Ajuga Purple Leaf Ajuga repens “Purple”

Ajuga Purple Leaf
Ajuga repens “Purple”
Bronzy green glossy foliage is
topped by spikes of blue blooms
in spring. This is a dense and
durable groundcover preferring
afternoon shade. Easily grown in
average, medium, well-drained
soil. Wide soil tolerance, but
prefers moist, humus soils.
Provide good air circulation and
divide when clumps become
overcrowded
Alternanthera
Snow on the
Mountain
Alternanthera ficoidea
Related to the more well-known Joseph's Coat, this plant is wellbranched with small, beautiful snow-white leaves at its top, and is
well-suited to container gardens. They tend to start off a little
small and floppy, but with time and sun will fill out, stand up, and
develop their colors; if they are kept too shady, the tops will not
turn as pure a white and the stems will remain limp. Full to
filtered sun, average water, 12”-18” tall.
Aniscanthus ‘Flame’
Aniscanthus quadifidus ‘Flame’
Anisacanthus, as the name implies, is related to Bear's Breeches
(Acanthus). There are around 18 species in the genus
Anisacanthus, all native to the Americas. The common names of
Anisacanthus are Hummingbird bush, Flame Acanthus, Texas
Firecracker, Desert Honeysuckle. The plant attracts
hummingbirds (and butterflies), has orange-red tube-shaped
flowers, is drought-tolerant, and is not palatable to deer.
Aspidistra Milky Way
Aspidistra elatior ‘Milky Way’
Grows to 2'. Plants grow fast. Glossy
dark leaves speckled with white
spots. Evergreen in warm climates.
Cream colored bell shaped flowers
that are maroon inside contrast in any
garden. Cast iron plants are very
drought tolerant and also tolerates
dimly lit areas both inside and out.
zones 7-10 overwinters well inside
everywhere else.
Barbados Cherry Tree
Malpighia glabra
Acerola cherry trees love lots of
sunshine and well draining soil. It
is also a drought resistant
shrub. This makes Barbados a
perfect fit for the growth of the
cherry tree with our tropical
sunshine and limestone base. It takes
almost a year for Barbados cherry
trees to start producing the cherry
fruit, with optimal bearing at about 3
years or later. Having been planted
in the spring the cherries will ripen
and be ready for picking in the
winter or spring each year. Tree
grows to 8-10 ft. tall.
Barleria Coral Creeper
Barleria repens
Barleria coral creeper is an evergreen
plant with small rounded soft glossy
leaves and pink-red flowers. It typically
grows as a small rounded to spreading
shrub to 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide or
more but if given some support it can
climb up to 6 feet tall. The stems of this
plant can root along the ground,
allowing it to cover a large area. The
tubular pinkish-red flowers are 2 inches
long and flare out to over 1 inch wide.
They are tubular, fairly large and appear
primarily from late summer through fall
with a scattering of bloom throughout
the year. It grows best in cool coastal sun
or partial shade. In dense shade it
becomes lanky and does not flower well.
It performs best in a well-drained soil
with regular irrigation. Hardy to 28 F.
Barleria - White
Barleria cristata ‘White’
Grows into a shapely shrub with minimal pruning. The trumpet-shaped 2" long, white
flowers opening in terminal clusters in November and continue into mid-December.
This is an easy-to-grow shrub, about 4-6ft height, which can be used for a garden
hedge or tightly clipped into geometrical shapes. Barleria is easily propagated from
cuttings planted in fall directly in the ground. It requires some sun to flower profusely
and occasional pruning to promote bushy growth.
Beautyberry
Snow Storm
Callicarpa japonica ‘Snow Storm’
This dramatic addition to the beautyberry family is a knock out
with stunning white-cream-green variegated foliage, clusters of
pink flowers in the summer and loads of rose-purple berries in
the fall. 'Snow Storm‘ forms a nice compact shrub mounding to
4'x4'. Prefers light shade and a moist, well-drained soil.
Deciduous. Beautyberries are a food source for up to 40 species
of birds!
Bellyache Bush
Jatropha gossypiifolia var. elegans
This bush has the most beautiful foliage you'll ever see! The new leaves on the top of
each branch are a lovely purple-red which contrast with the small scarlet blooms, which
attract small butterflies and other pollinators, and the large bright green seed pods. The
leaves shine in the sun and it will reach 3' tall and easily as wide in one growing season.
Grow in full sun or part shade (but the lovely color on the leaves shows better in the
sun). Hardy to zone 9b/10 - self sowing annual in other zones. I have not had good luck
growing these in containers - they do MUCH, MUCH better growing directly in the
ground in sandy, well draining, fairly dry soil and full sun. If you'd like to grow in a
container, provide very good drainage and use a sandy potting mix water only when top
1" of soil is dry.
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’
Blanket Flower Gaillardia 'Fanfare' is one of the most popular new
perennials on the market! The unique scarlet petals flare out like
trumpets with bright yellow tips. The fanfare of flowers continues
from early June through late fall! 'Fanfare' displays a wonderful
compact form and is very floriferous. An excellent new perennial
that thrives in hot and dry conditions. Reseeds. Size: 2’x2’
Bog Lily
Crinum americanum
Crinum americanum is a splendid
flowering marginal plant that is a
great grower in the pond and water
garden. Native to swampy areas of
the Southeastern United States
Crinum americanum thrives in a full
sun environment, but will also do
well in partial shade. The foliage is
comprised of strapping leaves
creating a unique look on its own.
the true highlight of this tropical
marginal plants are its white lily
flowers that come during late spring
and summer. In Southern regions
Crinum americanum can be used as a
perennial water garden plant.
Dwarf Bottle Brush
Callistemon citrinus 'Little John'
Blood red blooms
cover the top of this
dwarf grower for an
extended season.
Dense branches are
covered with bluegreen leaves.
Versatile compact
size is perfect for
today's smaller
gardens. Evergreen.
Brazilian Blue
Button Bush
Centratherum intermedium
1" powdery-blue to purple blooms are borne in profusion from
spring to fall on this durable rounded perennial. It normally returns
from the roots in spring and often reseeds itself. A favorite food
for larvae of the Hydrangea Sphinx Moth. Nectar loved by
butterflies.
Buddleia
Pink Delight
Buddleia davidii ‘Pink Delight’
'Pink Delight' is a butterfly bush cultivar which features deep pink flowers. It is a
deciduous shrub with an arching, spreading habit which typically grows to 10-15'
tall if not cut back in late winter and to 5-7' tall if cut back. Features huge, spikelike terminal clusters (to 15" long) of deep pink flowers which bloom from June
to September and sometimes to first frost. Flowers are fragrant, and, as the
common name suggests, very attractive to butterflies. Willowy gray-green
foliage. Popular fresh cut flower.
Buddleia White Profusion
Buddleia davidii ‘White Profusion’
This shrub has long blooming,
white fragrant flowers and is
deer-resistant. The shrub is
heat and drought tolerant. It
can grow to 96” tall and 46”
wide and is deciduous. Can be
grown in a container. The plant
needs full sun and it blooms on
new growth during the
summer. Remove spent
blooms to enhance blooming.
Attracts bees, butterflies and
hummingbirds.
Bulbine – Yellow
and Orange
Bulbine flavescens
“Yellow and Orange”
A very unique, Texas native that is normally evergreen clump-forming perennial for full
sun. Narrow aloe vera-type foliage 12” tall. Forms dense, terminal racemes of small starshaped yellow and orange flowers on slender 18” stems almost 11 months of the
year! Has been evergreen down to 25 degrees. Sun, part shade. Good drainage
Golden
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold'
This is an all yellow form of the typically orange and yellow
Butterfly Weed, also known as Tropical Milkweed, a tender
perennial is prized for attracting butterflies, particularly the
Monarch Butterfly, into the garden. Growing 3-4 feet tall by as
wide this plant has narrow 6 inch long yellow-green lance-shaped
leaves. The flowers, appearing in late spring to late fall, are on
long stems bearing 3 to 4 inch long clusters of golden-yellow
flowers.
Dwarf Fairy Duster
Calliandra emarginata
This beautiful root hardy
shrub is great for both garden
and containers.
Growing to about 2’ – 3’ tall,
Dwarf Fairy Duster is covered
with hot pink “powder-puff”
flowers practically non-stop
from spring to fall! This shrub
is spectacular in bloom. It has
a very tropical look, but is a
very tough little shrub.
Hummingbirds & butterflies!!!
Calliandras are known for
having very low amounts of
airborne pollen. Sun or light
shade.
Candlestick Plant
Senna alata
The Candle plant or candle bush is so named because the erect flower spikes when in
bud resemble yellow candles. It is also commonly called ringworm cassia because the
plant leaves were once used to treat ringworm. It is an evergreen tropical shrub or tree
that typically grows to 12-30’ tall in its native habitat. It can grow rapidly to 6-8’ tall in a
single growing season if started by seed indoors in late winter. Features pinnately
compound medium to dark green leaves (to 30” long), each with 7-14 pairs of leaflets.
Bright yellow 5-petaled cup-shaped flowers bloom bottom to top in erect axillary
racemes in fall. Flowers give way to winged bean-like seedpods (6-8” long) which also
add ornamental interest.
Canna, Red Mexican
Canna Warscewiczii
The beauty of this plant is that it
gives your garden
cohesion. Instead of having a
number of large tropical foliage
plants growing in your garden...
you have a number of large
tropical foliage plants bursting
through a sea of luxuriant
foliage. The flowers are not
huge as with the hybrids, but are
unaffected by torrential
downpours. Of all the canna
varieties, canna Warscewiczii
has reputation of being difficult
to overwinter.
Canna
Black Knight
Canna x generalis ‘Black Knight’
Fast growing, tropical looking perennial with unique, dark
burgundy foliage and blood red, very showy, large flowers.
Needs regular water and flowers all summer until frost. Will
die back with hard frost, but reappear with vigor once it
warms up in spring.
Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
Highly adaptable, Carolina ruellia prefers full sun to light shade and well-drained
soil, but pretty much tolerates whatever environment it finds itself in, making R.
caroliniensis a natural for managed wildflower gardens and meadows, cottagetype borders, and lawn conversion, diversification and naturalization projects.
It's not so good for formal designs because, like all the Acanthaceae, its seed
capsules explode, spewing seeds to impressive distances from the mother plant.
Cereus Night Blooming
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Epiphyllum Oxypetalum is a night blooming succulent cactus of the type called
an epiphyte. Oxypetalum is also called 'Dutchman's Pipe' after the trailing habit
of the flower buds which resemble little round bowled pipes. This cactus is a
night bloomer whose pure white, fragrant, dinner plate size flowers open as
the sun goes down and close in the morning, lasting 1 to 3 days. The leaves are
broad and do not resemble the usual fleshy leaves of other succulents.
Epiphyllums are easy to grow and with proper care will produce abundant
blooms, however need a period of dryness and cool evenings in winter to
ensure good summer blooming.
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
The purple or white pom-pom flowers of chives top aromatic stems in summer.
The leaves are edible and have a mild onion flavor; the flowers can be used as
garnishes. Plants grow in dense clumps to 2 feet high. Use chives in a cottage,
herb, or vegetable garden, or in containers.
Noteworthy characteristics: Edible foliage; showy flowers; self-sows.
Care: Provide full sun and fertile, well-drained soil.
Propagation: Easily started from seed. Sow in late fall to mid-winter. Springsown seedlings may not emerge for a year. Divide clumps in spring or fall.
Problems: Nothing serious.
Chocolate
Plant
Pseuderanthemum alatum
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
with showy magenta flowers on tall, slender stalks.
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not
overwater. Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not
want volunteer seedlings next season. Suitable for
growing in containers. Great ground cover.
Giant Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima
A coarse-textured perennial with
unusual basal blue-gray paddleshaped leaves that are 12 to 24
inches long, 8 to 10 inches across,
and appear sessile. It flowers
profusely with blooms slightly
more than three inches wide with
drooping yellow ray flowers
attached to a tall black cone, but
flowers are dwarfed by the
foliage.
Plant Type: perennial
Coreopsis
Flying
Saucers
Coreopsis grandiflora
'Walcoreop'
A compact coreopsis cultivar which features solitary,
yellow, daisy-like flowers (2" diameter) with yellow rays
(lobed at the tips) and darker yellow center disks atop
slender, erect stems rising 18-20" tall. Flowers typically
bloom from late spring to late summer and sometimes
well into fall.
Crepe Myrtle – “Purple”
Lagerstroemia indica “Purple”
Sporting vibrant purple
flowers in the summer
months, this lovely small tree
will draw the eye of any
passer by. Unique, slightly
columnar habit is perfect for
that narrower spot in the
garden where summer color
is desired. Enjoys a full sun
position, and once
established is quite drought
tolerant.
Crinum
Dark Red
Crinum X powelii ‘Roseum’
Crinum species and cultivars prefer a warm climate, and few will
tolerate even the lightest of frosts. In cooler climates, they should be
grown in containers in the greenhouse or conservatory. Elsewhere,
they should be planted in a sunny or semi-shaded position in a moist
well-drained soil. Crinums dislike being transplanted and take time to
establish.
Crinum Purple/Red
Crinum asiaticum var. procerum
Herbaceous perennial with white
flowers on 3-4 foot purple and
green spikes in summer. This
crinum needs moisture, likes
poor drainage and makes good
bog plant. Plant in sun or shade;
more flowering in sun. Remove
cold damaged foliage in winter.
Groom yellow leaves as needed
in summer for neater
appearance. Thin as needed to
control spread. Let the flower
spike turn brown before
removing. Apply a source of soft
rock phosphate once a year to
improve blooming.
Crown of Thorns
Red Pinwheel
Euphorbia milii “Red Pinwheel”
The Crown of Thorns is a heat loving cactus-like succulent that is extremely easy
to grow and will provide months of color with it's long-lasting colorful flower-like
bracts. This durable and reliable Poinsettia cousin will revel in full sun or will be
perfectly happy in light shade on the porch or patio. The Crown of Thorns is at
home in containers indoors or out and is an excellent choice for well-drained
gardens and xeriscaping. Drought tolerant, salt tolerant, and deer resistant.
Excellent drainage is probably the most important factor for being successful with
this plant. With 3-5" clusters of 1-1/2 to 2'' wide, rounded red 'flowers' are
borne throughout the year on this vigorous upright growing Crown of Thorns.
Makes a beautiful specimen!
Cuphea
Batface
Cuphea llavea ‘Batface’
Masses of unique flowers shower this colorful shrub over a long
season. Named for its resemblance to a bat: the dark purple
flower is the face and the red lobes are the ears. Thrives in heat,
tolerates drought and attracts hummingbirds. A showy addition
to the color border. Evergreen above 25 Fahrenheit.
Dragon Fruit
Hylocereus undatus
A vining, terrestrial or epiphytic
cactus, with fleshy stems reaching
from a few inches up to 20ft long (in
mature plants). The plant may grow
out of, and over the ground or climb
onto trees using aerial roots. Flowers
are ornate and beautiful, and many
related species are propagated as
ornamentals. They bloom only at
night, and usually last just one night
where pollination is necessary to set
fruit. In full production, pitahaya
plants can have up to 4-6 fruiting
cycles per year.
Dianella
Variegated Blue
Dianella tasmanica ‘Variegata’
Handsome strappy green leaves with contrasting yellow stripes will brighten
up the garden year-round. Stalks of shiny turquoise blue berries lasting from
fall into winter create a colorful accent in the garden. Neat clumping habit is
ideal for mass planting near pools, in garden beds and borders.
Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia elegans
Plant in full to partial sun. USDA
Hardiness Zones - In-ground in
zones 8 to 10. In zones cooler
than 8 (1 to 7) move in and treat
as a house plant over winter, or
move to a protected area
(somewhere that doesn’t freeze)
before the first frost.
Mature Height/Spread - 10 feet
tall in-ground; can be kept
smaller with pruning. 1 to 3 feet
tall in a container.
Bloom Time - Summer to frost.
Water weekly about 1”.
Duranta ‘Gold Mound’
Duranta erecta ‘Gold Mound’
Gold Mound Duranta is
grown for its brilliant golden
color, acting as an excellent
accent or focal point in the
sunny garden. It can be kept
at 2 ½-3 ft and pruned to
any shape. It also known by
the common names of
Golden dewdrop, or
Skyflower.
Duranta ‘Sapphire Showers’
Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers'
Grown for its summer flowers
and ornamental fruit, this
selection of the popular Pigeon
Berry may prove more compact
than the species, which grows
with an arching habit to 25 feet
tall and nearly as wide - grown as
a tree it is more upright in habit
with a spread about half the
width. In late spring and
summer, cascading clusters of
3/4 inch wide tubular flowers are
an intense violet-blue with a
white picotee edge along the
flared petal tips.
Esperanza
Bells of Fire
Tecoma x ‘Bells of Fire‘
A bright rich red, tubular flowering shrub. Blooms nearly continuously until hit
by a hard frost. Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Grows 6 feet tall
by 5 feet wide. Hardy to 10 to 20 (F). Plant in full sun.