Turk’s Cap is known to biology geeks as Malvaviscus arboreus. It is a decidous perrenial Texas native shrub that will grow in both sun and shade. It’s natural habitats include sandy low grounds near streams, limestone slopes around wooded creeks and palm groves. It ranges from the Texas Coastal Plain, east to Florida and also […]
They’re blooming! Hibiscus can be annuals or perennials in our area. Most of the really fancy hibiscus are annuals even here in the DFW area but this particular hibiscus, Hibiscus coccineus or the Texas Star, is a perennial and is cold tolerant all the way to zone 5. There are several cultivars – ‘Frisbee,’ ‘Southern […]
This is not not daylily I planted. It must have hybridized. The one I planted was a much plainer orange with no red. I love this! Here are some fun daylily facts that I found at About-Garden.com. 1.daylilies only come in yellow, orange and (muddy) red = FICTION ! FACT = there are now daylilies […]
Bouncing Bet, or Soap Wort (Saponaria officianalis), is a fragrant perennial that blooms from late spring all the way until fall. It likes morning sun and afternoon shade. It is drought tolerant, but likes a bit more moisture if it can get it. If it looks like the bloom is petering out, you can cut […]
Ajania (Chrysanthemum pacifica) is a really neat type of chrysanthemum that is grown for it’s folliage rather than for its flower. It is a low mounding perennial (almost evergreen in my yard) for full sun that is very drought tolerant. It does have small yellow flowers in the late summer summer or early fall, but […]
Hollyhocks (Alcea) are perennials that have multiple flower buds on tall central stems (as much as 6 feet) . They are gorgeous at the back of a border along a fence. That is also a good place for them because aphids love to chew up the leaves. You can stop that somewhat by spraying the […]
Thyme is incredible stuff! So is time, but thyme it one of my favorite seasonings for eggs and it is especially good fresh. I have grown creaping thyme, lemon thyme, wooly thyme and regular common thyme. My favorite by far is the lemon thyme. That is also the one that has done the best in […]
St. John’s Wort (Hypericum) is famous for it’s pharmaceutical properties and it’s uses as an herbal treatment for depression. There are over 300 species of Hypericum and I have no clue which one this is. I think it’s a gorgeous plant, though. It makes a mounding evergreen shrub about 3 feet tall and it will […]
Esperanza is a Texas native and has been rated as a ‘Texas Superstar’ meaning that it has been highly recommended by the Texas A&M Agriculture program. Esperanza lives in the wild on rocky slopes or well drained soil in full sun. You can find it around San Antonio. It is really only hardy to zone […]
Yarrow (Achillea spp.) is an upright lacy perennial with flat-topped clusters that is originally from Europe. Everything I have seen says to plant it in full sun, but I just moved mine to bright shade because it looked like it was getting a little burnt. We will see if that does it. Yarrow is very […]
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