Xeriscape Advisory Board of Austin: Shrubs for Your Smartscape

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SHRUBS

	SHRUB NAME	LATIN	DESCRIPTION

Evergreen & Semi-Evergreen	*Agarita	Berberis trifoliata	sun, prickly leaves, fragrant yellow flowers, edible berries in spring
	*Bear Grass	Nolina texana	sun or shade, grass-like mounding clumps
	Burford Holly	Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii'	sun, glossy dark green leaves, red fruit, dwarf varieties
	Cherry Sage	Salvia greggii	sun or shade, red, pink or white flowers during summer
	Dwarf Yaupon Holly	Ilex vomitoria 'nana'	sun or shade, low, mounding shrub
	Elaeagnus	Elaeagnus pungens	sun or shade, silver foliage, fragrant fall blooms
	*Evergreen Sumac	Rhus virens	sun or shade, red fall color, glossy leaves
	Glossy Abelia	Abelia grandiflora	sun, small pink or white summer flowers
	Indian Hawthorne	Raphiolepis indica	pink flowers, copper colored new foliage
	*Muhly Grass	Muhlenbergia lindheimeri	sun, looks like small pampas grass
	Nandina	Nandina domestica	sun or shade, red berries, red fall color
	Oleander	Nerium oleander	sun, summer flowers, large shrub
	Pomegranate	Punica Granatum	sun or shade, orange flowers, yellow fall color, bears fruit
	Primrose Jasmine	Jasminum Mesnyi	sun, yellow flowers, mounding form
	*Red Yucca	Hesperaloe parviflora	sun, coral flower spike
	Rosemary	Rosmarinus officinalis	sun, herb, aromatic leaves
	*Texas Sage	Leucophyllum frutescens	sun, lavender flowers, gray-green leaves
Deciduous	Althaea	Hibiscus syriacus	sun, showy summer flowers
	*American Beautyberry	Callicarpa americana	sun or shade, purple fruit in fall, wildlife food
	*Arrowwood	Viburnum dentatum	sun or shade, spring flowers, fall color
	*Black Dalea	Dalea frutescens	sun, purple summer flowers
	*Butterfly Bush	Buddleia Davidii	sun, lavender flowers
	*Flame Acanthus	Anisacanthus Wrightii	sun or shade, orange flowers, attracts butterflies
	*Texas Lantana	Lantana horrida	sun or shade, summer color, many varities
*Native Texas Plants

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