Spicas Garden

Autumn Sage

sess29a — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:56:20 +0000

A native Texas semi-evergreen shrub, blooming spring through frost. Small, tubular flowers in a variety of colors, most commonly red, attract hummingbirds and bees. Heat and drought tolerant once established. Grows well in borders and mass plantings.

Bee Balm, ‘Peter’s Purple’

sess29a — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 04:30:41 +0000

Purple flowers mid-summer through fall on mint-scented foliage. Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Use for a bold effect in borders, bets, cutting, and also good for naturalization.

Blackfoot Daisy

sess29a — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 06:15:25 +0000

A low mounding, bushy Texas native perennial, blooming white and yellow daisy like flowers from spring through fall. Heat and drought tolerant.

Blanket Flower

sess29a — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:10:43 +0000

A low-maintenance herbaceous perennial perfect for a hot and sunny garden spot. Attracts butterflies and birds. Dasiy-like blooms make attractive cut flowers.

Butterfly Weed

sess29a — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:44:38 +0000

Also known as Butterfly Milkweed and Pleurisy root. A native prairie, long-lived herbaceous perennial, highly attractive to Monarch butterflies, bees, and birds. Orange flowers bloom mid-summer through autumn, followed by ornamental seed pods.

Catmint, ‘Walker’s Low’

sess29a — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:38:18 +0000

This herbaceous perennial features gray-green foliage and violet-blue flowers, late spring through fall. Grow as as a spreading groundcover or cascading off walls or container edges. Drought tolerant once established. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

Cedar Sage

sess29a — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:39:34 +0000

A sweet little native perennial that grows in the shade and boasts showy red edible flowers from spring through summer. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Adapted to grow in the shade and leaf mulch of Ashe Juniper, will self-sow to create a ground cover if not too heavily mulched or covered with leaves.

Cheddar Pinks, ‘Firewitch’

sess29a — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:35:26 +0000

Compact, low-growing with blue-green foliage and profuse, fragrant magenta-pink flowers in mid to late spring, and throughout fall if spent flowers are sheared; can be grown as a ground cover. Evergreen perennial.

Chives

sess29a — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:02:08 +0000

A hardy edible perennial. Onion chives (Allium schoenoprasum) have round leaves with pink or purple flowers in spring through early summer. Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are flat leaved with white flowers in late summer.

Columbine, Texas Gold

sess29a — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 04:18:19 +0000

An early spring blooming native columbine with 3″ bright yellow flowers and long spurs. Blooms sporadically in summer. Suited for dry shade locations. Attract butterflies and hummingbirds.