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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Capsicum annuum | Chile pequin Chile petin Bird pepper Turkey pepper Cayenne pepper | |
| Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee sedge | |
| Carex perdentata | Meadow Sedge Sand sedge | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet clematis Scarlet leatherflower Texas clematis | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes | Heller's rosette grass | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving sailor Climbing snapdragon Little snapdragon vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's cap or Turkscap Drummond's turkscap Wax mallow Drummond wax-mallow Red mallow Texas mallow Mexican apple Manzanilla Sleeping hibiscus Bleeding hearts | |
| Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice lily Spice-Lily | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot water clover Water clover Clover-fern | |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower melic Tall melicgrass Threeflower melicgrass Melicgrass | |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Baby blue-eyes Flannel breeches Large-flower baby-blue-eyes Largeflower baby blue eyes Texas baby blue eyes | |
| Nolina texana | Texas sacahuista Texas beargrass Basket grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass | |
| 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 | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf palmetto Palmetto Bush palmetto | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar sage | |
| Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata | Heartleaf skullcap Heart-leaf skullcap | |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve’s necklace Eve's necklacepod Texas sophora | |
| Tilia americana var. caroliniana | Carolina basswood Small-leaved basswood Downy linden | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty blackhaw viburnum Rusty blackhaw Southern blackhaw Downy viburnum | |
| Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf yucca Twisted-leaf yucca Texas yucca | |
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