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This is also a good choice for wildflower gardens. A drought tolerant clump forming native perennial with a tidy habit that attracts Hummingbirds, butterflies, and multitude of other pollinators.

An excellent choice for hummingbirds and larger butterflies. Provide a breathable winter mulch and good drainage in areas where winters drop below freezing for any length of time to help ensure its return.

Trumpet Creeper is an aggressive and rampant, deciduous, tap-rooted, native vine that should be planted in area where it can be contained as it may sucker aggressively. The aerial rootlets are capable of clinging to bark, untreated wood, and even the...

As well mannered in the garden as it name implies Miss Manners Physostegia stays in a tidy clump. In summer it produces dense spikes of tubular white flowers atop sturdy stems that attract a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds.This is a hardy,...

Firecracker Fern is listed as a Texas A&M Outstanding Coastal Plant (see the " More info from Universities... Good drainage and a loose breathable mulch are key, especially where winters are cold and wet.

Few other vines have the flower power that these vines do once they are established. The Brazilian Firecracker Vine is a succulent, twining vine well suited as a vertical accent in container gardens.

Place them back outdoors when temperatures are well past the chance of frost and preferably consistently above 55-65 o F. Arching loose spikes of dangling orange-red, 1" long tubular flowers are born over an extended period in summer on this durable perennial.

Autumn Sage, and its hybrids, are easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen perennial native to southwestern North America. Dr. Welch is a Landscape Horticulturist at Texas A&M.

Place them back outdoors when temperatures are well past the chance of frost and preferably consistently above 55-65 o F. Arching loose spikes of dangling orange-red, 1" long tubular flowers are born over an extended period in summer on this durable perennial.

Iochroma, Tubeflower, or Mini Angel's Trumpets flower on new growth so keep them growing and healthy for and endless display. This miniature cousin of the Angel's Trumpet is easily enjoyed as a container plant where not hardy.

An uncommon, but beautiful native perennial, producing upward facing coral-red tubular buds that open to show off the star-like flowers with a creamy yellow to greenish yellow throat.

Maintenance for Kniphofia is minimal. In zones 5 and 6 it is suggested that you tie up the foliage atop the crown to give added winter protection. The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered...

The Giant Turk's Cap is considered to be a hybrid, either man-made or natural, and has been passed around for many years and is now known by a variety of common names including: Mazapan, Sleepy Hibiscus, Sleepy Wax Mallow, Turk's Cap Mallow, Cardinal's...

Compact enough for containers and sturdy enough for the garden provided it gets at least a half a day of sunlight. Great in the garden or in mixed containers. 0No seeds equals more flowers when it comes to the Cleome or Spiderflower and CliotmMagenta...

It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year. Provide full to partial sun with average drainage with average moisture for best results.

Maintenance for Kniphofia is minimal. In zones 5 and 6 it is suggested that you tie up the foliage atop the crown to give added winter protection. The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered...

Where it does freeze back you can prune the dead out at any time during winter or early spring. In frost free climates they can flower throughout much of the year. In the cooler portions of zone 9A and into zone 8B it will act as a die-back perennial...

We previously offered this as Ventenat's Hot Pink Skullcap but that designation was incorrect as this is apparently Scutellaria longifolia . Glossy green slightly quilted foliage on arching to trailing stems.

The nearly 2" wide flowers attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. In hot summer climates we find that the foliage remains the darkest green where it gets mostly shade but good indirect sunlight is required for healthy growth.

Hot Lips Salvia is a hybrid and is neither a true Autumn Sage or Little Leaf Sage but offers the best of both and attracts a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds, butterflies, and larger bees.

Keeping plants dryer in late summer, fall and into winter will better help them tolerate extreme cold. Deep orangey-red, up to 2" wide, mimosa-like blossoms are produced nearly every month of the year when this US and Mexican native Powderpuff is grown...

Autumn Sage is an easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen perennial native to southwestern North America. Dr. Welch is a Landscape Horticulturist at Texas A&M.

It has proven to be a reliable perennial in zone 8B. Calusa Mexican Fire Bush will have the most intense foliage color and will flower best when grown in a moderately fertile soil in full to mostly sunny conditions.

A dwarf and compact bottlebrush creating an evergreen mound to only 3'H and 5'W. Produces masses of deep red bottlebrush blooms in summer.

The Pink Desert Fairyduster is considered hardy into zone 7B if properly hardened off but it may suffer freeze damage on young tender growth anytime the temperatures are below freezing.

Needs a well drained soil. Blooms from mid-summer to fall. Deep reddish-orange upward facing tubular blooms are borne an upright to spreading deciduous shrub. A tough Texas native and is drought tolerant once established.

Tolerant of a wide range of soil types the Mamou is also a component of the seasonally wet, clay soils of the Cajun Prairie as well as the saltier, sandy soils of the Gulf Coast. For more information on the Coral Bean see its page in the Florida Native...