|
Native Plants
Leatherstem plants are
especially interesting
in the winter when the
leaves drop and they
look like sticks...quite
structural. They will
eventually form thickets
6' wide. Landscaping
fabric around the plants
will cause the runners
go out to the edge of
the bed and then surface
instead of making a nice
tight thicket.
Supposedly, you can tie
the limbs in knots
without their breaking. |
|
 |
|
Leatherstem Jatropha
diocia var diocia,on
the
right,
and
left,
Leatherstem Jatropha
diocia var. graminea
with
darker
stems. |
|
Devil's shoestring,
Nolina lindheimeriana,
is evergreen and grows
into a substantial plant
whose bloom is similar
to yucca and sotols.
Sometimes it is labeled
"bear grass".
However,
bear grass is Nolina
texana. At right is
the grass in bloom. |
 |
|
Bear
grass Nolina texana
looks best planted on a
slope or in a container.
Left, I have Bear
grass planted in my
container garden of
yucca, agave, and sotols.
I plan
to move
these to
tall
containers
because
they are
too
close to
the edge
of the
bed, and
they
tend to
trip me.
 |
I found
4" pots
of bear
grass
and have
a
project
for
them.
Fortunately,
I am not
in a
hurry
since
they
grow
rather
slowly.
Fun,
though. |
|
Bee
brush,
below
left,
is
rarely
found in
the
nursery.
Planted
to the
right of
the bee
brush is
frog
fruit
Phyla nodiflora,
which is a native
groundcover that is just
now appearing in local
nurseries. Bamboo muhly
Muhlenbergia dumosa
is at the top. When I
moved here three years
ago, there was only one
nursery that carried
agarita, and now it can
be found at some local nurseries.
The leaves on this plant
are a particularly nice
blue color. |
|
Bee Brush
Aloysia
gratissima |
Agarita
Berberis
trifoliolata |
|
<<< Back to Our Gardens
Next Page >>> |
