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Monday - August 02, 2010
From: Austin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Shade Tolerant
Title: Ground cover for shade that is drought tolerant
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
Can you suggest a ground cover or plant that loves shade and is drought tolerant in the Austin Region? If the two do not coexist can you suggest a ground cover for shade.ANSWER:
Here is a list of native drought-tolerant plants that will grow in shade or part shade in Austin:
Chasmanthium latifolium (Inland sea oats)
Phyla nodiflora (turkey tangle fogfruit)
Calyptocarpus vialis (straggler daisy)
Packera obovata (roundleaf ragwort)
Carex planostachys (cedar sedge)
Aquilegia canadensis (red columbine)
Nolina texana (Texas sacahuista)
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