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Mexican or Texas Needle Grass
Mountain Agave
Red Yucca
Palo Verde Desert Museum
Italian Cypress
Gold Mound Lantana
Green Cloud Texas Ranger
Texas Mountain Laurel
Mexican or Texas Needle Grass

Common name:Mexican or Texas Needle Grass
Botanical name:Nassella tenuissima

The Mexican Fan Grass is a beautiful, fine, airy grass that is emerald green in color. It has many soft yellow-beige flower stalks in the spring. This grass grows 1' x 2' and is drought tolerant.

Mountain Agave

Common name:Mountain Agave
Botanical name:Agave montana

This medium-sized artichoke-like agave reaches a mature size of 3' x 5'. Leaves are glossy green to light green, with large teeth and a terminal spine. Highly toothed leaf margins leave distinctive prints on other leaves. Very tolerant of cold, heat, drought , and poor soils. Can be planted in full sun,although partial shade is best in the low desert. Native to NE Mexico.

Red Yucca

Common name:Red Yucca
Botanical name:Hesperaloe parviflora

Upright rosettes grow quickly to 3' x 5' wide. Spectacular accent for desert landscape. Leaves are dark green and strap-like. Coral red flower spikes emerge in spring & remain on plant till end of summer. Tolerates tough conditions including reflected heat and frost. Attracts humingbirds. Native to western Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Palo Verde Desert Museum

Common name:Palo Verde Desert Museum
Botanical name:Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum'

This semievergreen tree will grow quickly to 25' x 25'. It has a beautiful vase-shape and makes a makes a nice specimin tree. Bright yellow blooms appear from spring through summer. There is seasonal leaf and flower litter. Overwatering may cause imbs to break. Look for selections that offer a vareity of bark colors and textures and thornless selections.

Italian Cypress

Common name:Italian Cypress
Botanical name:Cupressus sempervirens

This narrow tree will grow to about 25' tall and has small, green, scaled leaves.

Gold Mound Lantana

Common name:Gold Mound Lantana
Botanical name:Lantana 'Gold Mound'

This mounding groundcover can reach 3' tall and has small, leathery green leaves with very round golden yellow flowers. Attracts butterflies.

Green Cloud Texas Ranger

Common name:Green Cloud Texas Ranger
Botanical name:Leucophyllum frutescens 'Green Cloud'

Selected from the wild in Cameron City, TX. Chosen for dark green leaves and purple violet flowers. Has largest leaves of the clones and is a frequent summer flowerer. Fast and relatively carefree. Also one of the largest of growers. Good for low maintenance gardens with low water requirements. Must have well drained soil.

Texas Mountain Laurel

Common name:Texas Mountain Laurel
Botanical name:Sophora secundiflora

Large evergreen shrub or small tree grows slowly to 8' x 6'. Dense glossy foliage. Large purple clusters of wisteria like flowers appear in spring and smell like grape bubblebum. Light tan pods follow blooms and contain bright red seeds. Seeds are poisonous but extremely hard. Thornless & drops very little leaf litter. Susc. to caterpillars. Lush looking. Native to Chihuahuan Desert.

Designer: Sallie Homan

Oasis Garden 3

Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.

Water Saving Tip:

Different areas of your landscape have different water requirements.

Shrubs need much less water than lawns and drip systems should never be scheduled on the same program with lawns.

Establish separate watering schedules for those areas.

Integrated Pest Management:

Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.