| Image | Plant | Status | Notes | Events |
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Spider Lily (Hymenocallis harrisiana) |
Have |
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Dwarf Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria 'Nana') |
Have |
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Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia 'Natchez') |
Have |
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Texas Sage (Leucophyllum 'Heavenly Cloud') |
Have |
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Glossy Abelia (Linnaea 'Edward Goucher') |
Have |
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Monkey Grass (Liriope muscari) |
Have |
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| Loropetalum chinense Emerald Snow® |
Have |
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Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) |
Have |
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Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) |
Have |
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Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii 'Pam Puryear') |
Have |
This is one of my favorite plants. Grows in full sun (but will wilt a bit in the dead of summer), part shade, or full shade (but will grow slowly and bloom less—but still bloom). Grows in any soil. Tolerates both drought and flood. Its a lovely bright warm pink, a color I have trouble finding in a sea of cool pink plants. Its small, bright, prolific, frequently-reblooming flowers and big light green leaves put it in an easy-to-use middle spot between showy and restrained. Every part of the plant is edible (if not tasty), so you don't have to be concerned about having it around babies or children. In the fall, it grows very cute fruit that looks like tiny red apples. The fruit has an appealing crunch, but the insipid taste of dilute sugar water. The leaves are fuzzy, which makes them thoroughly unappealing for raw eating. I've hear they're good cooked, but haven't tried yet. Grows easily from cuttings (I say as someone who always kills rose cuttings). One of its few faults is that it will die back to the ground if temperatures fall to the 20's F. For this reason, it's not a great choice as an isolated specimen or as the only plant in a single-species hedge. But it's evergreen in the 30s, so that's not often a problem here in zone 9. Also, it tends to be pretty open and lacy, so if you want a dense look, you should plant at least 2 plants pretty close together (maybe 1-1.5' apart on the centers). The perfect zone 9 plant. | |
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Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala) |
Have |
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Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners') |
Have |
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Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata) |
Have |
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Common Pear (Pyrus communis 'Kieffer') |
Have |
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Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica) |
Have |
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Rose (Rosa 'Apricot Drift') |
Have |
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Rose (Rosa 'Clotilde Soupert') |
Have |
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Rose (Rosa 'Colette') |
Have |
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Rose (Rosa 'Duchesse de Brabant') |
Have |
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Rose (Rosa 'Martha') |
Want (Love to have) |
