Plant List


Echinacea angustifolia

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Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Rose-pink
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Panhandle native, Large pink blooms. Interesting seedhead stays on plant all summer. Not real flashy, but nice


Echinacea purpurea

Common Name: Purple Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor'
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Rosey Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

First year flowering, early blooms, choice container plant. Trial- New variety for 2010.


Engelmannia pinnatifidia

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Common Name: Englemann Daisy
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Long blooming native- if it gets leggy cut it back for new growth and bloom,Good for wildlife


Garden Notes: Blooms open daily and are showy in the morning, then they close in the heat of the day.

Eragrostis elliottii

Common Name: Love Grass 'Wind Dancer'
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Fine textured grass. Grow in organically rich, well drained soil. May reseed.


Eragrostis trichodes

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Common Name: Sand Lovegrass
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 40"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Large airy seedheads. Nice vase shape form. Good late summer fall interest.


Garden Notes: I have used this grass for several years. So far I have found nothing negative about it. It fills it spot quickly, blooms early and it looks nice through winter. It reseeds itself minimally. Cut back in early spring.

Euphorbia marginata

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Common Name: Snow on the Mountain
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White variegated
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Annual,reseeds. Grown for variegated foliage. Good coming up here and there in beds. Pinch back early for bushy plants.


Garden Notes: Snow on the Mountain provides interest with its nice white/green colored leaves mid to late summer. Pinch back a couple of times when it is young to provide a lower, bushier plant. It produces a white liquid when pinched that is an eye irritant- BE CAREFUL- USE CLIPPERS AND AVOID SAP.

Euphorbia myrsinites

Common Name: Blue Spurge
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Thick trailing leaves and yellow flowers. Fairly long, Early spring bloom, then seed pods are interesting for a while.


Garden Notes: Blue Spurge can get a little ragged for a time midsummer, but it looks very nice from fall through spring. It has succulent type-evergreen leaves that hug the ground. It has reseeded itself a little in my garden, but it is very easy to remove unwanted plants.