Panhandle Native, Shrub


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Rhus microphylla

Common Name: Little-Leafed Sumac
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 120"
Mature Width: 120"
Description:

Panhandle native Deciduous shrub small leaves, Dark red tart edible berries red fall color Moderate to rapid growth, natural low hedge.


Dalea frutescens

Common Name: Black Dalea 'Sierra Negra'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple/Yellow/White
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Tiny green leaves with black stems. Purple and yellow pea shaped blooms. Tolerates richer soils.


Cercocarpus montanus var. argentus

Common Name: Mountian Mahogany
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 6-20 feet
Mature Width: 8 feet
Description:

Deciduous shrub. Slow growing, russet colored leaves in fall, plumed tails on seed, deer browse.


Garden Notes: My plants are making a nice, upright four foot shrub after five years. Extremely hardy, dependable.

Ceratoides lanata

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Common Name: Winterfat
Bloom Season: Winter
Water Needs: Almost No Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 26"
Description:

Shrub. Wooly-white seedheads in winter. Dried flower


Garden Notes: Listed as a forage plant for deer,rabbits etc in winter. Mine has never been nibbled on. Not particularly showy, but it is extremely tough. Good for a small addition to a native bed.

Calylophus berlanderia

Common Name: Sundrops
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Description:

Landscape sub-shrub


Atriplex canescens

Common Name: Fourwing Saltbush
Water Needs: Almost No Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 2-6'
Mature Width: 4-6'
Description:

Shrub, Rapid growth with moisture,grey foliage,small wildlife habitat,prune to hedge,windbreak.


Garden Notes: Panhandle native. Extremely tough plant. Best without additional moisture once established.

Amorpha fruiticosa

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Common Name: Indigo Bush
Bloom Season: Late Spring
Bloom Color: Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Deciduous 6-8 ft shrub. Purple flowers, -Butterflies. Native to PH- sandy soils along streams, reported to have rapid seed spread. I have had it for six years and have not had a volunteer on my clay soil.


Amorpha canescens

Common Name: Lead Plant
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Indigo
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 48"
Description:

Small,soft gray leaves. Spikes of indigo flowers with yellow stamens early summer, slow seed spread, 20 " water min