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Scientific Name
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Height
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Remarks
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Agarita
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Mahonia trifoliata
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5'-9'
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Holly-like evergreen foliage; yellow spring; red edible berries; sun-shade
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Burford Holly
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Ilex cornuta
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6'
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Sun, partial-shade, evergreen, dark green leaves, red berries
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Cenizo, Texas Sage
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Leucophyllum sp.
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5'-9'
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Dusty gray evergreen foliage; sun, purple, pink flowers. Texas Native
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Chinese Horned Holly
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Ilex cornuta
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5'
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Sun, red berry
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Elbow Bush
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Forestiera pubescens
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3'-6'
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Deciduous; sun-shade, small white flowers, black fruit
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Eleagnus
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Eleagnus Fruitlandi
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6'-8'
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Sun, partial-shade, , evergreen, grey-green foliage
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Forsythia
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Forsythia intermedia
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5'-7'
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Deciduous, sun, partial-sun, brilliant yellow flowers
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Fragrant Sumac
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Rhus aromatica
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3'-6'
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Deciduous; part shade, fall color
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Esperanza, Yellow Bells
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Tecoma stans
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4'-8'
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Sun, tropical shrub, golden-yellow flowers. Blooms summer to fall
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Pittosporum
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Pittosporum tobira
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8'
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Sun, partial-shade, flossy foliage, clusters of fragrant creamy white flowers in spring. Green and varigated varieties. Dwarf varieties available.
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Hogplum
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Colubrina texensis
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4'-6'
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Sun, partial-shade, fragrant blooms
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Indian Hawthorne
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Raphiolepis indica
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2'-10'
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Sun, partial-shade, pink, rose, white flowers
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Italian Jasmine
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Jasminum humile
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4'-6'
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Small dark glossy green leaves, yellow spring flowers
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Juniper
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Juniperus sp.
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5'-10'
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Tough evergreen; many varieties; sun, part shade
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Nandina Heavenly Bamboo
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Nandina domestica
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6'
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Sun, partial-shade, red, orange,purple, yellow foliage in fall, red berries. Non-native and can be invasive due to birds eating the berries and "planting" them elsewhere. Use in the heart of the city. May consider other choices in the hill country north of town or coastal plains south of town.
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Pomegranate
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Punica granatum
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5'-10'
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Sun, upright shrub; orange blooms; edible fruit; dwarf variety available
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Primrose Jasmine
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Jasminum mesnyi
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5'-8'
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Evergreen, sun-shade, sprawling, yellow flowers
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Southern Wax Myrtle
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Myrica cerifera
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3'-8'
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Evergreen, sun-shade, compact variety, available
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White Brush
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Aloysia gratissima
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4'-8'
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Delicate; fragrant white flower; suckers, can be used as a hedge
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Carolina Jessamine
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Gelsemium sempervirens
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n/a
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Evergreen; yellow flowers in spring; sun, part shade. Large informal growth habit.
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Bougainvillea
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Bougainvillea spectabilis
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15'
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Large tropical shrub and climber. Full sun. Good in pots or well protected area in a yard. "blooms" best under stress- little water. Keep dry and root bound in pots. Purple, fuscia, red.
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Firespike
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Odontonema strictum
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3-4'
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Shade loving plant. Foliage shiny and dark green. Bright red tubular flowers appear in early fall. Freezes to ground in winter.
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Mexican Bush Sage
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Salvia Leucantha
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3'-5'
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Grey-green foliage that grows through summer months. During late summer and early fall produces long spikes of purple flowers that are fringed with white. Benefits from light pruning in early summer to produce thick blooms. Freezes to ground in winter.
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Poinciana Pride of Barbados
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
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8-10'
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Tall, heat loving perennial that can be killed by sudden hard freezes. Blooms atop tall thorny stem arranged in circle of color that includes orange, red and yellow flowers.
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