Perennials

Impressive, 5" blooms command attention on any deck or patio. Ball-shaped flower heads, each composed of countless, tiny blue florets, are held high above long, slender foliage.

A vigorous clumping plant with deciduous, strap-like foliage and numerous heads of pure white flowers in mid-summer. Easily grown in average garden soils with regular irrigation. Mulch heavily the first few winters to help the plant establish itself.

Aspidistra, also known as cast-iron plant, is the ultimate shade-loving plant. Grown under live oak or other trees, under overhangs, in atriums or any shaded area, these plants, with their wide lance-shaped leaves, thrive in the worst conditions. A...

Blackfoot Daisy is a compact long-blooming perennial that has small daisy-like blooms covering the entire plant in a mounded habit. The white blooms with black centers appear from spring to fall. The prolific blooms make this plant an ideal floweri...

'Cabaret' Maiden Grass is a clumping pale green grass with ivory stripes. The arching willowy blades are attractive in the landscape when planted as screens, masses or accents. From September to November, white fans emerge from the center of the pl...

North of zone 7, this fall bloomer is grown as a soft-wooded perennial rather than a deciduous shrub. Southern gardeners prune back in Spring and allow its new growth, from which the plants bloom, to push up from the ground. Its deep blue blooms ap...

Gray-green, aromatic foliage gives way to masses of lavender-blue flowers in early thru midsummer. The relatively short stature of this variety makes it a good candidate for the front of the border. When its stems are broken, they release an aroma in...

Grown for its attractive, dark green aromatic foliage and its light pink to deep purple flowers, which blossom in summer and early fall. This garden workhorse can be used in troughs, containers, low hedges, knot gardens, rock gardens, or as edging. I...

Billowing clouds of deep yellow flowers cover the bush, providing a dramatic backdrop or centerpiece to any xeric garden. Largeshrub with thin blue-gray leaves. Rabbit Brush can be clipped to make a tough drought tolerant hedge.

Copper Canyon Daisy is a wide-spreading shrub daisy that bears tiny aromatic leaves and profusions of small yellow blooms from August until frost. The aromatic foliage repels deer. Copper Canyon Daisy does well on rocky slopes, in xeric gardens and ...

Flowers have bright golden serrated petals radiating from an orange-gold eye ringed in maroon. The fast-growing plant is clump-forming with thready foliage and long leafy stems. Its casual habit makes it perfect for cottage gardens, but it also perf...

Yellow petals flush to orange-yellow and contrast beautifully with the dark green thread-like foliage--a definite winner for a border or foreground planting. Mass plantings make a warm contrast to a cool green lawn.

Creeping phlox is a low-growing perennial with fragrant pink blossoms. Blanket an area by planting them en masse on flat land or on slopes to combat erosion. After spring bloom, pinch back the blossoms for repeat summer bloom and tighter foliage.

Four-nerve daisy is a low, upright, silvery perennial. The solitary stem is much-branched at the base forming a clump. The solitary flower heads occur at the end of silky, leafless stalks. The tip of each yellow ray flower is three-toothed. Four dark...

Daylilies produce an abundance of flowers which open over a long period of time.Daylilies make beautiful cut flower bouquets. Your Daylily will grow to form a very large clump in a matter of just a few years. A well established clump may produce as m...

Daylilies produce an abundance of flowers which open over a long period of time.Daylilies make beautiful cut flower bouquets. Your Daylily will grow to form a very large clump in a matter of just a few years. A well established clump may produce as m...

'Little Cadet' is a mellow yellow miniature daylily with ruffled petals, a deep red eyezone and yellow stamens. 'Little Cadet' is a proven older cultivar that reblooms.

Large wine-coloredring above a yellow -green throat with lighter purple petals. Holds color well in hot sun.

Stella d'Oro is a compact daylily that displays fragrant golden trumpets that re-blooms throughout the season. Its tendency to clump makes it an excellent groundcover even when not blooming. Planted en masse or as a border or specimen, Stella's yel...

Crimson Pirate has deep red blooms with a gold throat and dark green foliage. A Spider flower type, this variety has narrower petals than other red varieties. A very easy to grow medium sized Daylily with prolific blooms that don't fall over in the w...

Pretty,medium yellow, full doubledaylily.

Raspberry Pixie is a small plant with a big punch of color. 12 to 18 inches high with scapes reaching 24 inches topped with raspberry flowers with yellow green throats.covered with blossoms in early June and a repeat bloomer in late summer. Carefree ...

Dwarf Mondo Grass has thin cylindrical foliage, unlike liriope, which has flat blades. Dwarf Mondo has deep green sod-forming foliage and petite lilac flowers that are mostly hidden by the dense plant.

Black Lace Elderberry has the elegance of a Japanese Maple with the easy-to-grow nature of the common elderberry. The lacy black lacy foliage is covered in masses of pink blooms that emit a lemony fragrance. Use around limestone rocks for a great t...

Esperanza is a shrubby dark green perennial that bears bright yellow bell-shaped flower clusters from spring to frost. 'Gold Spot' blooms earlier than any other variety of Esperanza, which makes it highly desireable as a bright spot in the landscape....

Fall asters bear abundant small, lavender, daisy-like flowers from a bushy plant. You won't believe the number of flowers when it blooms--you won't be able to see the actual plant!

The Gaura 'Pink' has numerous butterfly-shaped maroon flowers opening to reddish pink flowers that bloom from late spring to early summer. A major attraction to butterflies, it continues to bloom through the first hard frosts of autumn into winter. ...

Tender perennial with gray leaves. Great container, shrub like plant that will grow 2-3 feet tall. Lavender blue flowers contrast nicely with the gray foliage.

Stromanthe sanguinea is mainly grown for its richly variegated foliage that comes in pink, dark pink or burgundy, white, and green colors. During spring time, sanguinea produces reddish-pink flowers.a clump-forming growth to about 3.5 feet making it ...

Hardy Blue Plumbago carpets an area with thick green leaves in spring, then cerulean blue flowers in summer and burgundy leaves in fall. The blue flowers are profuse, and the plant is tolerant of both shade and sun. The plant remains low-growing an...

Evergreen rosettes of succulent foliage.

Pink, daisy-shaped flowers over dark green leaves with burgundy tips.

Gray green foliage tipped withdeep red.

Narrow leathery blades of foliage surround the delicate butterfly-like blooms of the Morea Iris. The somewhat flat blooms are a symphony of color--soft white, gold and lilac. Although each bloom lasts only one day, the plant replenishes them quickl...

Exotic white flowers with yellow and purple-blue accents resemble a miniature bearded iris and give this bloom the look of a butterfly. Sword-like, leathery leaves reach skyward in upright fan-shaped clumps that grow up to 4 feet wide. Each bloom la...

'Dallas Red's blooms are HOT in varied shades of yellow, orange and red. The beautiful blooms, along with the textured dark green leaves, make this plant perfect as a groundvover, bank cover, mass planting or hedge.

Camara is a pastel rainbow of white, pale yellow, peach, lilac and pink. The flower clusters are attractive to butterflies and an essential for the butterfly garden. The rough wrinkled leaves are deep green and balance the delicate blooms with text...

'Confetti' is a shrub lantana with a color trio of yellow, pink and red/purple hues. Beautiful easily maintained borders of lantana attract butterflies to the garden for even more color.

Lantanahorrida is native to Texas and Mexico. More prostrate growth habit than L. camara and a bit more cold hardy. Heat, drought, salt and deer tolerant.

A shrub type lantana that can grow to 2-3 feet in height and 6-8 foot spread. Vibrant tri color blooms of yellow, pink and red cover plant from late spring untill fall. Upright growth habit and aeromatic leaves, flowers attract butterflys and humming...

'New Gold' is an energetic bloomer with bright gold flowers and no berries. Its spreading nature makes it perfect as a border, groundcover or accent.

The blooms are lilac pink to purple with yellow centers, appearing in masses from spring to fall. Foliage will change to a red to purple color in the colder months.

White flower clusters and forest green rough leaves abound on this upright shrub that can pinch hit as a groundcover or a container plant.

Dense clumps of green thin blades reach upward, then curve towards the ground. The thick clumps spread by underground rhizomes, making it the perfect choice to fill in an island planting. The variegated leaves are pale green and white, with attracti...

Big Blue Liriope is a low maintenance groundcover with grassy foliage. In summer, profuse blue flower spikes appear above the green arching blades followed by blue-black berries. Big Blue is an excellent border or edging plant for areas with part s...

Variegated Liriope has long grassy arching blades with ivory-lemon margins. The plant spreads slowly by rhizomes and is effective for erosion control. The central crown produces long lilac/violet-blue flower spikes in summer that complement the love...

Mexican Bush Sage adds texture, color and height to a perennial garden as an accent or backdrop for low growing flowers. Its purple calyxes resemble extra long fuzzy pipe cleaners and are dotted with petite white flowers. The long and pointed leaves...

A valuable perennialin terms of low maintenance but abundant blooms. Pink Friesland is an outstanding performer. Dark red stems, withintense pink flowers all summer long.Seed pods follow to extend the season's interest and texture well into fall. For...

'Imperial Blue' plumbago is a rapid growing tender perennial with beautiful pale royal blue flower clusters and lime green leaves on loose arching branches. The striking flowerheads are reminiscent of hydrangea blooms, but more airy and delicate like...

A sturdy, drought tolerant perennial, native to the midwestern and southeastern United States. Flowers are arranged daisy-style on strong, elongated stems with pink/purple petals that surround a dark brown/purple bristled center. The purple coneflow...

An evergreen perennial, the red yucca sports a flower stalk which rises to 6 feet and bears bright red tubular flowers with a yellow accent. Its gray green leaves arch up and out, making the plant a nice textural contrast in the landscape.

Rosemary Prostrata is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a spreading habit. The woody plant is covered in deep green needles resembling conifer needles, and in spring, it is covered with pale blue-violet flowers. Blooms appear in late winter an...

Upright rosemary is a herbaceous perennial with evergreen needles on vertical woody stems. Rosemary is attractive as a formal sheared border shrub or a single accent plant. An essential for the herb garden, its cures and culinary uses are plentiful....

Tender evergreen perennial that forms colonies of stemmy stalks standing2 ft. in height and of indeterminate width. The strong semi-woody stalks are distinctly vertical in aspect and hold attractive dark green, leaves oppositely at the nodes. The lan...

Tender evergreen perennial that forms colonies of stemmy stalks standing2 ft. in height and of indeterminate width. The strong semi-woody stalks are distinctly vertical in aspect and hold attractive dark green, leaves oppositely at the nodes. The lan...

Tender evergreen perennial that forms colonies of stemmy stalks standing 3 ft. in height and of indeterminate width. The strong semi-woody stalks are distinctly vertical in aspect and hold attractive dark green, leaves oppositely at the nodes. The la...

PinkSalvia is a rapid growing perennial with small green leaves and Hot pink flowers. The woody evergreen plant has airy erect branches loaded with flowers from summer to first frost and even during warm winter weather.Pink salvia makes lovely border...

Red Salvia is a rapid growing perennial with small green leaves and fuschia-red flowers. The woody evergreen plant has airy erect branches loaded with flowers from summer to first frost and even during warm winter weather. Red salvia makes lovely b...

'Augusta Duelberg' is a silver-white flowering type of mealy blue sage discovered at the Fayette County gravesite of Augusta Duelberg by horticulturist and garden writer, Greg Grant. 'Augusta' is a centurion that has survived Texas summers and winter...

Lovely blue flowers with black sepals make this salvia a great addition in the summer beds. Loves full sun. Will flower in part shade but tends to get a bit lanky. Will need winter protection if temps drop below 20 or grow as an annual.

A compact multi stemmed hardy perennial. Covered in spikes of violet blue flowers from late spring into summer. Bloom tine can be extended by removing spent flower spikes. Foliage is crinkly, slightly aromatic and dull green in color. A carefree hard...

A red-floweredperennial salvia that grows from 1 to 2 feet tall, with rounded, scalloped leaves, Salvia roemeriana is adapted to grow in the shadeand leaf mulch of taller plants.The leaves are normally 1 to 2 inches wide, and flowers are 1 to 1.5 inc...

'Henry Duelberg' salvia is a discovered variation of mealy blue sage found by horticulturist and writer Greg Grant in a Fayette County cemetery. The Texas native salvia produces long spikes of blue flowers with robust green leaves. 'Henry' is talle...

'Hot Lips' Salvia has bi-color red and white blooms during the cooler months of the year. Summer heat may temporarily cause the plant to have all white and all red flowers on the same plant. Like a red and white checkered tablecloth, 'Hot Lips' add...

Oxford Pink Salvia has slightly larger leaves than other varieties and lovely rose pink blooms that continuously cover the compact plant in all seasons, even through mild winters. The rounded 3' x 3' plant makes a nice accent, mass planting or borde...

Thescarlet blossoms of this heat-loving perennial are hummingbird magnets. Its silvery foliage provides an excellent contrast for the large red flowers.A wonderful addition to the perennial garden forbright red color when the weather ishot.

Salvia `Snow Hill',has glowing purple stems loaded with masses of clear white flowers that bloom from June to October. With its dark green basal leaves and aromatic foliage, it makes an attractive accent all summer long. It stays in excellent compact...

Herbaceous perennial, native to Texas and Mexico. Deep blue flowers on 8-10 in spikes adorn the plant all summer. Drought tolerant once established, will do well in average well-drained soil.

A Texas native, found in southwest Texas and northern Mexico, this evergreen perennial can reach 2-4 feet tall. The ivory white flowers cover the plant through out summer and into fall. Well adapted to full sun and dry conditions and is cold hardy in...

Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue' has light blue/lavender blooms that resemble pincushions. Delicate stamens appear to be stuck into the pincushion flowerhead that rests atop a flared skirt of petals. In bloom, the plant reaches 12"-18" high. Pincushion fl...

As most perennials are slowing down for fall, Sedum 'Autumn Joy' lives up to its name and bursts into bloom.This upright member of the Crassula family isdrought-tolerant, not fussy about soil as long as it is well-drained, and puts on a show at the t...

An evergreen, mat-forming perennial. It has small, succulent, red-flushed leaves and in summer, bears crimson, star-shaped flowers. It thrives spreads on dry rocky edges. It tolerates a bit of shade but prefers lots of sun if it is to bloom well; it...

'Matrona' is an upright sedum that blooms from August to September. Showy mauve/pink flowerheads rest atop erect maroon stems loaded with succulent blue-gray leaves. The light burgundy leaf edges add even more appeal to this low-maintenance additio...

Shasta Daisies are all-time favorites for the perennial border. The cheery flowers begin to appear in late spring and continue on for several months if faithfully deadheaded. Shastas mix so effortlessly with other perennials that no garden should be ...

ThisMexican variety makes an attractive,easy-to-grow gem for the rock garden. In spring, this dwarf mound is covered in tiny fruit-punch-colored, snapdragon-like flowers that continue sporadically through the summer...dynamite!

Society Garlic is a lovely clumping perennial with leaves a size between onion and chives. A pale lavender allium-like flowerhead arises from an erect stem during summer months, making this plant attractive in borders or as accents. The flower's frag...

Alovely clumping perennial with leaves a size between onion and chives. A pale lavender allium-like flowerhead arises from an erect stem during summer months, making this plant attractive in borders or as accents. The flower's fragrance is sweet like...

Large but dainty perennial to 3 ft. with long, bright-green, narrow leaves. The thick clump of slender, branched stalks are topped by groups of blue or purplish, three-petaled flowers up to 2 in. across. Spiderwort flowers close by mid-day and last o...

'Tecoma' looks like a bush-form trumpet vine. Red-orange bell shaped flowers appear on the branch tips during the growing season. Bright green leaflets adorn the stems that reach out like a vine, making 'Tecoma' the perfect choice to espalier a wal...

Turk's Cap is a native Texas perennial with large lime green leaves and tomato red blooms that appear from late spring to frost. The shrubby plant's blooms whorl around long red stamens that protrude from the inside. The plant's woody growth habit ...

'Homestead Purple' verbena blooms profusely with 2" deep purple bouquets of tubular flowers from spring to frost. The rough textured foliage spreads up to 3 feet, making it an an excellent groundcover.

Trailing red verbena mounds and cascades, making it a perfect groundcover perennial. They are the perfect selection to allow to drape over a border or wall or to use in hanging baskets or containers.

Fuzzy pink spikes of flowers atop very low spreading foliage make this Veronica lovely in the flower bed. It can spread and fill in an area really well without becoming invasive.'Red Fox even deals well with neglect as it's fairly drought tolerant, t...

Abundant clusters of large pure white, snowball like flowers cover this shrub in late spring. Bright green-foliage has reddish overtones in fall. Very showy in bloom.The Eastern Snowball Viburnum contains abundant clusters of sterile white flowers in...

Purple heart is an excellent plant for bedding, rock gardens, and tropical effects. It also makes a good groundcover for difficult dry areas under eaves and awnings. It is a long-jointed sprawling groundcover plant with succulent stems and pointed le...

An evergreen perennial, theyellow yucca sports a flower stalk which rises to4-6 feet and bearsclear yellowtubular flowers. Its gray green leaves arch up and out, making the plant a nice textural contrast in the landscape.

Provides a wonderful fall display of showy plumes, and remains attractive all winter. This variety has large coppery flowers over an arching clump of green leaves, uniquely banded with yellow. The foliage dries and turns a light tan shade for the win...