This plant just showed up in the front yard after we tilled this Spring. My husband had broadcast some wildflower seeds across the drivew...Read Moreay and we did have some heavy rain shortly after so it may have migrated. Absolutely beautiful. Would not mind a yard full!
I am always looking to add native plants and this one does have a lovely lavender flower. It would be great in a wildflower garden, but ...Read Morenot having that, I have found the plant to seed too freely in my zone 8b garden. Even the very young seedlings are very difficult to pull out and I am still finding them 3 years after taking out the original plant.
This is one of my favorite plants for southeast Texas gardens. First: There are two types : one grows to about a foot and then branches &...Read More makes flowers - not desirable; and the other begins branching from the first node out of the ground so it ends up looking like a little Christmas tree with flowers. A friend and I planted one in her front yard and it spread, but not obnoxiously. Now it grows from full Texas sun to dappled shade and blooms beautifully in all situations. It's lavender flowers provide a sort of unifying theme to the garden. We love it.
This is a wonderful little native plant that is useful as a border plant. It will reseed itself everywhere and is very drought tolerant....Read More It will withstand mowing in the yard if you allow it to naturalize in the lawn. It blooms from early spring through late summer and into early fall in central Florida. The flowers usually last only one day and are easily blown off by strong winds, but the flowers are abundant.
Grows well in containers in bright shade. Needs to be brought indoors during the winte...Read Morer months and placed in a window with bright light. Does not need to be kept moist.
This plant just showed up in the front yard after we tilled this Spring. My husband had broadcast some wildflower seeds across the drivew...Read More
I am always looking to add native plants and this one does have a lovely lavender flower. It would be great in a wildflower garden, but ...Read More
This is one of my favorite plants for southeast Texas gardens. First: There are two types : one grows to about a foot and then branches &...Read More
This is a wonderful little native plant that is useful as a border plant. It will reseed itself everywhere and is very drought tolerant....Read More
A ground cover for shaded areas.
Grows well in containers in bright shade. Needs to be brought indoors during the winte...Read More