doc13 Agarito Medium Shrubs American Beautyberry Texas
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13 Agarito Medium Shrubs American Beautyberry Texas
Medium Shrubs Woody,multi-stemmed plants 5 -9 feet tall KEY: Provides food for butterflies Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana Agarito Mahonia trifoliolata • Evergreen shrub 8 ft x 6 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring bloom • Summer edible fruit • Slow growth • Loam, clay, caliche, limestone • Native to S, W TX & MX • Understory • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant Texas Babybonnets Coursetia axillaris • Deciduous shrub 6 ft x 6 ft • Part shade • Low water • Spring bloom • Fall fruit • Fast growing • Sand, loam, clay • Native to E, SE TX • Understory • Salt tolerant Coralbean Erythrina herbacea • Deciduous prickly shrub 9 ft x 9 ft • Sun/part shade/shade • Low water • Spring blooms • Sand, loam, clay • Native to N, C, S TX • Understory • Salt tolerant • Root hardy to 28º • Toxic seeds • May cut to ground each winter • Evergreen shrub 9 ft x 9 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring bloom • Clay, sandy loam • Native to S TX & MX • Rare plant • Salt tolerant Firecracker Russelia equisetiformis • Evergreen shrub 5 ft x 5 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring-winter blooms • Fast growing • Rich sand, loam, clay • Native to MX • Salt tolerant 13 Natal Plum Mexican Turk’s Cap Carissa macrocarpa Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus • Evergreen thorny shrub 9 ft x 9 ft • Prostrate varieties 1 ft x 3 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Limestone, clay, sand • Native to S Africa • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant • Frost damage • Summer-fall edible fruit • Evergreen shrub 9 ft x 9 ft • Sun/part shade • Medium water • Spring-fall bloom • Native to MX • Hardy to 28° ‘Belinda’s Dream’ Rose Rosa x ‘Belinda’s Dream’ • Deciduous shrub 6-8 ft x 6 ft • Sun • Low to medium water • Spring-fall bloom‘Mutabilis’ • Sandy loam, clay • Disease resistant • Salt tolerant • Earth-Kind rose • Texas Superstar ‘Knock Out’ Rose Rosa x ‘Knock Out’ • Deciduous shrub 6 ft x 6 ft • Sun/part shade • Low - medium water • Spring-fall bloom, cherry red, semidouble • Sandy loam, clay • Disease resistant • Salt tolerant • Earth-Kind rose • Texas Superstar ‘Belinda’s Dream’ Texas Superstar ‘Belinda’s Dream’ Yellow Plumbago, Thryallis Yellow Sophora Sophora tomentosa spp. occidentalis Galphimia glauca • Evergreen shrub 6 ft x 6 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Moderately fast growth • Sandy soil • Native to MX & C Am • Salt tolerant • Hardy to 30º 14 • Evergreen shrub 6 ft x 6 ft • Sun • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Fast growing • Sandy beaches & dunes • Native to S TX • Salt tolerant
