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Plants for Dry Shade in Central Texas
The plants selected for this list respond to a common question asked by Central Texas gardeners; “What can I grow in dry shade that will provide some interest throughout the year?”Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Onosmodium helleri | Heller's marbleseed Marble-seed | |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona de Cristo Scarlet-fruit passion flower Fetid passionflower | |
| Packera obovata | Golden groundsel Roundleaf groundsel Roundleaf ragwort Squawweed | |
| Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Gulf Coast Penstemon Sharpsepal beardtongue | |
| Phacelia congesta | Blue curls Caterpillars Fiddleneck | |
| Philadelphus texensis | Texas mock orange | |
| Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment black cherry Edwards Plateau black cherry | |
| Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata | Baldwin hop-tree Common hoptree | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas red oak Buckley oak Spanish oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus laceyi | Lacey oak Texas blue oak Canyon oak Smoky oak Rock oak | |
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