Spicas Garden

Flame Acanthus

sess29a — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:06:23 +0000

Also known as hummingbird bush due to the profuse fiery red blooms that attract hummingbirds and also butterflies (larval host for Texas crescentspot). Blooms July through fall. Tolerant of hot and dry conditions once established.

Warren’s Red Possumhaw Holly

sess29a — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:52:28 +0000

Deciduous upright shrub or small tree with dark green leaves and bright red fruit through winter.

Society Garlic

sess29a — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:52:20 +0000

Blooms early summer through fall.

Daylily

sess29a — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:41:20 +0000

Drought tolerant, herbaceous, blooms from May to frost, attracts butterflies. Flowers are edible. ‘Big Time Happy’ variety has 4″ yellow flowers and slightly ruffled petals. ‘Little Business’ is a dwarf variety, growing only 16″ tall, with flower stalks up to 18″. Flowers are raspberry-red, blooming in summer.

Desert Willow, Burgundy

sess29a — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:34:14 +0000

A small deciduous tree or large shrub with an open, airy structure. Willowy branches with long, narrow leaves; fragrant,trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in spring through summer. Attracts birds, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Daffodil, Dutch Master

sess29a — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:33:25 +0000

A classic golden yellow mid spring bloomer, great for naturalizing.

Creeping Phlox, ‘Amazing Grace’

sess29a — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:24:39 +0000

A fast-growing evergreen perennial with little pink flowers that bloom in spring. Attract butterflies.

Coneflower

sess29a — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:03:33 +0000

A bright flowering perennial herb with dark pink flowers on long stems, blooming in early to mid-summer. Known as purple coneflower, but can also be found in a white-flowering variety. This is a beautiful, easy to grow native with medicinal benefits. Attracts butterflies. Will reseed.

Goldenrod

sess29a — Mon, 02 May 2016 05:53:28 +0000

A tall, perennial herb that forms large clumps. Beautiful, spikes of yellow flowers bloom in late summer and fall. Attracts a variety of beneficial insects, including monarch butterflies.

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.