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Rhus microphylla
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Common Name: Little-Leafed Sumac
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 120"
Mature Width: 120"
Description:
Panhandle native Deciduous shrub small leaves, Dark red tart edible berries red fall color Moderate to rapid growth, natural low hedge. |
Leucophyllum frutescens
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Common Name: Texas Ranger
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 72"
Description:
ZONE 7? Plant against rock wall for protection. These were grown from seed. They will be a little smaller in pots. Garden Notes: Hardiness on these is unknown.
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Leucophyllum minus
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Big Bend Silver
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
More cold tolerant than L. frutescens- smaller leaves. Nice small shrub. Retains gray color through winter. Purple blooms after rain |
Foresteria neomexicana
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Common Name: New Mexico Privet
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 20'
Mature Width: 12'
Description:
Deciduos shrub/multi-trunked small tree if shaped. Yellow fall color, fast growth with water& N when young, regular deep watering. Garden Notes: New Mexico Privet is a nice, drought tolerant shrub. Occasional water can help appearance, but is rarely a necessity. It is one of those plants that will survive, looking nice all the while with little additional water. With little additional water it stays smaller.
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Dalea frutescens
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Common Name: Black Dalea 'Sierra Negra'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple/Yellow/White
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Tiny green leaves with black stems. Purple and yellow pea shaped blooms. Tolerates richer soils. |
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue'
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea 'Longwood Blue'
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Choice, deepest violet-blue selection, plants with silvery foliage. Great late summer color. |
Caryopteris x clandonensis
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue-Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Nice small shrub. Considerable drought tolerance, long bloom period. Cut back to 1/3 its height in spring to encourage heaviest bloom. Garden Notes: Somewhat short-lived shrub. Can die for no apparent reason. Very long bloom season and neat appearance until that time makes it a shrub worth growing.
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Caesalpinia gillesii
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Common Name: Yellow Bird of Paradise
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 60"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:
Good shrub, small tree for hummingbirds. Reseeds readily. Nuisance in flower beds due to reseeding. It tends to come up in the middle of other plants and is difficult to remove due to its deep tap root. Okay surrounded by grass. Little water. |
Buddleia X weyerana 'GOLDEN GLOW'
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Click on image below to see additional images  Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow with Pink
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 84"
Mature Width: 84"
Description:
Yellow flower clusters. Hybrid between B. davidii and B. globosa. Produces constant flowers through summer for nectar source for butterflies. Not terribly showy from a distance, but very nice. |
Buddleia 'PETITE PURPLE'
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Lovely dwarf plant.Silvery foliage on shorter plant. Nice and compact. Smaller, silvery leaves. Very similar to Nanhoe Blue. Garden Notes: This is becoming one of my favorite plants. It makes a nice bush with nearly evergreen leaves. It has a more refined look to it than most other Buddleias.
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