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Plants which produce food for birds.

Euphorbia marginata

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Common Name: Snow on the Mountain
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White variegated
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Annual,reseeds. Grown for variegated foliage. Good coming up here and there in beds. Pinch back early for bushy plants.


Garden Notes: Snow on the Mountain provides interest with its nice white/green colored leaves mid to late summer. Pinch back a couple of times when it is young to provide a lower, bushier plant. It produces a white liquid when pinched that is an eye irritant- BE CAREFUL- USE CLIPPERS AND AVOID SAP.

Calylophus tubicula

Common Name: Texas Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Dense herbaceous shrublets of wiry stems bearing yellow flowers with very long tubes- like serrulatus on steroids.


Garden Notes: Plant in warm winter area.

Calylophus serrulatus

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Common Name: Toothed Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Subshrub,Blooms heavily in spring then lightly throughout summer. Smaller, mounded plant with narrow leaves.


Aquilegia formosa

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Common Name: Western Columbine
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 15"
Description:

Stout red flowers, short spurs, yellow inner petals. Allow to go to seed to attract small birds.