Texas Super Star Esperanza is a must for every blistering, hot north Texas summer landscape. Listed as a Texas Super Star, Esperanza is truly Texas tough. It is heat tolerant, pest resistant and can tolerate a wide range of soils. Esperanza has abundant clusters of bright yellow trumpet flowers from spring to fall. The delightful…
It’s shocking to think that these lovely petunias can create a shockwave of color in your north Texas landscape simply by planting early and getting them established before the hot summer temps start to boil. Shockwaves are very vigorous and strongly branched with a mounding/trailing habit, therefore filling spaces quickly. Spreading up to 30” across…
Dreaming of a flower filled mini-hedge? Dream no longer, your dream has come true with the Tidal Wave Petunias. This “Texas Superstar” can spread up to 30” across and rise to 18” to 30” tall. Like a tidal wave this plant rises up only to come back down and cascade over itself forming a dense…
What a great perennial, so pretty to look at and so easy to grow. The word Echinacea comes from the Greek word “echinos” which means hedgehog or sea urchin. This aptly describes the prickly raised central cone that gives this plant the descriptive name of Coneflower. Echinaceas have extended bloom seasons and long lasting flowers….
Not often seen in north Texas landscapes, Galphimia gracilis (sometimes called Thyrallis) is a tropical shrub that should be used more often here for warm season landscape interest. Galphimia, considered a tropical shrub, usually freezes to the ground here, however, if the winter is mild enough, it will come back the following spring. Using Galphinia…
‘Jenny Brook’ Wallflower Wow, purple and apricot, what an unusual color combination for a garden flower! These colors can be found blooming simultaneously on a wallflower discovered in Wales called ‘Jenny Brook’. Narrow, linear leaves line this shrubby evergreen perennial that grows to about 18” tall and wide. The bi-color flower clusters are held above…
Veronica ‘Georgia Blue’ is a lovely evergreen trailing perennial that blooms when most other perennials are just waking from dormancy. The flowers are a beautiful clear azure blue and resemble Forget-Me-Nots. Bloom-time is late winter into early spring. ’Georgia Blue’ is used effectively as a cascading border, as an accent in rock gardens or planted…
Green Lake Nursery has a nice assortment of cheddar/spice pink type dianthus, each very similar, yet each a little different. The basic growing requirements are the same. They like loose well-drained slightly alkaline soil. Full sun with afternoon shade is preferred in north Texas. More lush foliage occur in the cooler months. Regular watering is…
Erysimum Citrona Orange and Citrona Yellow Okay, we all know that pansies rule for cool season color in north Texas, but how about the other cool season plants that go along with the pansies?? You know the usual line-up, snapdragons, dianthus, alyssum…. Well, it is time to welcome a new member to the cool season…
Copper Canyon Daisy Tough, and tenacious, qualities that define this native Texan. T. lemmonii was discovered by husband – wife team, Sara and John Lemmon, pioneer botanists and avid plant collectors. Late October till hard frost, sometimes, even into December, depending on the winter, T. lemmonii produces bright, one inch, golden daisies that will illuminate…
Mexican Mint Marigold Lazy gardeners, here is a plant for you….Tagetes lucida, or Mexican Mint Marigold. It is hardy, low maintenance, aesthetically pleasing and also useful in other ways besides landscaping. As for hardiness, it will grow in most soils, even poor soils, as long as they are well drained. Once established, it is heat…
Gulf Muhly Grass Gulf Muhly is a lovely and durable native Texas grass. Its fine textured gray green foliage has a stiff upright habit. It grows about two to three feet tall and wide. Beautiful billowy plumes that look like pink smoke hang softly above the foliage. Bloom time is usually from the end of…