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Lavender Vinca, also known as Madagascar Periwinkle, is a heat loving, low maintenance annual that brings continuous color to sunny garden beds and containers. Its glossy green foliage contrasts beautifully with soft lavender blooms that resemble impatiens but thrive in full sun and dry conditions. This drought - tolerant flower blooms from spring to frost without deadheading, making it an ideal choice for landscapes needing reliable, fuss-free color. Vinca is also resistant to deer and pests, perfect for borders, mass plantings, or patio pots.
Height: 10-18 inches
Spread: 12-14 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 10-11 (perennial in the tropics/annual elsewhere)
The Chinese Juniper is a versatile evergreen that brings structure, texture, and year-round color to any garden or landscape. With dense, scale-like foliage in shades of deep green to silvery blue-green (depending on the variety), this hardy conifer offers natural elegance in both formal and informal settings.
Used commonly for hedges, foundation plantings, specimen accents, or even topiary and bonsai, Chinese Juniper is highly adaptable. It's known for its exceptional heat and drought tolerance, as well as resistance to pests and deer. Its upright or spreading form varies by cultivar, making it easy to find one that suits your space.
Light: Full sun
Height: 5-50 feet (depending on variety)
Spread: 4-20 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9
Features: Evergreen, drought tolerant, heat tolerant, deer resistant
Maintenance: Very Low
Make a bold statement with the Royal Purple Smoketree, a stunning deciduous shrub known for its deep burgundy-purple foliage and airy, smoke-like flower plumes. In late spring to early summer, the plant producers wispy, pinkish panicles that hover above the leaves giving the appearance of a smoky haze - a truly unique garden showstopper.
Its rich color intensifies in full sun and transitions to vibrant red and orange tones in fall. Whether used as a specimen, in borders, or in mixed shrub plantings, this low-maintenance beauty adds year-round interest and bold texture to the landscape.
Light: Full sun (best color)
Height: 8-15 feet
Spread: 6-12 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Features: Colorful foliage, unique blooms, deer resistant, drought tolerant, fall color
Maintenance: Low
Pollinator Friendly: Yes- attracts bees when flowering!
If pruned and shaped, it can grow like a small ornamental tree.
Add dramatic flair and tropical elegance to your landscape or patio with the Chinese Fan Palm. Known for its large, fan shaped fronds and graceful, arching leaves, this slow-growing palm creates a bold focal point whether planted in the ground or showcased in a planter. Its tolerance for sun, shade, and a range of soil conditions makes it a favorite for Southern gardens and tropical-style plantings.
It's hardy, low-maintenance, and especially striking when used as a statement plant in courtyards, entryways, or poolside settings.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 10-25 feet (can reach up to 30 feet over many years)
Spread: 6-12 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11
Water: Moderate; allow topsoil to dry between waterings
Growth Rate: Slow
Features: Drought tolerant, cold-hardy for a palm
Container Friendly: Yes (especially when young)
Low Maintenance: Yes
This is a hardy, evergreen shrub prized for its lush, dark green needles and graceful, spreading habit. Unlike upright yews, this low-growing variety features horizontal branching and dense foliage, making it ideal for use as a ground cover, border plant, or under shady trees. Its tolerance for shade, heat, and humidity makes it a reliable choice for Southern gardens.
This slow-growing conifer adds rich texture and year-round interest to both formal and naturalistic landscapes. Deer resistant and drought tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soil.
Light: Part shade to full shade
Height: 2-3 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-9
Features: Deer resistant, Evergreen, Drought tolerant, Low maintenance, Shade loving
Bring a tropical touch to your garden or patio with this eye-catching Pineapple Plant! Known for its bold, spiky foliage and charming baby pineapples perched on top, this unique bromeliad adds exotic flair wherever it's placed. Grown more for its ornamental beauty than fruit harvest, it makes a fun conversation piece and is perfect for containers, sunny beds, or indoor spaces with bright light.
Light: Full sun to bright indirect light
Height: 2-3 feet
Spread: 3-4 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11 (grow as houseplant or bring indoors in cooler climates)
Container Friendly: Yes
Drought Tolerant: Moderate, once established
Tropical: Yes
This is a vibrant evergreen ornamental grass prized for its cascading lime-green to golden yellow foliage. This clump-forming sedge brightens up shaded spots and adds year-round color and texture to borders, containers, and mixed plantings. With a graceful, arching habit, it works beautifully as a ground cover or accent plant in both modern and cottage gardens.
Easy to grow and low maintenance, Everillo thrives in part shade but can tolerate full sun in cooler climates. It's deer resistant, drought tolerant once established, and brings vivid contrast to shady spaces.
Light: Part shade to full shade (tolerates sun in cool climates)
Height: 12-18 inches
Spread: 12-18 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-9
Type: Evergreen Ornamental Grass
Uses: Borders, containers, woodland gardens, ground cover
This Spek-tacular Cast Iron Plant lives up to its name with dramatic, dark green leaves boldly speckled with creamy white dots. This striking foliage plant thrives in shade, making it perfect for dim garden corners, shaded patios, or low-light indoor spaces. Exceptionally tough and easy to care for, it handles heat, humidity, and drought like a champ - hence the nickname, "cast iron".
Great for adding elegant texture to garden beds or as a container plant, this variety grows in tidy clumps, providing evergreen beauty year-round in warmer zones.
Light: Full shade to part shade
Height: 24-30 inches
Spread: 24-36 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11
Features: Low maintenance, deer resistant, heat and drought tolerant once established.
Add year-round drama to your landscape with the mysterious elegance of Black Dragon Japanese Cedar. This slow-growing evergreen conifer features deep green to nearly black foliage, forming a dense, upright, pyramidal shape that becomes more striking with age. Its fine, feathery texture and compact size make it perfect as a dramatic specimen, accent plant, or backdrop in mixed borders.
Ideal for small gardens and modern landscapes, Black Dragon is low-maintenance and thrives in well-drained soil with full sun to partial shade. It brings structure and color contrast to foundation plantings, Japanese -style gardens, or even large containers.
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Height: 6-10 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-9
Drought Tolerant: Yes - once established
Features: Evergreen, deer resistant, low maintenance
Add a bold splash of tropical beauty to your garden, patio, or entryway with these stunning Bougainvillea topiaries. Expertly trained into elegant tree forms, each plant bursts with vibrant blooms in two eye-catching colors - magenta pink and fiery orange - for a dazzling contrast that thrives in full sun.
Bougainvilleas are known for their resilience, heat tolerance, and long blooming season. These topiaries make striking focal points in containers, landscape beds, or around pool areas, and bring an instant pop of color to any warm-weather space.
Light: Full sun
Height: 3-5 feet (can be pruned to maintain size)
Spread: 2-4 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11 (annual in cooler zones)
Features: Heat tolerant, Tropical, Container-friendly, pollinator-friendly
Elegant and airy, White Plumbago offers a cascade of pure white, star-shaped blooms that brighten up any garden space from spring through fall. This fast-growing, heat-loving shrub thrives in warm climates and adds a soft, tropical feel to borders, containers, and trellises. Known for its long blooming season and low maintenance needs, it's a favorite for pollinators and gardeners alike.
White plumbago can be grown as a sprawling shrub, ground cover, or trained up a trellis or fence. Its delicate flowers and light green foliage provide a refreshing contrast in mixed plantings or tropical landscapes.
Light: Full sun to part sun
Height: 3-5 feet (can be pruned for shape)
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-11
Bloom Time: Spring to frost
Water Needs: Moderate (Drought tolerant once established)
Features: Heat tolerant, pollinator-friendly, long-blooming, deer resistant
Best Uses: Containers, Tropical gardens, borders, trellises, cottage-style landscapes.
Add bold texture and color to your landscape with Red Fountain Grass, a striking ornamental grass known for its deep burgundy foliage and soft, arching plumes. This fast-growing, heat-loving grass creates a graceful fountain-like shape that sways beautifully in the breeze, adding movement and drama to garden beds, containers, or borders.
The fluffy, reddish-pink flower spikes appear in summer and continue into fall, making it a standout in both formal and naturalized settings. It's low maintenance and drought tolerant once established, and it looks especially beautiful when planted in groups or paired with vibrant annuals and perennials.
Light: Full sun
Height: 3-5 feet
Spread: 2-4 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11 (annual in cooler zones)
Bloom Time: Summer to fall
Water: Low to Moderate
Features: Heat tolerant, drought tolerant, fast-growing, low maintenance
A must have for pollinator garden, Milkweed is a hardy, native perennial beloved for its clusters of colorful blooms and vital role in supporting monarch butterflies. With flowers ranging from soft pinks to vibrant oranges and reds, milkweed attracts butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects all season long. Its tall, upright habit and striking seed pods added texture and movement to garden beds, borders, and wildflower meadows.
Milkweed is the primary host plant for monarch caterpillars and provides nectar to many other pollinators, making it one of the most important native plants you can grow.
Light: Full sun
Height: 2-5 feet
Spread: 1.5 - 3 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-9
Bloom Time: Summer to early fall
Water: Low to moderate
Features: Pollinator-friendly, drought tolerant, deer resistant, native plant
Add a pop of vivid color to your garden with Dianthus, a compact perennial known for its intense magenta-pink blooms and striking silver-blue foliage. These fragrant flowers bloom heavily in spring and often rebloom through summer, attracting butterflies while adding a cheerful, cottage-garden charm to beds, borders, and containers.
This variety offers excellent heat and drought tolerance once established and maintains a tidy, mounded form that fits perfectly in smaller garden spaces or along walkways.
Light: Full sun
Height: 6-8 inches
Spread: 10-12 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9
Bloom Time: Spring to Early summer
Water: Low once established
Features: Heat tolerant, drought tolerant, fragrant, pollinator friendly, low maintenance
Best Uses: Borders, Rock gardens, containers, edging.
Brighten your garden with the clean , crisp blooms of this White Yarrow. This compact, clump-forming perennial produces clusters of pure white flowers atop sturdy, upright stems that resist flopping. Fern-like, aromatic foliage adds fine texture to beds, borders, and pollinator gardens.
Unlike taller yarrows, the New Vintage series is bred for compact growth and long-lasting blooms, making it perfect for smaller spaces, containers, or mass plantings. Drought tolerant and deer resistant, this tough perennial thrives in full sun and poor soils, making it an easy-care choice for gardeners seeking dependable summer color.
Light: Full sun
Height: 12-15 inches
Spread: 10-12 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-8
Bloom Time: Early summer to early fall
Water: Low once established
Features: Drought tolerant, deer resistant, pollinator-friendly, low maintenance
Best Uses: Borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens, containers
Graceful and architectural, the slender Hinoki False Cypress is a slow-growing evergreen prized for its elegant, narrow form and feathery, dark green foliage. Perfect for adding year-round vertical interest to small gardens, mixed borders, or foundation plantings, this conifer maintains a soft, layered texture and refined silhouette that complements both formal and natural landscapes.
Its naturally compact, upright growth habit makes it an excellent choice for tight spaces, while its low-maintenance nature and deer resistance make it a reliable landscape addition.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 10-15 feet
Spread: 3-5 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-8
Water: Moderate; prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soil
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Features: Evergreen, Deer Resistant, Drought tolerant once established, low maintenance.
Best Uses: Accent tree, privacy screen, foundation planting, container specimen.
Variegated English Holly is a classic evergreen shrub prized for its striking green leaves edged in creamy white and its showy red berries in winter. With its sharp, glossy foliage and dense, upright habit, this holly offers year round interest and makes an elegant hedge, privacy screen, or holiday accent.
In fall and winter, bright red berries appear (when a male pollinator is nearby), attracting birds and adding vibrant seasonal color. The variegated foliage stands out beautifully in mixed plantings or formal gardens, and it responds well to pruning, making it easy to shape.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 8-12 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-9
Deer Resistant: Yes
Features: Evergreen, drought tolerant once established
Best Uses: Hedges, foundation plantings, privacy screens, winter interest
Majestic Beauty Indian Hawthrone (Tree Form) is a stunning evergreen tree prized for its large clusters of soft pink blooms and glossy, leathery foliage. This tree-form variety is a unique take on the classic Indian Hawthorne, offering year-round structure and elegance with a neatly trimmed topiary shape that fits beautifully into formal gardens, entryways, and landscape accents.
Majestic Beauty bursts into bloom in spring, producing fragrant, pollinator-friendly flowers that contrast beautifully with its dark green foliage. As an evergreen, it provides reliable color and coverage through all seasons. Naturally disease-resistant and tolerant of heat and drought once established, this tree is also a low-maintenance favorite for Southern landscapes.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 8-10 feet
Spread: 6-8 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11
Deer Resistant: Yes
Pollinator-Friendly: Yes
Ideal for: Accent plantings, formal landscapes, containers, entryways