Red Bird of Paradise :
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Canna
Leaf type: simple Trunk/bark/branches: typically multi-trunked or clumping
Leaf shape: ovate
Leaf venation: pinnate
Scientific name: Canna x generalis
Common name(s): Canna, Garden Canna
Origin: not native to North America
Leaf type and persistence: deciduous
Leaf blade length: 18 to 36 inches
Leaf color: purple or red
Plant type: perennial; herbaceous; annual
plant Description
Height: 2 to 5 feet
Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Flower Description with picture:
Flower color: colors are white, yellow, red, red-orange or pink.
Flower characteristic: summer flowering
Scientific name: Hymenocallis Latifolia, Hymenocallis
Coronaria
Common name(s): Spider-Lily
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Origin: native to Florida
Native Range: Southeastern United States
Bloom Time: July - August
Bloom Color: White
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Low
Leaf arrangement: basal rosette
Leaf type: simple
Trunk/bark/branches: usually with one stem/trunk
Leaf shape: linear
Leaf venation: parallel
Leaf type and persistence: evergreen
Leaf blade length: 18 to 36 inches
Leaf color: green
Scientific name: Echinacea purpurea
Pronunciation: eck-kin-NAY-see-uh pur-PURE-ee-uh
Common name(s): Purple Coneflower
Family: Compositae
Plant type: herbaceous
Flower color: pink; lavender; purple
Flower characteristic: summer flowering; spring flowering
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: serrate
Leaf shape: lanceolate
Leaf venation: pinnate
Leaf type and persistence: deciduous
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches
Leaf color: green
Fall color: no fall color change
Fall characteristic: not showy
Amaryllis
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Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Amaryllis
Species: Belladonna
Category: Bulbs
Height: 24-36 inches
Spacing: 9-12 inches
The Amaryllis can grow in both a pot of
soil or a vase of water.
Oxblood Lily
• Also known as "school house lilies" because
when they bloom, it is time to go to school.
• Category: Bulbs
• Height: 6-12 inches
• Spacing: 9-12 inches
• Sun exposure: Sun to partial shade
• Bloom time: late summer/early fall
• Origin: Argintina
• This lily is so popular that it has been long
associated with both religion and death
Passion Vine
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Family: Passifloraceae
Species: Incarnata
Genus: Passiflora
Location: full sun (except in very hot summer)
Origin: South America
Category: tropicals/tender perennials
Butterflies love this beautiful flower.
This flower prefers a frost-free climate. It's a
very fast grower and can get out of hand.
Blue Bonnet
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Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: fabales
Family: fabaceae
Subfamily: faboideae
Tribe: cytiseae
Genus: lupinus
Shirley Poppie
• Papaver rhoeas- Scientific name
• Some history on it- It has been noted through
history that after a major battle they seemed to
pop up in battlefields and on soldier's graves. It
semms that poppy seeds lay dormant in the soil
and when the soil is heavily turned or dug up it
causes them to sprout.
• Native to Europe but naturalized throughout the
U.S. The grow 2-2 1/2 feet tall and the flowers
are 3-4 inches across. Its stems are hairy.
Tropical Milkweed
• Scientific- Asclepias curassavica
• Flower decription- 5 outside petals are red
and curved down, 5 inside petals are hooded
and yellow or orange. It can grow 2- 3 1/2 feet
tall. the leaves can be 9in- 1ft
• Uses- the weed's roots posses properties
that heal wounds.
• Native to south America.
• It attracts monarch butterflies for egg laying.
It is also used as a nectar source by many
butterfly species and also hummingbirds.
White Rain Lily
• Scientific- Zephyranthes candida
• Flower description- flowers are white. grow uo to 1 ft tall.
they have large petals which are conical when they are
young and then flatten to round. They only last for a day
or two.
• Leaves- 0.5 inches wide, linear, they become narrower
toward the ends, may become up to 14in long.They are
grass like.
• Native to Texas. Blooms after a rain.
• Other info.- It is poisonous to livestock and wildlife. It
causes sunburn, crusting and cracking of light colored
skin, and their eyes may turn cloudy. It can cause
blindness in deer and black cattle.
Crinum
• Scientific- Crinum americanum
• Fower description-2-3 feet tall with 2-6
flowers forming at the top. its petals curve
back.
• Leaves- grow directly from the bulb and
are 2-4 feet long and 2-3 inches wide.
• Native to warm regions.
Indigo Spires Salvia
• Scientific Name: Salvia Farinacea
• Flower Description: This bushy plant produces long,
3-5’ spires, covered with blue-violet flowers,
sometimes so heavy with blooms, they bend to the
ground
• A hybrid from plants originally from Mexico, it was
discovered in the 1970’s. Known as “a butterfly
magnet” it blooms all summer, is usually covered
with beautiful blooms attracting butterflies,
hummingbirds, and bees until frost. This hardy
plant is perfect for Texas because once established,
it loves hot, humid and windy conditions.
Jimsonweed, Downy Thorn apple,
or Angel’s Trumpet
• Scientific Name: Datura Stramonium L.
• Flower Description: White or purplish flowers with a
five-pointed corolla up to 4” long on short stalks.
• Fruit: Hard, spiny capsules, splitting open to release
numerous tiny black seeds.
• Info about plant: This plant was named by Carl Linnaus
in 1753. It is an annual herb growing up to 5’ tall. It has
a pale green stem with spreading branches and is found
world wide. All parts of Jimsonweed are poisonous,
having a strong odor and unpleasant taste. In small
quantities, it can have medicinal or hallucinogenic
effects, but also can easily poison with misuse. A well
known mass poisoning of soldiers occurred in
Jamestown, VA in 1676.
: Canyon Senna, Dwarf Senna,
Panacate
• Scientific Name: Senna wislezenii (Cassia wislizenii)
• Canyon Senna is another Texan native plant near the
library. It is accustomed to dry, rocky soils and very heat
tolerant. It is considered our only true native shrub. This
is a very showy and ornamental plant with beautiful
yellow blooms throughout the summer. The fruit
characteristics of this plant are legumes. The plant
grows up to 9 feet, and can be pruned to improve the
shape. The branches are known to be extending, long
and thorny. This plant is late to leaf out in the spring,
and the leaves are small and compound; they have a
roundish shape.
Pink Evening Primrose, Showy
Primrose
• Scientific Name: Oenothera speciosa
• This garden perennial is a hardy and drought resistant
species that can form colonies of considerable size. The
beautiful pink blooms open in the evening, sometimes so
rapidly, the observer can watch the bloom as it opens.
The flowers may be as small as 1” in diameter under
drought conditions, or much larger when watered more
often. The plants grow up to 1 ½ feet tall, dropping,
spanning and creating more plants rapidly. The cupshaped blossoms, delicate in nature, are lined with pink
or red veins. The foliage is linear and pinnate, and
leaves are sometimes lance –shaped depending upon
location.