I got to the Native Plant sale early (about a half hour before they opened). I had a list of items I wanted, and managed to get all but one of the plants on the list (the other had already sold out)
I then added a few interesting plant.
And bought one plant by mistake (I thought I grabbed a Black Dalea, but it was actually Compact Prairie Clover that was under the sign)
And one plant didn't have a label. I thought I would remember what kind of sedge it was. But I have already forgotten.
Escarpment Black Cherry
Prunus serotina var eximia
Okay, sun to part-shade. It could grow up to 50 feet (could grow 2 - 4 feet annually, so it won't be big any time soon) I put this in the front yard where it can get a lot of sun, near to the Mexican buckeye. I retrospect, maybe too near?
Escarpment Black Cherry is a distinct and isolated geographic variety of Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) found only in the calcareous soils of central Texas. It is distinguished physiologically from other P. serotina varieties by almost or entirely hairless leaves with more coarsely toothed margins, longer petioles, and, at up to 50 ft tall, a height intermediate between the larger Eastern Black Cherry (P. serotina var. serotina) and the smaller Southwestern varieties, virens and rufula.
WARNING: though the cherries are edible, the rest of the plant is poisonous if eaten, including the seeds. Provides a beautiful yellow fall color. Propagation: seed.
Water Use: Low , Medium
Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist
Soil pH: Alkaline (pH>7.2)
CaCO3 Tolerance: High
Drought Tolerance: Medium
Cold Tolerant: yes
Heat Tolerant: yes
Soil Description: Rich, moist but well-drained, calcareous soils.
Conditions Comments: Escarpment black cherry is known for the beauty and quality of its wood. The green leaves turn to yellow in the fall. It is easy to grow and will reward you with dangling, lace-like blossoms in the spring. Wildlife eat the fruits. Prefers moister sites and more of a mineral, well drained soil.
Wafer Ash
Ptelea trifoliata
A small understory tree heavily used by pollinators as a nectar source. Small white flowers in the spring.
5 - 8 feet height. Tolerant of different soils and sunlight conditions
I out this is the front yard near the street (between the crepe Myrtle and Desert Willow)
Water Use: Low , Medium , High
Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade , Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry , Moist , Wet
Soil pH: Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
Soil Description: Moist to dry, well-drained loams. Sandy, Medium Loam Sandy Loam, Clay Loam Clay, Limestone-based, Acid-based, Calcareous.
Conditions Comments: It is an attractive, tall shrub or small understory tree, for both moist conditions and dry rocky sites. If grown in full sun and cut back, wafer ash will be quite bushy. Sweet nectar of this plant attracts many species of butterflies. All parts are aromatic. Prefers moist soil such as a watered garden or seep area.
Eve's Necklace
Styphnolobium affine
5-8 ft spineless shrub tree. Part Shade. Well drained. Grows from seed to 6 feet in 3 years. With low water and dry soil, plus a somewhat large tree, I put this in the front year, where it will be shaded by the live oak, as a back plant to the street garden.
Water Use: Low
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry
Soil Description: Well-drained soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Limestone-based.
Conditions Comments: Eve's necklace is so named because this tree blooms clustered pink flowers that mature into black, bead-like strings of seeds. The planting site must be well-drained or it will get chlorotic. It grows from seed to 6 ft. in 3 years. This plant is most attractive
Wooly Ironweed
Vernonia lindheimeri
Native perennial blooming pink to purple from early summer to early fall. Found mostly in Edward's Plateau. 10 - 30 inches in height. Sun to light shade, low water use, needs well drained soil. Spreads by rhizomes to make small stands.
This is small and needs little water. It grows in clay, so it would be good for my street garden. I put this in the front of the street garden near the Fall Aster.
Water Use: Low
Light Requirement: Sun
Soil Moisture: Dry
Soil pH: Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Cold Tolerant: yes
Heat Tolerant: yes
Soil Description: Dry caliche. Clay, Clay Loam, Medium Loam, Sandy Loam.
Conditions Comments: Woolly ironweed has an upright form and the colorful, showy blooms are distinctive. Needs well-drained conditions. The leaf undersides feel and readily appear hairy, hence the name "woolly ironweed". Great, underused perennial for the garden and meadow.
Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii
Full sun, low water, deer resistant, attracts birds and butterflies. I picked this up unplanned. But how can you resist a plant with this description. 3 - 5 feet. This plant aggressively colonizes. I love to read this, as I think maybe I won't kill this plant. This is where I sometimes get frustrated though. The NPSOT said it needs low water. Wildflower Center says it needs moist soil. Which is it? I don't typically buy things that need moist soil. It does say it likes basically any soil, so I put it in the street garden on the right hand side near the variegated yucca, and in front of the bamboo Muhly.
Compact Prairie Clover
Dalea compacta
This is the plant I bought because it was under the Black Dalea sign. Whoops.
There is almost no information on the Wildflower site about this plant, not even whether it likes sun or shade. NPSOT has more information. It is does not seem to be an Edwards Plateau plant, but the map does show it grows as far west as Dripping. But it says "There is currently no information about using this plant in home landscape" It does say it needs sun and low water requirements. I am put this in the right hand street garden near the Brazilian rock roses. We'll see how it does
Barbara's Buttons
Marshallia caespitosa
Upright perennial, 8 - 20 inches, so very small. Low maintenance required. Drought tolerant. Good border edge or filler, perennial garden, rocky hillside, and rock gardens. Propagation: division, transplant. This was only a $4 plant. I am betting it doesn't make it a year, because it is so very small. I put this is the right hand street garden neat the Phlox and zizotes milkweed.
Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry
Soil Description: Sandy or calcareous soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Limestone-based, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay
Conditions Comments: Barbara's-buttons is an upright perennial with solitary or several, unbranched stems. Dainty balls of white, fragrant flowers are borne on slender, leafless stalks arising from a rosette of narrow leaves.
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist
CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
Soil Description: Limestone-based, Sandy, Sandy Loam, Various well-drained soils.
Conditions Comments: This climbing or trailing vine has greenish-yellow flowers, that give way to purple or black berries. Wide, shallowly lobed leaves with entire margins turn an attractive yellow in fall. This is a major food plant for several species of butterfly larvae.
Big Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
3 - 6 feet, so fairly tall with a 1 - 2 foot spread. Can live in Sun or Part Shade
Seep Muhly
1-2 feet, so much shorter. Any soil type, 2 to 3 ft spread. Full sun. Medium water
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