Hummingbird Plants Plants For Sale In Pasadena

This large and robust Physostegia is typically found in consistently moist to wet areas growing in ditches and along stream banks in western Louisiana and eastern Texas. This is evident by the host of new rosettes that emerge in winter for spring's flowers.

This form of Salvia guaranitica readily produces small underground tubers from which the plant returns each year. Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost.

The real surprise is how much this perennial blooms! Spikes of lavender and pink salvia like blooms are born from spring to frost. Fragrant mint-like foliage covers this mounding shrub-like tropical perennial.

For more information see " Cape Honeysuckle " from Texas A&M's Aggie Horticulture's Ornamentals for the Texas Gulf Coast. Cape Honeysuckle is moderately salt tolerant and along with its preference for heat and sun this makes it an excellent choice for...

A 'must have' for the Hummingbird lover! Radio Red Autumn Sage is a selection that was chosen for its ability to maintain that intense, screaming red color without fading in the summer heat as quickly as some varieties do.

Cape Honeysuckle is evergreen in frost free climates and is deciduous in the cooler portions of its range. Where not hardy it is easily maintained as a container plant. In zone 9 well established plants may suffer some freeze damage but normally return...

Deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. Evergreen in mild winter areas. The Lily of the Nile is a long-lived reliable clump forming perennial that makes a wonderful addition to the garden or landscape.

Cut to the ground in spring for denser growth. As the name implies, Hummingbirds enjoy the nectar of this shrub. A tough Texas native and is drought tolerant once established. A new color twist on and old favorite.

A 'must have' for the Hummingbird lover! Furman's Red Autumn Sage is an old selection that has proven to be one of the hardiest and deemed a reliable perennial well into zone 7 Autumn Sage is an easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen...

This easy heat and sun loving tropical can be grown as a medium to large arching shrub or hedge, vine or espalier, and can be trained into tree standards. Cape Honeysuckle is moderately salt tolerant and along with its preference for heat and sun this...

Santa Barbara Dwarf Purple Mexican Sage is a durable drought tolerant perennial that puts on amazing show of velvety purple flower spikes beginning in late summer (just in time for the Hummingbirds) and lasting until frost Mexican Sage bush is a drought...

Love and Wishes Sage is a free flowering and sun loving Salvia but its tropical parentage limit its cold hardiness. Provide a mostly sunny position and moderately fertile, well-drained soil for the best results.

Exceptionally dense spikes of 1-1/2" long purple tubular flowers are produced from late summer, throughout winter, and into spring under frost free conditions on this vigorous and unusually shade tolerant Salvia.

Dr. Welch is a Landscape Horticulturist at Texas A&M. For more information on growing Salvia greggii and its hybrids see Dr. William C. The compact habit and exceptional flower power of this little perennial Salvia should make it a great candidate for...

The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered deer resistant. This tough and reliable clump forming perennial is deserving of a place in any sunny garden.

Sky King is a reliably free flowering selection on a vigorous growing upright to spreading, naturally evergreen tropical shrub. Iochroma, Tubeflower, or Mini Angel's Trumpets flower on new growth so keep them growing and healthy for and endless display.

Purple Firespike also makes an easy tropical looking container plant for the porch and patio and can be overwintered indoors where not hardy. Naturally an evergreen, shrub-like perennial in frost free locations it can also be grown as a die-back perennial...

Louisiana Bluestar is a rare and unusual Amsonia with large rounded velvety foliage with a silvery reverse. Easy and enjoyable. Unlike most other Bluestars it is short rhizomatous but is not invasive or aggressive and develops into a small tight colony...

In the hottest summer climates provide the Bird of Paradise with midday and afternoon shade for the best foliage color but in cooler coastal plantings it will tolerate full sun. It is probably best suited to landscape plantings in only the mildest winter...

Provide good air circulation and a moderately rich soil with average moisture in full sun for the best results with Garden or Summer Phlox. Periodic deadheading will help keep them looking clean as well as helping to extend the flowering season.

The common name of Giant Salvia appears to be the most widely used common name is a misnomer as this is actually a member of the Acanthaceae family and the true Salvias are in the mint family or Lamiaceae.

"It has also been sent around as 'Welch' and as 'Navasota'."-Greg Grant. We apologize for any confusion but this is actually an old, likely hybrid, honeysuckle that originated from Pam Puryear's grandmother's garden in Navasota, Texas.

In zones 5 and 6 it is suggested that you tie up the foliage atop the crown to give added winter protection. Maintenance for Kniphofia is minimal. In spring, once the danger of hard frosts and freezes has past, the damaged foliage can be cut back to about...

Hophead Barleria readily reseeds so deadhead it to prevent unwanted seedlings. Grows well in full sun to part shade. It is tropical and is sensitive to temperatures below 32 o F so it has almost no invasive potential in zones 8 and colder.

Bidwill's Coral Tree is a hybrid of our native Mamou Bean, Erythrina herbacea, and the tropical Crybaby Tree, Erythrina crista-galli, combining the best features of both parents. Easy to grow and establish, it is perennial in areas where freezes are common...

Our Amsonia tabernaemontana are seed grown from a Louisiana collection. For an excellent article on Amsonias click the "More Info from Universities..." link below to read a comparative study from the Chicago Botanic Gardens written by Richard G.

The Hummingbird Bush is a small deciduous shrub that loves the heat and sun. An absolute Hummingbird magnet and its great for the butterflies too. Quite drought tolerant once well established and it does prefer a well drained soil.