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Early-Spring Color for North Texas: Fringe Flower

By Stuart Tinsley
April 4, 2023
Best Plants Series, Good Plants, Landscape Design & Installation
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Our early spring color landscape quick tip was so popular that we added another favorite for North Texas. Fringe Flower, or Loropetalum, is another early blooming spring plant for our area with a lovely purple leaf and is quite hardy when it comes to North Texas cold snaps. If you’d like to learn more about […]

Best Plants Series – Canna Lilly

By Andrea
August 9, 2021
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We get many questions from customers on what our favorite plants to use in North Texas are. So many Ken has recorded a “Best Plants Series.” Today we wanted to show you one of our favorite plants to use, the Canna Lily. If a customer is looking for a tropical look in their landscape, our […]

Best Plants Series – Oakleaf Hydrangea

Today we wanted to show you Oakleaf Hydrangea. We love this plant and its beautiful white blooms. As the blooms start to fade, they turn a nice brown color that stands out, and in the fall, it has lovely red foliage. It is a drought-tolerant hydrangea, although you have to water it a bit more […]

The Pretty Tree that is Texas Tough and Flame-Proof

Today I wanted to show you one of our favorite plants to use, the Vitex Tree. The Vitex gets a lot of interest and generates a lot of questions at this time of year because of its colorful blooms. We love the Vitex Tree because it is what I like to call a flame-proof plant. […]

Go for the Gold with this Shade Loving Plant

Today I wanted to show you Gold Dust Aucuba. As you can see in the video, it gets its name from the color of the leaves. Gold Dust Aucuba loves the shade (it can’t take the sun.) In shady spots, it flourishes and does very well in both the heat and cold. Gold Dust Aucuba […]

Best Plants Series Featuring Stella de Oro Daylily

By Andrea
June 21, 2021
Good Plants, Landscape Solutions, Plant Recommendations
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Today we wanted to put the spotlight on one of our favorite plants to use, the Stella de Oro Daylily. We love using it in our landscape projects because it does fine in full sun and is a reliable bloomer. It is flameproof, which makes it suitable for North Texas during our blistering summer months. […]

Best Plants Series – Little Gem Magnolia Tree

We get many questions from customers on what our favorite plants to use in North Texas are. So many Ken has recorded a few videos for our “Best Plants Series.” Today we wanted to show you one of our favorite trees to plant around swimming pools and along fence lines as a screen. The Little […]

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