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Plant GuideBlack dalea
Dalea frutescensThis low, mounding, Southwest native shrub up to 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide has feathery foliage that contributes fine texture to a garden.
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Plant GuideBlue Atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica f. glaucaThis stunning evergreen conifer can be a very large specimen tree (to over 100 feet) in the landscape.
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Plant Guide
Painted tongues
Salpiglossis sinuata and cvs.Long, narrow leaves grow in rosettes near the ground.
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Plant Guide
Esparto grass
Lygeum spartiumSilver-blue, rushlike foliage is graced by one of the most distinctive flowers of all grasses: the inflorescence looks like little origami birds.
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Plant GuideCotoneaster ‘Tom Thumb’
Cotoneaster 'Tom Thumb’This compact, low-growing, and self-rooting deciduous shrub is useful as an underplanting or ground cover.
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Plant GuideSilver leaf
Leucophyllum frutescensSilver leaf is a flowering evergreen shrub with arching branches and woolly, silvery gray leaves.
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Plant GuideHairy bergenia
Bergenia cillataThis is the most drought-tolerant bergenia I’ve found and the only one that does well in Texas heat.
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Plant GuideEnglish lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
English lavender has silvery gray, aromatic foliage topped in summer with lavender-blue to dark purple flowers on long stems.
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Plant GuideChinese wild ginger
Asarum splendensThere are many species and varieties of wild ginger, but this vigorous, fast-growing, and beautiful species tops my list.
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Plant GuideCommon rue
Ruta graveolensRue is an evergreen shrub with an upright, rounded form and cool, ferny blue-green foliage.
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