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8-Small Shrubs
Small Shrubs Barbados Cherry Malpighia glabra Woody multi-stemmed plants Less than 4 feet tall • • • • • • • • • KEY: Provides food for butterflies Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds Evergreen shrub Dwarf 4 ft x 5 ft Standard 6 ft x 6 ft Sun/part shade Low water Spring-fall bloom Sandy or clay loams Native to S TX Edible red fruit ©Ernie Edmundson Blue Plumbago Black Dalea Plumbago auriculata Dalea frutescens • Evergreen shrub 3-10 ft x 4 ft • Sun/part sun • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Fast growing • Sandy soil • Native to S Africa • Deer resistant • Salt tolerant • Root hardy • Prune late winter • All parts are poisonous • Texas Superstar • Evergreen shrub 1-3 ft x 4 ft • Sun • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Fast growing • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Native to TX • Deer resistant Chile Pequin, Chile Petin Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria Capsicum annuum • Deciduous annual shrub 3-4 ft x 2 ft • Shade/part shade/ sun • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Sandy loam, clay, caliche, limestone • Native to C, S TX • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant • Understory • Needs mild winter • Evergreen shrub 3-4 ft x 3-4 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring bloom • Slow growing • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Native SE US • Salt tolerant • ‘Nana’ var. has berries • Edible hot fruit 13 Fern Acacia Acacia angustissima • Deciduous perennial shrub 1-3 ft x 2 ft • Dappled shade/ part shade/sun • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Sand, loam, clay, caliche • Native to TX • Dormant in winter Crucita, Fragrant Mistflower Chromolaena odorata Flame Acanthus Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii • Semi-deciduous shrub 3-4 ft x 3 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Sand, loam, clay, caliche, limestone • Native to C TX & MX • Deer resistant Golden Daisy Bush Euryops chrysanthemoides • Evergreen shrub 2-6 ft x 3-6 ft • Sun • Low water • Year round bloom • Fast growing • Sand, loam, clay • Native to S Africa • Deer resistant • Salt tolerant • Parts are poisonous • May be invasive • Hardy to 25° • • • • • • Perennial shrub 2-6 ft x 4-6 ft Dappled shade/part shade/sun Low water Fall bloom Fast growing Sand, loam, clay, caliche, limestone • Native to S TX • Salt tolerant • Dies back to roots in cold winter Heartleaf Hibiscus Hibiscus martianus • Perennial shrub 1-3 ft x 1-3 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Year round bloom with no frost • Sand, loam, clay, caliche • Native to S half of TX 14 Holly Fern Cyrtomium falcatum • Evergreen fern 2 ft x 3 ft • Deep shade/part shade/morning sun • Low water • Rich soil • Native to Japan • Salt tolerant • Deer Resistant Mexican Honeysuckle Justicia spicigera • Evergreen perennial shrub 3-4 ft x 4-6 ft • Part sun • Medium water • Spring-winter • Fast growing • Native to MX & S Am Red Yucca Hesperaloe parviflora • Evergreen shrub 2-3 ft x 2-3 ft with 5 ft bloom stalk • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Sand, loam, clay, caliche, limestone • Native to C, W TX • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant, except flowers Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia • Deciduous shrub 3-5 ft x 2-3 ft • Sun • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Gravelly or rocky soils • Native to Pakistan • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant • Cut to ground in early spring for best bloom Lions Tail Leonotis leonurus • Evergreen perennial shrub 3-6 ft x 1.5-3.5 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer-winter bloom • Fast growing • Well-drained soil • Native to S Africa • Hardy to 25° • Deer resistant • Wind tolerant Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis • Aromatic evergreen shrub 4 ft x 3 ft • Sun • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Sandy loam, clay • Native to the Mediterranean • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant • Use prostrate varieties for groundcover Skeletonleaf Goldeneye Viguiera stenoloba • Evergreen shrub 2-4 ft x 4 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Sand, loam, clay, caliche, limestone • Fast growing • Native to S, W, C TX • Deer resistant 15 Softleaf Yucca Yucca recurvifolia • Evergreen shrub 4-6 ft x 4 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer blooms • Sandy loam • Native to SE US • Deer resistant • Salt tolerant • Hardy to low teens Thorn-crested Agave Agave lophantha • Evergreen shrub 1 ft x 2 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer bloom • Gravelly limestone • Native to S TX • Grows offshoots • Deer resistant Lantana urticoides • Evergreen shrub 4 ft x 6 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Sand, clay • Native to TX • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii • Semi-evergreen shrub 2-3 ft x 3-5 ft • Part shade/shade/sun • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Loam, sand, clay, limestone • Native to S, C TX • Understory plant • Salt tolerant • Moderate deer resistant Wheeler’s Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri • Evergreen shrub 3 ft x 3 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer bloom • Sand, caliche, limestone • Native to C, W TX • Deer resistant 16 Texas Lantana Wooly Butterfly-bush Buddleja marrubiifolia • Evergreen shrub 3-5 ft x 3-5 ft • Part shade/sun • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Native to SW TX • Deer resistant
