Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Shrubs ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Devil's Shoestring, Ribbon Grass, Lindheimer's Nolina, Lindheimer’s beargrass (Nolina lindheimeria), Liliaceae Family, Endemic Texas native, perennial, blooms mid-spring to early summer

Devil's shoestring is an evergreen endemic Texas native and is endemic to the Edward's Plateau region. Devil's shoestring adapts to a wide variety of soil types, but is at home in the limestone based alkaline Hill Country soils as long as the site has excellent drainage. The plant whose photo is posted here was destroyed a few days after I photograhed it as the road was being widened. I wish I had known this was going to happen because I would have dug it up and tried to plant it in my yard. It is difficult to transplant because it is difficult to not injure the taproot as it is being dug up.

Considered a small shrub, devil's shoestring would be an excellent choice as an accent plant or groundcover for areas with dry well drained soil and could be used as a groundcover in partial shade instead of invasive vinca. Mix it in with blackfoot daisy or xemenia for summer color. Watering should be unnecessary after the plant is established.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/68395/live_view/
For more photograhs, see this site:
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mbierner/bio406d/images/pics/nol/n...