Gardening made simple: Garden Info SheetUPlantIt

1. Lynn’s Legacy Cenizo (1)2. Flame Acanthus (1)3. Red Turk’s Cap (1)4. Greggs Mistflower (1)5. Texas Lantana (1)6. Texas Rock Rose (1) 7. Monarda ‘Jacob Cline’ (1)

8. ‘Goldsturm’ Rudbeckia (3)9. ‘Henry Duelberg’ Salvia (3)10. Zexmenia (3)11. ‘Apricot Sunrise’ Agastache (3)12. Butterflyweed (3)13. ‘Moonbeam’ Coreopsis (5)14. Cedar Sage (5)

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Lynn’s Legacy Cenizo Leucophyllum langmaniae

Plant Type: ShrubMature Height: 5’Plant Spread: 5’Flower Color: Purple/LavenderBloom Time: Spring to FallCharacter: Evergreen Light Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowDescription: This evergreen gray-leaved shrub is known for its large lilac-colored blooms that are reliably long-blooming after a heavy rain. A favorite of butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.Larval Host: Theona Checkerspot, Calleta silkmoth

Greggs Mistflower Conoclinium greggii

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’Plant Spread: 2’Flower Color: BlueBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: PerennialLight Requirement: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: One of the favorite stops for the migrating monarch butterflies, as well as many other species of butterflies, bees and native pollinators. It’s dense power blue flowers are very easy to grow and have a tendency to spread forming a tall groundcover.

Monarda ‘Jacob Cline’ Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 2’Flower Color: Scarlett RedBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part ShadeWater Requirement: Low to MediumDescription: The vibrant- red crown-shaped flowers of this monarda are a favorite of hummingbirds, bees and butterflies summer through fall. ‘Jacob Cline’ is a North American variety that was found growing wild and is cultivated for its exceptionally large and showy flowers.

Flame Acanthus Anisacanthusquadrifidus

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: Orange, RedBloom Time: Spring to FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun to Part SunWater Requirement: LowDescription: Also known as hummingbird bush, this Texas native perennial planted for showy red and orange long-blooming flowers which also attract butterflies. It’s very easy to grow and has a tendency to flourish beyond its boundaries. Larval Host: Janais Patch, Texan Crescentspot

Texas Lantana Lantana urticoides

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 4’Plant Spread: 4’Flower Color: Red, Orange, YellowBloom Time: Spring to FallCharacter: PerennialLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowDescription: This Texas native lantana produces clusters of showy red, orange and yellow flowers that hummingbirds, butterflies and bees love. Plus, they are extremely heat and drought tolerant, happily blooming throughout the summer.

‘Goldsturm’ Rudbeckia Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: YellowBloom Time: Summer to FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: ‘Goldsturm’ is a more compact version of this North American native perennial that produces large yellow cone-like flowers with dark brown centers. In addition to providing nectar for many butterfly species, this rudbeckia offers special value to native bees.

Red Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus arboreus

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 4’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: RedBloom Time: Spring to FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade Water Requirement: Low to mediumDescription: This easy to grow Texas na-tive shrubby perennial produces flushes of red blooms in sun or shade, that at-tract hummingbirds and butterflies alike. It’s so easy to grow it’s often self-spread-ing but is can be readily maintained by pruning back once or twice a year.

Texas Rock Rose Pavonia lasiopetala

Plant Type: ShrubMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: PinkBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Part Sun,Part ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: A extremely heat and drought tolerant native shrubby perennial that produces dense, miniature pink-col-ored hibiscus-like flowers feeding bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects from spring through fall.

‘Henry Duelberg’ Salvia Salvia farinacea ‘Henry Duelberg’

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: BlueBloom Time: Spring to FallCharacter: Semi-evergreen Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: A reliable drought tolerant native perennial that attracts pollinators by producing upright spikes of striking dark blue flowers that bloom spring to fall. It is of important value to native bum-ble bee species.

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Zexmenia Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’Plant Spread: 2’Flower Color: YellowBloom Time: Spring to FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Full ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: A native perennial planted for a dense canopy of showy yellow flowers, so easy to grow it is referred to as a “miracle plant” because of its versatility, cold and drought tolerance and long booming period.Larval Host: Bordered Patch

‘Moonbeam’ Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moon beam’

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’Plant Spread: 2’Flower Color: Yellow/OrangeBloom Time: Spring to SummerCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowDescription: ellow daisy-like flowers with yellow centers are long blooming, rising above slender threaded leaves. ‘Moonbeam’ is a compact cultivar of a North American native and is a favorite of gardeners and attracts a number of specialist pollinators.

‘Apricot Sunrise’ Agastache Agastache ‘apricot sunrise’Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: Pale golden-orangeBloom Time: Summer to FallCharacter: PerennialLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: The tubular apricot colored flowers bloom non-stop from summer through early fall attracting an array of hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. ‘Apricot Sunrise’ is a cross between two agastache native to the southwestern U. S.

Cedar Sage Salvia roemeriana

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 1’Flower Color: RedBloom Time: Spring to SummerCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun toPartial ShadeWater Requirement: LowDescription: A tough Texas native, cedar sage has beautiful heart-shaped hairy leaves which give rise to long blooming tubular red flowers through summer. They are great at attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.

Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2.5’Plant Spread: 1.5’Flower Color: Yellow/OrangeBloom Time: SummerCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowDescription: TButterflyweed is one of the most ornamental and easy to grow Texas native milkweeds. Flowers are a high value nectar source for many butterflies, bees and humming-birds. Leaves are also a food source for monarch and queen butterfly larvae. Larval Host: Monarch, Queens, Grey Hairstreak

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