Bar Harbor
Fast growing; blue-gray
Juniper foliage
Blue Carpet Silver-blue foliage
Juniper
Hall’s Honeysuckle
Fragrant white flowers in spring. Can be either groundcover or vine.
Potentilla
Variety of colors, usually yellow
Tam Juniper
Can either be a groundcover or a shrub.
Sedum (Stonecrop)
Great between stepping stones/bed edgings
Purpleleaf
Fragrant white-yellow Honeysuckle flowers in spring. Can be either groundcover or vine.
Virginia Creeper
Native to Texas; red leaves in fall. Can be either groundcover or vine.
Coral
Coral red flowers in late Honeysuckle spring-summer, attracts hummingbirds
Madame Galen
Salmon-red flowers
Trumpet Vine in summer; clings to everything!!
Wisteria
May/may not flower, needs lots of support, can damage fences
Common Bermuda
Goes dormant in the winter and uses low water
Tex Turf 10
Goes dormant in the winter and uses low water
Buffalo
Goes dormant in the winter and only requires watering about once every month during growing season.
Pampas Grass
Large white plumes late summer (Perennial)
Purple Fountain
Popular, dark purple leaves with purple plumes, special precautions needed during cold weather. (Annual normally, very tender Perennial)
Maiden Grass
Dark green leaves, drought tolerant (Perennial)
Switch Grass
Moderate water, heat tolerant (Perennial)
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