Botanical Name: Yucca gloriosa ‘Variegata’ Height: 4′ Width: 3′ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade Performance: Perennial Bloom: Cream (Summer) The blue-green, sword-shaped leaves of Yucca gloriosa ‘Variegata’ are edged with fine creamy-yellow margins. This perennial offers year round interest and an architectural presence to a garden.  In summer, beautiful cream colored flowers soar atop a seven foot flower stalk creating…

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ Height: 24-36″ Width: 15″ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade Performance: Perennial Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ is a late summer to early fall perennial offering golden daisy-like flowers with an intense blackish-brown eye. This vigorous perennial is a true performer in the landscape with green serrated foliage forming a thick, dense mound….

Botanical Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia Height: 3′ Width: 3′ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Perennial Perovskia atriplicifolia, commonly known as Russian Sage, is an excellent summer perennial for a xeric garden. Bluish-lavender flowers create a misty mass atop silver-gray foliage for some cool summer color. In the landscape, Perovskia atriplicifolia loves full sun and makes a great backdrop for smaller plants….

Botanical Name:  Conoclinium greggii, formerly Eupatorium greggii Height: 24″ Width: 36″ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Perennials Bloom: Blue (May – October) These soft, fuzzy lavender-blue inflorescences are essential to a north Texas butterfly garden. This butterfly magnet blooms intermittently from spring to fall. In nature, this heat-loving Texas native grows in damp areas along creeks, bottomlands, ponds, springs and bogs, hence the name Mistflower….

Botanical Name: Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rochfordianum’ Height: 2′ Width: 2′ Exposure: Part Sun, Shade Performance: Perennial Serrated holly-like leaflets provide sharp coarse texture to a shade garden. The stiff, erect glossy green fronds of the Holly Fern form a vase-like shape common of the species, Cyrtomium which stems from the Greek word kyrtos meaning arched.

Botanical Name: Mandevilla Height: 12′ Width: 3′ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Annual Bloom: Pink, Red, & White (May-October) Create a north Texas oasis with rich green leaves and exotic red, pink and white flowers of Mandevilla. This tropical South America native vine loves the heat and humidity. Its large radiant flowers are sure to make a statement in your garden.

Botanical Name: Gaura lindheimeri (Oenothera lindheimeri) Height: 2′ Width: 2′ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Perennial Blooms: White, Pink (May-August)   Sprightly butterfly-like flowers flutter high above basal foliage on delicate wispy, wands. This sun-loving, heat-loving Texas native provides summer color while enticing bees and butterflies to the garden. This tame wild flower makes an excellent filler flower adding…

Botanical Name: Caryopteris ‘Blue Fountain’ Height: 24-36″ Width: 3-4′ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun Performance: Perennial Bloom: Blue-Purple (June- October) Liven up a summer garden with ‘Blue Fountains’s silver-green foliage and refreshing cool, crisp bluish-purple flowers. This Texas tough landscape perennial seems to be an improved variety and a garden favorite, performing all summer and well into the fall….

Botanical Name: Echinacea x hybrid ‘Cheyenna Spirit’ Height: 24″ Width: 15″ Exposure: Full Sun – Part Shade Performance: Perennial  Blooms: Purple, White, Red, Orange, Yellow, Rose (June – August)   Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurera, is one of the most popular Texas native perennials for summer color. Multiple hybrids have been bred to enhance the color, performance, habit, and overall look of the plant. ‘Cheyenne…

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia hirta ‘Denver Daisy’ Height: 18-24″ Width: 18-24″ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Annual  Blooms: Golden Yellow (June- August)   Seasonal summer color with beautiful large blooms, dark eyes and ooey gooey chocolate centers. This long-rayed daisy-like flower was bred to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Denver, Colorado. The ‘Denver Daisy’ was chosen as the people’s choice of the American…

Botanical Name: Delosperma cooperi Height: 6″ Width: 24″ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Perennial  Blooms: Magenta (May – September) Neon pink-purple flowers blanket this sun-loving succulent in spring. Look closely at its gray-green foliage and the tiny bubble-like hairs that reflect a crystal, ice-like appearance, hence its name Ice Plant. Delosperma cooperi is virtually maintenance free and an instant pop of color for a…

Botanical Name: Lantana Bandana  Height: 3′ Width: 2′ Exposure: Full Sun Performance: Annual  Blooms: Bi-colors, Pink, Peach, Red, Orange, Yellow, White (May – October)  Lantana Bandana is an improved series bred for flower power. Vibrant multi-colored inflorescences mass its deep green, glossy, serrated foliage. The Bandana series tames the natural sprawling habit of Lantana to form a uniform mound of summer color….