Plants

Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum

Spider plant is an excellent choice for beginners. The plant looks great in a hanging basket or on a pedestal. It likes average room temperature and humidity. Brown leaf tips, a common problem on spider plants, are due to overfertilization, low humidity, or dry soil conditions. Keep the soil slightly moist and avoid using fluoridated water on the plant. Plant Type: Indoor Plant Plant Height: 6-12 inches tall Plant Width: 6-24 inches wide Special Features: Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Easy to Grow

Snake plant
Sansevieria spp. Plant Type: Indoor Plant Plant Height: 6 inches to 4 feet tall Plant Width: 6 inches to 3 feet wide

Sago palm
Cycas spp. Light: Sun Zones: 8-11 Plant Type: Shrub,Indoor Plant Plant Height: 4-15 feet tall Plant Width: 4-12 feet wide Landscape Uses: Containers,Beds & Borders Special Features: Attractive Foliage,Drought Tolerant

Fishtail palm
Caryota spp. Light: Sun,Part Sun Zones: 10-11 Plant Type: Tree,Indoor Plant Plant Height: 15-70 feet tall Plant Width: 10-35 feet wide Landscape Uses: Beds & Borders Special Features: Attractive Foliage,Drought Tolerant,Tolerates Wet Soil

Bird of paradise
Strelitzia selection Light: Sun,Part Sun Zones: 10-11 Plant Type: Perennial,Indoor Plant Plant Height: To 30 feet tall, depending on type

Plant Width: To 15 feet wide, depending on type Flower Color: White, Yellow/Gold Bloom Time: Winter, Spring, Summer Landscape Uses: Containers,Beds & Borders Special Features: Flowers,Cut Flowers,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Parlor palm
Chamaedorea selections Parlor palm has been a popular indoor plant since Victorian times because it tolerates lower light levels and drier air than most palms. However, if the air is too dry, it often is attacked by spider mites. Parlor palm grows best with medium light and evenly moist soil, and prefers temperatures between 65 and 80 degrees F. Plant Type: Indoor Plant Plant Height: 1 to 8 feet tall Plant Width: 1 to 3 feet wide Special Features: Attractive Foliage

Trees

Foxtail palm

Wodyetia bifurcata Light: Sun Zones: 10-11 Plant Type: Tree Plant Height: 40-50 feet tall Plant Width: 10-12 feet wide Landscape Uses: Beds & Borders Special Features: Drought Tolerant

Hemlock
Tsuga selections ight:

Sun,Part Sun Zones: 3-8 Plant Type: Tree,Shrub Plant Height: To 75 feet tall Plant Width: To 30 feet wide Landscape Uses: Beds & Borders,Privacy,Slopes Special Features: Attractive Foliage,Fragrant,Winter Interest,Attracts Birds,Drought Tolerant,Deer Resistant

Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea Light: Sun,Part Sun Zones: 6-10 Plant Type: Tree,Shrub Plant Height: To 30 feet tall Plant Width: Can spread indefinitely Bloom Time: No noticeable flowers Landscape Uses: Containers,Privacy,Slopes Special Features: Winter Interest,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Palmetto
Sabal spp. Light: Sun Zones: 9-11 Plant Type: Tree Plant Height: 10-70 feet tall Plant Width: 6-18 feet wide Landscape Uses: Beds & Borders Special Features: Attractive Foliage,Drought Tolerant

Oak
Quercus selections

Light: Sun,Part Sun Zones: 3-8 Plant Type: Tree Plant Height: 35-80 feet tall Plant Width: 25-70 feet wide Landscape Uses: Beds & Borders,Privacy,Slopes Special Features: Attractive Foliage,Fall Color,Attracts Birds

Shrubs

Barberry
Berberis selections Light: Sun,Part Sun Zones: 3-9 Plant Type: Shrub Plant Height: To 6 feet tall Plant Width: To 7 feet wide Flower Color: Yellow/Gold, Red/Purple Leaves, Yellow Leaves, Variegated Leaves Bloom Time: Spring Landscape Uses: Beds & Borders,Privacy,Slopes,Groundcover Special Features: Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Fall Color,Winter Interest,Cut Flowers,Attracts Birds,Drought Tolerant,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Lavender

Lavandula spp. Light: Sun Zones: 5-10 Plant Type: Perennial,Herb,Shrub Plant Height: 1-3 feet tall Plant Width: 1-3 feet wide Flower Color: Deep violet, lavender, white Bloom Time: Flowers early to midsummer Landscape Uses: Containers,Beds & Borders,Slopes,Groundcover Special Features: Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Fragrant,Cut Flowers,Dried Flowers,Attracts Birds,Attracts Hummingbirds,Attracts Butterflies,Drought Tolerant,Deer Resistant

Hydrangea
Hydrangea selections Light: Part Sun,Shade Zones: 4-9 Plant Type: Shrub Plant Height: 3-18 feet tall Plant Width: 3-18 feet wide Landscape Uses: Containers,Beds & Borders,Slopes Special Features: Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Fall Color,Winter Interest,Cut Flowers,Dried Flowers,Easy to Grow

Yellow Bells
Tecoma stans Light: Sun,Part Sun Zones: 8-10 Plant Type: Shrub Plant Height: To 6 feet tall Plant Width: To 4 feet wide Flower Color:

Yellow Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall Landscape Uses: Containers,Beds & Borders,Privacy Special Features: Flowers,Attracts Hummingbirds,Attracts Butterflies,Drought Tolerant

Bougainvillea /bunvli/ (also known as Napolen (Honduras), veranera(Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama), trinitaria (Colombia, Cuba,Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic & Venezuela), Santa Rita (Argentina, Bolivia,Paraguay and Uruguay) or papelillo (northern Peru)) is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Per and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus.
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They are thorny, woody vines growing anywhere from 1 to 12 m (3 to 40 ft.) tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. The thorns are tipped with a black, waxy substance. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. Theleaves are alternate, simple ovate-acuminate, 413 cm long and 26 cm broad. The actualflower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes referred to as "paper flower" because the bracts are thin and papery. The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene.

Ground covers

Ophiopogon japonicus
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Ophiopogon japonicus

Fruit, close-up

Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Clade:

Angiosperms

Clade:

Monocots

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Asparagaceae

Subfamily:

Nolinoideae

Genus:

Ophiopogon

Species:

O. japonicus

Binomial name

Ophiopogon japonicus
(L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Ophiopogon japonicus (Mondo grass, Fountain plant, monkey grass; Japanese: ryu-nohige ("dragon's beard") or ja-no-hige ("snake's beard") is a species of Ophiopogon native to China, Vietnam, India, and Japan.
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4 Gallery 5 References

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Asiatic Jasmine

Asiatic Jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum) is an evergreen groundcover that will grow in full sun to full shade. It will grow to about six inches tall and can spread up to ten feet. It can be mowed or pruned with an edger if you desire a manicured edge. This low-maintenance groundcover is perfect under large shade trees where grass will not grow.

2. Perennial Peanut Perennial Peanut 'Ecoturf' (Arachis glabrata 'Ecoturf') is a drought-tolerant variety of Perennial Peanut. If you are purchasing Perennial Peanut make sure that you purchase this variety if you are seeking drought-tolerance. Perennial Peanut is often used as a an alternative to grass. You can purchase it as sod or plugs, just like grass. It grows to only four to six inches high and will spread. It has small yellow flowers and grows in full sun. This is great for high traffic areas and sunny, dry locations.

4. Sunshine Mimosa Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa) is a fast-growing, drought-tolerantgroundcover. It grows well in full sun and can cover large areas very quickly. It will grow to about three inches high and can spread up to eight feet. This Florida native can withstand a variety of soils and it does very well in poor, sandy soil. Sunshine Mimosa is a vine-like groundcover with delicate leaves and small powder puff pink flowers.

5. Beach Sunflower Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) is a fast-growing, drought-tolerant groundcover. It grows best in dry, sandy soil in full sun. Beach Sunflower will grow to about two feet high and six feet wide. Give it plenty of room to grow! It will bloom with small yellow flowers year-round and will re-seed itself readily in your garden in the spring. This is a very tough plant!

SWEET WOODRUFF Galium oderatum (Asperula o.)