Shrubs

A colorful explosion of pink, yellow, and magenta round blooms against dark green foliage will make you smile. ‘Confetti’ is a well-behaved, adaptable multi-colored Lantana selection. Lantanas are subtropical native, woody perennial flowering plants. Most modern garden selections are self-sterile which means more blooming and not dropping or reseeding fruits. Plants have compact growth with oval to round, rough dark green leaves and slightly prickly stems. After flowering plants can be lightly pruned or sheared for size control, but choosing the right sized cultivar for the space is important to help reduce how frequently the Lantanas need to be trimmed. Cutting them back too frequently can eliminate flower displays. Regular, supplemental water during the hottest months keeps them healthy and happy.

Mostly red colored round blooms against dark green foliage. ‘Dallas Red’ is a wide and sprawling, adaptable red colored Lantana selection. Lantanas are subtropical native, woody perennial flowering plants. Most modern garden selections are self-sterile which means more blooming and no dropping or reseeding fruits. Plants have compact growth with oval to round, rough dark green leaves and slightly prickly stems. After flowering plants can be lightly pruned or sheared for size control, but choosing the right sized cultivar for the space is important to help reduce how frequently the Lantana’s need to be trimmed. Cutting them back too frequently can eliminate flower displays. Regular, supplemental water during the hottest months keeps them healthy and happy.

Dark pink with yellow colored round blooms against dark green foliage. ‘Irene’ is a compact growing, well-behaved, multi-colored Lantana selection. Lantanas are subtropical woody perennial flowering plants. Pollinated flowers can produce dark purple fruits prized by birds. Flowers are highly attractive to all Lepidoptera sp. Plants have compact growth with oval to round, rough dark green leaves and slightly prickly stems. After flowering plants can be lightly pruned or sheared for size control, but choosing the right sized cultivar for the space is important to help reduce how frequently the Lantana’s need to be trimmed. Cutting them back too frequently can eliminate flower displays. Regular, supplemental water during the hottest months keeps them healthy and happy.

Deep orange & yellow colored round blooms against dark green foliage. ‘Radiation’ is a well-behaved, adaptable multi-colored Lantana selection. Lantanas are subtropical native, woody perennial flowering plants. Most modern garden selections are self-sterile which means more blooming and not dropping or reseeding fruits. Plants have compact growth with oval to round, rough dark green leaves and slightly prickly stems. After flowering plants can be lightly pruned or sheared for size control, but choosing the right sized cultivar for the space is important to help reduce how frequently the Lantana’s need to be trimmed. Cutting them back too frequently can eliminate flower displays. Regular, supplemental water during the hottest months keeps them healthy and happy.

Solid gold colored round blooms against dark green foliage. ‘New Gold’ is a popular, well-behaved Lantana selection from Texas. Lantanas are subtropical native, woody perennial flowering plants. ‘New Gold’ are self-sterile which means more blooming and no dropping or reseeding fruits. Plants have compact growth with oval to round, rough dark green leaves and slightly prickly stems. After flowering plants can be lightly pruned or sheared for size control, but choosing the right sized cultivar for the space is important to help reduce how frequently the Lantana’s need to be trimmed. Cutting them back too frequently can eliminate flower displays. Regular, supplemental water during the hottest months keeps them healthy and happy.

Lavender blooms on woody groundcover. These woody perennial long-blooming plants are as easy as they come. Low maintenance, durable, adaptable with dark green rough leaves that grow on low growing woody stems. With extra water plants are aggressive. Give them time and space to fill out. Good for erosion control, slopes, terraced beds, large containers, spilling over walls, and as low foundation shrubs. In spring to early summer copious amounts of round lavender blooms cover the plant. Plants pruned often to limit their size will start growing more upright and less flat.

Large growing native durable evergreen shrubs. A shrubby symbol of the southwest, creosote bush occurs on rocky slopes, desert plains and mesas from low deserts up to 5000 ft. in elevation in pockets across the southwest. Only dropping out where rainfall amounts increase, and cold temperatures prevent their establishment. They are slow to moderate growing, primarily evergreen with some leaf drops during cold of winter and during summer drought. In urban landscapes with supplemental irrigation plants grow faster and hold their foliage well to become dense, dark green foundational shrubs. Light gray, woody upright stems hold small, resinous distinctively fragrant shiny leaves. Small yellow blooms appear heavily in spring and sporadically during summer monsoon rains. Flowers are followed by small round seed capsules covered with fuzzy silver cilia that glisten in the sun. Give them room to grow and never shear them. Simply thin old branches to encourage new lush growth from the center.

Silver-white foliage with amethyst purple blooms. All Leucophyllum sp. are lumped together as Texas Sage, although each variety has different appearance and growth habits. ‘Silver Cloud’ is a 40-year-old selection with small round highly pubescent white to gray foliage and stems. Dark purple blooms form in response to an increase in relative humidity during late spring and summer. Little to no maintenance is needed if the proper sized cultivar is chosen for the allowable space. Heavily pubescent plants are an evolutionary clue to gardeners that those plants have a natural adaptation to heat and drought. They require well-drained soil, and resent over-watering, especially during cool weather months.

Soft gray leaves with light purple blooms. This selection of Texas Sage is unique for its dense compact growth habit that requires little to no pruning. When conditions are optimal, masses of light lavender-colored flowers appear during summer monsoon season. They are durable, moderately-fast growing full shrubs. While this selection accepts shearing, it is not advisable. Their size and dense growth do lend them to be utilized for a low water, evergreen hedge. They are most commonly used as foundational shrubs for virtually all residential and commercial landscapes.