bang for the buck stuff in terms of floral beauty or foliage that needs minimal care. 'Minimal care' and 'no care' can yield vastly different results in a 110F Texas Augusta. :-) It's a pretty narrow range of plants that can survive here with no care whatsoever. Victor mentioned agave. I'd flesh that out to include the whole family Agavaceae, especially the graceful and unarmed Nolinas. All are close to indestructible short of bulldozing. Prickly pear is tough, but who wants a boring old Opuntia? But how about a red one?.. not red flowers, a head-turning reddish-purple all over. Ask your nursery to order you an "Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita" (not as hard-to-get as it sounds). We've got a very big one growing in a very small pot on our back deck, and the extent of care we give is to look at it. :-) Pic of this extraordinary Texas and southwestern native he http://eebweb.arizona.edu/grads/betsy/pp.html *Lots* more options if you're willing to throw a little water on them occasionally.... I especially like possumhaw for winter color, possibly the best winter color we can plant. Possumhaws are conspicuous along central Texas highways in winter, with ash white trunks and branches covered in red berries. http://tinyurl.com/5d62. Blank canvas,eh? I envy you, almost... |
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On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 05:15:43 GMT, "Jay Bird"
wrote: You missed J, K, U & Z ;-) Juniperus, Ulmus and Zexmenia which are are probably too common to list. Now on the K - Krigia? Krameria? I have some of the latter growing in my yard. I bet that Animaux has some, too. So that should flesh out her alphabet. Rusty Mase |
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On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:21:30 GMT, animaux
wrote: No, but I do have a Kapoc tree, Yes but that is a "C" for Ceiba pentandra. I do not know anything about it. World War II military sleeping bags used to use Kapoc for insultation. As kids we could buy these surplus really cheap. I guess it would be the same stuff. Rusty |
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(Terry Horton) wrote: Prickly pear is tough, but who wants a boring old Opuntia? But how about a red one?.. not red flowers, a head-turning reddish-purple all over. Ask your nursery to order you an "Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita" (not as hard-to-get as it sounds). We've got a very big one growing in a very small pot on our back deck, and the extent of care we give is to look at it. :-) Pic of this extraordinary Texas and southwestern native he http://eebweb.arizona.edu/grads/betsy/pp.html Thanks for the suggestion; this is precisely the kind of suggestion I was hoping for unnusual enough that it really earns a spot in your garden but you do not pay a price in high maintainance. *Lots* more options if you're willing to throw a little water on them occasionally.... I do not mind some maintenance I just did not want to be married to the garden. Blank canvas,eh? I envy you, almost... The place was a rental for 10+ years. I am in the central city but have to slowly nurse stuff back to shape. Day I took possession a huge hackberry branch fell off. Local tree guys recommended I get rid of all three that I had left because they were old and in poor condition. So valuable landscaping dollars had to be spent on stuff like tree removal. Most of the other trees are young (~10+ year bur oaks), squirrel donated Pecan sapling, maturish Fig tree and two mature Mesquites. Several of the young trees are badly placed/trained (pecan sapling too close to young Bur oak in the front). Young Bur oak in the back is too close to the house (13 feet) and appears stunted because of lack of care so I have planted Chinese Pistachoes in the back and a Red oak and Yaupon holly. Removal of the Hackberries robbed me Alley screening so I need a lot of good screening. Currently I am using oleander because a friend donated me stuff they removed during a house addition. I am also using Silverado sage for screening. I intend to use Salvias very heavily. Roland |
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:16:49 -0600, (Joe Doe)
wrote: In article , (Terry Horton) wrote: Prickly pear is tough, but who wants a boring old Opuntia? But how about a red one?.. not red flowers, a head-turning reddish-purple all over. Ask your nursery to order you an "Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita" (not as hard-to-get as it sounds). We've got a very big one growing in a very small pot on our back deck, and the extent of care we give is to look at it. :-) Pic of this extraordinary Texas and southwestern native he http://eebweb.arizona.edu/grads/betsy/pp.html Thanks for the suggestion; this is precisely the kind of suggestion I was hoping for unnusual enough that it really earns a spot in your garden but you do not pay a price in high maintainance. Blue Palo Verde would go well with it, pruned to show off twisty green trunks (the profuse yellow flowers are a bonus). Nolina lindheimeri for the graceful, flowing leaves and tall cream flower spikes. And in front, Black Dalea for the fine foliage and fall flowers. All are Texas natives that require minimal care. It'd be a traffic stopper. :-) Hmm... may just do this myself. |
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