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OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
David Rodriguez, Extension Agent-Horticulture,
Bexar County
Planting begins with selection of adapted species
to site and climate. The time to decide on the species is long before you go
to the nursery to buy. To help those who don't know the best landscape plants
for this area, the following is a list which you should choose from:
Click on a topic below to go directly to the
type of plants you're looking for.
GROUND COVERS (space 1' apart)
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Algerian Ivy
*
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Plumbago (deciduous)
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Asiatic Jasmine **
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Prostrate Rosemary (herb)
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Bearded Iris
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Ruellia Dwarf Series
(pink, purple, white)** |
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Confederate Jasmine
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Santolina (gray and green)
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Day Lilies
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Texas Gold Columbine *
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English Ivy **
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Trailing Juniper
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Japanese Purple Honeysuckle
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Trailing Lantana
("Harbor's Dwarf", "New Gold") |
Lirope (standard, |
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Nandina domestica, var.
**
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Verbena, "Tex Tuf"
(perennial-red, rose, purple) |
Oregano
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Vinca Major **
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Wedelia (deciduous)
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Monkey Grass/
Mondo Grass * |
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Boston Ivy
(4' apart; deciduous) |
English Ivy
(3' apart) ** |
Carolina Jessamine
(4' apart) |
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Grapes, var. Champanel or
Blk Spanish deciduous
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Climbing Cecile Brunner
(sweetheart rose; 10' apart) |
Hall's Honeysuckle
(6' apart) |
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Confederate Jasmine
(4' apart) |
Improved Trumpet Vine
(12' apart, deciduous) |
Coral Honeysuckle |
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La Marque Rose
(10' apart) |
Coral Vine
( 8' apart, deciduous) |
Lady Banks Rose
(12' apart) |
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Creeping Fig
(4' apart) |
Passionflower
(4' apart) |
Cross Vine
(8' apart) |
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Butterfly
Vine (Stigmaphyllon/Mascagnia)
(4' apart) |
Virginia Creeper
(3' apart; deciduous) |
Sweet
Autumn Clematis
(4' apart) |
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Crimson Pygmy Barberry
(2' x 3') |
Nandina domestica, var.
'Harbor Dwarf'
(2' x 2') |
Dwarf Abelia
(3' x 2') |
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Plumbago
(3' x 3') |
Dwarf Chinese Holly
(3' x 2') |
Pomegranate
(2' x 2') |
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Dwarf Yaupon Holly
(2' x 2') |
Rosemary
(3' x 3' herb) |
Gray Cotoneaster
(3' x 3') |
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Santolina (1.5' x 1)
(green and grey) |
Mexican Oregano
(3' x 4' herb) |
Nandina domestica, var.
Dwarf 'Compacta' (4' x 3') |
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Dwarf Burford Holly
(5' x 4') ** |
Red Leaf Japanese Barberry
(5' x 5', semi-deciduous) |
Dwarf Oleander
(4' x 3') |
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Sago Palm
(4' x 5') |
Flowering Quince
(4' x 4' decidious) |
Salvia farinacea Mealy Sage
(2' x 3') |
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Glossy Abelia
(6' x 4') |
Salvia greggii |
Japanese Acuba
(4' x 4') * |
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Standard Nandina
(5' x 3') ** |
Salvia leucantha
(2' x 2') |
Japanese Boxwood
(4' x 4') |
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Agarita
(3' to 8') |
Italian Jasmine
(5' x 3') |
Standard Burford Holly
(10' x 8') ** |
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Nellie R. Stevens Holly
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Chinese Holly
(9' x 6') ** |
Oleander
(9' x 8') |
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Coppertone Loquat
(7' x 5') |
Primrose Jasmine
(5' x 7') |
Fatsia
(5' x 4', shade, tropical, effect) |
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Crape
Myrtle, Dwarf
(6' x 5') |
Texas
Sage, Ceniza
(6' x 6') |
Sandankwa
Viburnum
(8' x 6') |
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Flowering Pomegranate
(8' x 5') |
Tea
Rose
(Mrs. B.R. Cant, 5' x 4') |
Tea Rose
(Mrs. Dudley Cross, 5'x4') |
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Crape Myrtle
(9' x 8') |
Pineapple Guava/Feijoa
(12' x 11') |
Elaeagnus
(10' x 8') |
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Sweet Viburnum
(10' x 8') |
Standard Burford Holly
(10' x 8') |
Texas Mt. Laurel
(15' x 10') |
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Ligustrum (Glossy Privet)
(20' x 15') |
Xylosma
(12' x 8') |
Japanese Yew
(12' x 5') |
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Yaupon Holly
(10' x 8') ** |
Texas
Lilac
(10' x 3') |
Pampas Grass
(10' x 6') |
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Crape Myrtle
(25' x 15') |
Possumhaw / Deciduous Holly
(12' x 8') |
Esperanza
(3' to 6' x 4') |
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Mexican Redbud
(20' x 15'') |
Japanese Persimmon
(25' x 20') |
Texas Mt. Laurel
(15' x 10') |
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Loquat
(15' x 12') |
Texas Redbud
(20' x 15') |
Mediterranean Fan Palm
(10' x 15') |
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Vitex
(20' x 15') |
Mexican Buckeye & Mexican
Redbud
(understory 20' x 15') |
Windmill Palm
(12' x 7') |
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Mexican Plum
(12' x 10') |
Japanese
Black Pine
(25' x 20') |
Yaupon Holly
(understory15' x 10') |
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Aleppo Pine
(20' x 15') |
Lacey Oak
(45' x 40') |
Anaqua
(40' x 25') |
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Osage Orange
(40' x 30') |
Bradford Pear
(25' x 15') |
Palm-Washitonia Filifere
(40' x 12') |
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Cedar Elm
(45' x 30') |
Sierra Red Oak
(40' x 30') |
Chinese Pisache
(40' x 30') |
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Texas Red Oak
(25' x 20') |
California
Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifere)
(40' x 15') |
Fan-Tex Ash
(40' x 40') |
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Bald Cypress
(60' x 25') |
Monterrey Oak
(Mexican White Oak) (40' x 40') |
Bur Oak (deep soils only)
(60' x 30') |
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Montezuma Cypress
(50' x 30') |
Chinkapin Oak
(50' x 30') |
"Texas" Shumard Oak
(60' x 40') |
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Live Oak
(50' x 50') |
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Pecan
(50' x 30') |
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Shade
**Sun & Shade |
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For
more information |
CALL
CALL |
The
Bexar County Master Gardener Hotline Speak to one of our volunteer Master Gardeners on duty, 210/467-6575, or E-mail at mg-bexar-tamu.edu David Rodriguez - County Horticulture Agent-Bexar County, 210/467-6575, or E-mail at dhrodriguez@ag.tamu.edu |
Texas AgriLife Extension Service-Bexar County , 3355 Cherry Ridge, Suite 212, San Antonio, TX 78230 210/467-6575
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