Plants for Dry Shade in Central Texas
The plants selected for this list respond to a common question asked by Central Texas gardeners; "What can I grow in dry shade that will provide some interest throughout the year?"Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice Lily Spice-lily | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
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