Rainbow Gardens Favorite Xeriscape Plants - San Antonio, Texas

1. Rainbow Gardens Favorite
Xeriscape Plants
TREES VINES
Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica Butterfly Vine Stigmaphyllum ciliatum
Arroyo Sweetwood Myospermum sousanum Confederate Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides
Bigtooth Maple Acer grandidentatum Cross Vine Bignonia capreolata
Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis Pink Jasmine Jasminum polyanthum
Golden Leadball Tree Leucaena retusa Madame Galen Trumpet Vine Campsis tagliabuana
Jerusalem Thorn (Retama) Parkinsonia aculeata ‘Madame Galen’
Lacey Oak Quercus laceyi Sweet Autumn Clematis Clematis dioscoreifolia
Mexican Plum Prunus mexicana
Mexican Olive Cordia boissieri
Monterrey Oak Quercus polymorphous PERENNIALS
Sandpaper tree (Anacua) ehretia anacua Angel’s Trumpet Datura wrightii
Texas Ash Fraxinus texensis Autumn Sage Salvia greggii
Texas Pistache Pistacia texana Black Dalea Dalea frutescens
Blackfoot Daisy Melampodium leucanthum
Blue Plumbago Plumbago auriculata
SHRUBS Bluebeard (Blue Mist) Caryopteris clandonensis
Agarita Mahonia trifoliata Cedar Sage Salvia roermeriana
Beach Vitex Vitex rotundifolia Copper Canyon Daisy Tagetes lemmonii
Bush Morning Glory Convolvulus cneorum Coral Bean Erythrina spp.
Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia spp. Damianita Chrysactinia mexicana
Dwarf Burford Holly Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii Nana’ Duranta Duranta repens
Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria ‘Stoke’s Dwarf’ Dwarf Barbados Cherry Malphighia glabra
Grey Cotoneaster Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Dwarf Jatropha Jatropha integerima
Eve’s Necklace Sophora affinis Fall Aster Aster oblongifolius
First Lady Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria ‘First Lady’ Esperanza (Yellow Bells) Tecoma stans
Pineapple Guava Feijoa sellowian Purple Leaf Sage (Eyelash Sage) Salvia blepharopylla
Pittosporum Pittosporum tobira Firebush Hamelia patens
Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Rhus lanceolata Heartleaf Hibiscus Hibiscus cardiopyhllus
Primrose Jasmine Jasminum mesnyi Jacobinia Justicia carnea
Roughleaf Dogwood Cornus drommondii Lantana Lantana spp.
Royal Princess Nandina Nandina domestica ‘Royal Princess’Mexican Bush Sage Salvia leucantha
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum rufidulum Mountain Delight Dalea versicolor
Silver Bush Germander Teucrium fruticans Mutabalis Rose Rosa chinensis ‘Mutabalis’
Texas Mountain Laurel Sophora secundiflora Pink Skullcap Scutellaria suffrutescens
Texas Sage (Cenizo) Leucophyllum frutescens Powis Castle Artemesia Artemesia absinthium ‘Powis
Upright Germander Teucrium chamaedrys Castle’
Variegated Privet Ligustrum lucida ‘Variegata’
Vitex (Chaste Tree) Vitex agnus-castus
Weeping Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria ‘Pendula’
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2. Pride of Barbados Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Red Yucca Hesperaloe parviflora
Rock Rose Pavonia lasiopetula
Red Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeana
SUGGESTED READING:
Summer Phlox Phlox paniculata
Thrift (Moss Pink) Phlox subulata
Howard Garrett’s Plants for Texas
Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
Neil Sperry’s Complete Guide to Texas Gardening
Thryallis Galphimia spp.
Sally and Andy Wasowski’s Native Texas Plants
Zexmenia Wedelia hispida
Scott Ogden’s Gardening Success with Difficult Soils
Sunset Publishing Company’s Western Garden Book or
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES National Garden Book
Bamboo Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia dumosa
Blue Fescue Festuca ovina ‘Glauca’
Evergreen Miscanthus Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
Gulf Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris
Mexican Feather Grass Nasella tenuissima
Ruby Grass Rhynchelytrum neviglume
GROUNDCOVERS
Asiatic Jasmine Trachelospermum asiaticum
Compact Oregano (Creeping Marjoram) Origanum spp.
Frog Fruit Phyla nodiflora
Lilyturf Liriope spp.
Sedum Sedum spp.
Silver Dichondra (Ponyfoot) Dichondra spp.
BULBS
Bearded Iris Iris germanica
Caladium Caladium bicolor
Crinum Lily Crinum spp.
Oxblood Lily Rhodophiala bifida
Paperwhites Narcissus spp.
Spider Lily Lycoris radiata
PATIO PLANTS
Angel Wing Begonia Begonia spp.
Asparagus Fern Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’
Kaffir Lily Clivia miniata
PALMS
Mediterranean Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis
Pindo Palm Butia capitata
Sago Palm Cycas revoluta
Texas Palmetto Sabal minor
Texas Sabal Palm Sabal texana
Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei
Rainbow Gardens #1 Rainbow Gardens #3
2585 Thousand Oaks 494-6131 8516 Bandera Rd 680-2394
Open Mon-Sat 9 to 6, Sun 10 to 6 Open Mon-Sat 9 to 6, Sun 10 to 6
10 Acres of Gardening Heaven!