American Beautyberry

Shade/part shade; deciduous. A perennial native Texas shrub with brilliant purple berry clusters in fall. You’ll see it growing in shaded forest understory around cedar elm, yaupon holly and Turk’s […]

Barbados Cherry

Sun/shade; a nearly evergreen shrub or small tree (there are many different growth habits.) In subfreezing winter temperatures, it may drop leaves. Usually seen in south-central Texas: a soft, rounded […]

Ball Moss

Sun or shade. Evergreen, with dull silver leaves growing in a small sphere and found clinging to branches. Ball moss gathers all the nutrients it needs from vapor and air. […]

Goldenrod

Sun. An herbaceous perennial with an erect or decumbent branching form and large flowerheads, especially in late summer and autumn. It attracts butterflies, wasps, and birds, and makes an attractive […]

Spiny Hackberry

Lanky and nearly evergreen, with leaves serrated along the tip, inconspicuous greenish white flowers, and tiny sweet fruit with high protein content. It’s commonly found in alleys and brushy edges, […]

California Fan Palm

Sun. Evergreen, with a stout, barrel-shaped trunk that immediately sets it apart from the taller Mexican fan palm (a close relative.) Individual leaves have peeling fibers, or \”cotton,\” giving the […]

Mexican Fan Palm

Full sun. A desert fan palm, made most famous by its use on the boulevards of Southern California. It’s much taller and slimmer than the similar California fan palm; but […]

Jara Dulce

Full sun. Nearly evergreen, with narrow willow-like leaves and airy foliage. Greenish flowers and silvery seedheads appear in autumn, ascending in plumelike boughs. It was once widely planted to prevent […]

Green Cenizo

Full sun (in shade, cenizo tends to grow leggy.) Evergreen, with smooth, dusty-green leaves that contrast with the typical silverleaf cenizo. Lavender-colored flowers appear sporadically during hot humid weather.\n\nGreen Cloud […]

Cenizo

Full sun (any shade makes it grow leggy.) Cenizo is evergreen, with silvery foliage covered with tiny dusty hairs. Sweet-scented pink flowers appear briefly after rain events in summer and […]