|
Phlox paniculata
(white or pink) |
Tropical Sage –
Salvia coccinea (red or pink) |
Shrimp Plant –
Justicia tomentosa (orange red) |
|
Shrimp Plant –
Justicia brandegeana (fawn color) |
Mexican Petunia –
Ruellia malacosperma (violet) |
Dwarf ‘Katy’ Petunia —
Ruellia brittoniana (violet) |
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Evergreen Sumac
|
Viburnums
|
Burford Holly
|
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Yaupon Holly
|
Turks Cap –
malvaviscus drummondii (red) |
Rock Rose –
Pavonia lasiopetala (pink) |
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Royal Sage –
Salvia regla (red) |
Canyon Sage –
Salvia lycioides (bushy blue) |
Columbine –
(yellow or yellow-red) |
|
Eupoatorium
havanense (white) |
Beargrass –
Nolina sp. |
Chile peguin
|
|
Pentas
|
Texas betony –
Stachys coccinea |
|
Firespike
(red) |
Red Buckeye
(red) |
Phlox
(white or pink) |
|
Spice Bush
(need male and female) |
Penta
(red, white, pink) |
Crinums
|
|
Spider Lilies –
Hymenocallis sp. |
Inland Sea Oats
|
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Texas or Mexican Redbud
(pink flowers, partial shade) |
Mexican Plum
(fragrant white flowers, partial shade) |
Mt. Laurel
(fragrant purple flowers, sun or partial shade) |
|
Mexican Buckeye
(pink flowers, sun or partial shade) |
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
(white flowers, sun or partial shade) |
Yellow Bells
(yellow flowers, sun or partial shade) |
|
Possumhaw
(female has red berries, sun) |
Beautyberry
(purple or white berries, partial shade) |
Firebush
(red flowers, sun or semi-shade) |
|
Carolina Buckthorn
(sun or partial shade) |
|
Gayfeather
(purple) |
Mullein
(yellow) |
Sedum sp. |
|
Blackfoot Daisy
(white) |
Bird of Paradise — Caesalpinea gilliesii (yellow)
|
Desert Willow
(pink or purple) |
|
Monterrey Sage — Leucophyllum langmaniae
|
Jerusalem Sage — Phlomis fruticosa
(yellow) |
Salvia lycioides
(violet blue) |
|
Salvia ballotaeflora
(pale blue) |
Salvia farinacea
(blue or white) |
Hybrid Oregano — Oreganum hybridinum
|
|
Rosemary
(upright or trailing — lavender) |
Cotton lavender — Santolina chamaecyparissus
|
Tatalencho — Gymnosperma glutinosum
|
|
Red Yucca — Hesperaloe parviflora
(pink) |
Sotol — Dasylirion spp.
|
Maximilian Sunflower
(yellow) |
|
Penstemon havardii
(red) |
More Dry Rocky — Sun
| Goldenrod (yellow) |
Purple Aster (purple) |
Dahlberger Daisy (yellow) |
| Lazy Daisy (white) |
Bride of Barbados — C. pulcherrima (yellow) |
Cenizo purple) |
| Lavendar — Lavandula latifolia |
Salvia greggii — (red, pink or blue) |
Salvia chamaedryoides (violet blue) |
| Salvia regla (scarlet) |
Scutellaria sp. | Germander — Tercrium sp. |
| Curry Plant — Helichrysum angustifolium |
Wormwood — Artemisia spp. |
Rock Rose — Pavonia lasiopetala (pink) |
| Beargrass — Nolina (white) |
Zexmenia — Wedelia hispida (yellow) |
Penstemon bacharrifolius (red) |
| Asphodel — Asphodelus fistulosus (white) |
Additional Perennials (P) and Annuals (A) for the Flower Garden
|
Mexican Bush Sage —
Salvia leucantha (lavendar) (P) |
Coneflower —
(purple/pink or white) (P) |
Mexican Milkweed —
(red/yellow) |
|
Blackeyed Susan ‘Goldstrum’ —
yellow) (P) |
Lantana (P)
|
Coreopsis —
(yellow) (P) |
|
Butterfly Bush —
Buddleia davidii (P) |
Mexican Sunflower
(orange) (A) |
Sunflowers (A)
|
|
Fennel, Dill, Parsley
(host plant for Black Swallowtail larvae) |
Cosmos
(pink, white, orange, yellow) (A) |
Gomphrena
(white, lavender, red, purple) (A) |
|
Zinnia (multi-colored (A)
|
Petunia (A) |
Pansy (A)
|
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Snapdragons (A)
|
Larkspur (A)
|
Standing Cypress (Biennial)
|
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Spider Flower — Cleome hasslerana (pink, white) (A)
(Spider Flower attracts butterflies, hawkmoths and hummingbirds)
|
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(Usually white or yellow flowers, fragrant, opening in the evening which attracts Hawkmoths and Hummingbird Moths)
|
Silver Dalea
|
White Butterfly Bush —
Buddleia asiatica |
White Salvia
farinacea |
|
Spider Lilies —
Hymenocallis sp. |
Butterfly Ginger —
coronarium |
Columbine
|
|
Artemisias
|
Gray Santolina
|
Silver Germander
|
|
Trailing Stemodia
|
Crinums
|
Missouri Primrose —
Oenothera sp |
|
Tuberoses
|
Four O’Clocks
|
Moonflower
|
|
Ceniza
|
Jerusalem Sage
|
Lamb’s Ear
|
|
Coral Honeysuckle
|
Passionflower
|
Virginia Creeper
|
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Elderberry
|
Trumpet Creeper
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For more information on this topic:
- The Bexar County Master Gardener Hotline Speak to one of our volunteer Master Gardeners on duty, 210-631-0400 or E-mail at info@bexarmg.org
- David Rodriguez – County Horticulture Agent-Bexar County, 210-631-0400 or E-mail dhrodriguez@ag.tamu.edu
NOTE: Fireflies need rotting wood or moist, rich earth to lay their eggs. Larvae overwinter and then eat slugs, snails, earthworms and softbodied insects.
