BAMBOO MUHLY

Sun or shade. A nearly evergreen small tree with glowing lime-green foliage. The name is a Spanish reference to charcoal for the dark greyish-black bark and reddish twigs. Flowers and fruits appear year-round. Brasil is common and thicket-forming in native understory, providing the sort of dense cover that provides great habitat and nesting opportunities for urban wildlife. In the home landscape

Sun/part shade; a small evergreen, with aloe-like leaves. Delicate, orange and yellow bloom stalks appear from spring through frost. Easily cultivated, bulbine is great for cursed, scorched corners of the yard

Opuntia microdasys forms a dense shrub 40–60 cm tall, occasionally more, composed of pad-like stems 6–15 cm long and 4–12 cm broad.

GENERAL INFORMATION Full Sun Part Sun/Shade Very Low Water Requirement Very Low Maintenance Attracts Butterflies Attracts Pollinators Flowers Deer Resistant Texas Native Central Texas Native COMMON NAMES Dwarf Burford Holly,...

Sun/part shade; evergreen with graceful, swordlike foliage and short-lived white, purple and yellow blossoms said to resemble butterflies.

Full or partial sun. A large-leaved herbaceous perennial with leaves and habits resembling its close relatives, banana and ginger. Big, warm-colored flowers resemble iris, attracting hummingbirds and bees

Shade or filtered shade only. Evergreen, with dark glossy leaves that endure both heat and extreme cold. A rhizomatous perennial, it survives with minimal water or care; it is frequently massed for texture under big live oaks. The name says it all.

Cedar elm is a large, oval-rounded tree growing 50-70 ft. high and 40-60 ft. wide. Bark is scaly and the drooping branches have corky ridges. Dark-green leaves are small and rough-textured.