Garden Area 1
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Soil Amendments
To make the soil the most effective, we added organic material to the existing soil. This organic material consisted of part AquaSmart, which is a super-absorbent polymer-coated sand product that is available in the form of a straight additive for increased moisture retention and growth of plants, flowers, trees, and grass/turf with water savings estimated at up to 60%; part expanded shell and part compost material.
Irrigation
The overall system has been designed with more efficient nozzles to provide a more efficient coverage. We have installed 10 miles of drip irrigation in our new and expanded planting beds. This design showcases how important irrigation and proper watering is. We have been able to keep the Azaleas at the Gazebo because we have installed proper irrigation that meets with our Water Efficiency program.
Sod
CELEBRATION BERMUDA GRASS
Celebration is a dark blue-green turf grass with superior wear recover and low maintenance requirements. It is a drought and heat tolerant grass. It maintains good color into the fall and is very good during the “spring green up.”
Planting Area 1
(Steel Edging Only)
Planting Area 2
ASIAN JASMINE (TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM)
Generally prefers partial shade, but will grow well in full sun as well. Small fragrant flowers mid-summer through early fall.
PURPLELEAF WINTERCREEPER (EUONYMUS FORTUNEI COLORATUS)
Very hardy and the leaves keep a green spring color in the warm months and in the winter months, the leaves take on a purple tone that keeps a colorful appearance year-round.
Planting Area 3
DWARF SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE (MYRICA PUSILLA)
Evergreen shrub with light olive green colored leaves. Native to Texas, it grows well in sun to shade. Females of this species produces silvery blue-grey berries. New spring growth produces a bayberry scent.
Planting Area 4
CREEPING LIRIOPE (LIRIOPE SPICATA)
Grows well in either full sun or light shade. The bloom is a stiff spike that sometimes is not seen for the plants foliage.
Planting Area 5
TEXAS COLUMBINE (AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA VAR. HINCKLEYANA)
Attractive, delicate, fern-like foliage. Canary yellow flowers bloom in cooler weather/early spring. Grows well in partial shade to sun.
Planting Area 6
DWARF SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE (MYRICA PUSILLA)
Evergreen shrub with light olive green colored leaves. Native to Texas, it grows well in sun to shade. Females of this species produces silvery blue-grey berries. New spring growth produces a bayberry scent.
Planting Area 7
FORSYTHIA (FORSYTHIA X INTERMEDIA) 'LYNWOOD GOLD'
Vivid gold yellow flowers early in the spring. Wide upright branches.
Planting Area 8
CREEPING LIRIOPE (LIRIOPE SPICATA)
Grows well in either full sun or light shade. The bloom is a stiff spike that sometimes is not seen for the plants foliage.
Planting Area 9
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA (HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA) 'BRIDO SNOW FLAKE'
White/near white blooms in the late spring and early summer. Grows best in sun to shade.
Planting Area 10
INDIAN CURRANT CORALBERRY (SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATAS)
Deciduous shrub that is native to Texas with dull green leaves. Small greenish-white flowers produce showy clusters of berries. The shrub is attractive to birds and butterflies.
Planting Area 11
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 12
DWARF SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE (MYRICA PUSILLA)
Evergreen shrub with light olive green colored leaves. Native to Texas, it grows well in sun to shade. Females of this species produces silvery blue-grey berries. New spring growth produces a bayberry scent.
Planting Area 13
AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY (CALLICARPA AMERICANA)
Native to the southern United States, this plant produces large clusters of purple berries in August through October that attract song birds.
Planting Area 14
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 15
ASIAN JASMINE (TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM)
Generally prefers partial shade, but will grow well in full sun as well. Small fragrant flowers mid-summer through early fall.
PURPLELEAF WINTERCREEPER (EUONYMUS FORTUNEI COLORATUS)
Very hardy and the leaves keep a green spring color in the warm months and in the winter months, the leaves take on a purple tone that keeps a colorful appearance year-round.
Planting Area 16
CREEPING LIRIOPE (LIRIOPE SPICATA)
Grows well in either full sun or light shade. The bloom is a stiff spike that sometimes is not seen for the plants foliage.
Planting Area 17
FORSYTHIA (FORSYTHIA X INTERMEDIA) 'LYNWOOD GOLD'
Vivid gold yellow flowers early in the spring. Wide upright branches.
Planting Area 18
MEXICAN PLUM (PRUNUS MEXICANA)
Small, deciduous, planting range through Texas, OK, AR, MO and to the northeast; reliable fall color; blooms in the spring with white flowers.
Planting Area 19
PURPLE VITEX (VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS)
Small, deciduous, grows will in Texas and attracts butterflies; blooms May to September with purple blooms.
Planting Area 20
SPIRAEA VANHOUTTEI (SPIRAEA X VANHOUTTEI)
Deciduous shrub with arching branches blooms with showy plumes of white flowers in springtime. They will bloom prolifically in full sun.
Planting Area 21
CREEPING LIRIOPE (LIRIOPE SPICATA)
Grows well in either full sun or light shade. The bloom is a stiff spike that sometimes is not seen for the plants foliage.
Planting Area 22
TEXAS COLUMBINE (AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA VAR. HINCKLEYANA)
Attractive, delicate, fern-like foliage. Canary yellow flowers bloom in cooler weather/early spring. Grows well in partial shade to sun.
Planting Area 23
NORTHERN SEA OATS (CHASMANTHIUM LATIFOLIUM)
Native to Texas, this is a perennial grass bearing large, drooping, oat-like flower spikelets from slender, arching branches. This is a very popular as a low-maintenance shade grass. Bright green leaves turn a coppery color after frost.
Planting Area 24
INDIAN CURRANT CORALBERRY (SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATAS)
Deciduous shrub that is native to Texas with dull green leaves. Small greenish-white flowers produce showy clusters of berries. The shrub is attractive to birds and butterflies.
Planting Area 25
AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY (CALLICARPA AMERICANA)
Native to the southern United States, this plant produces large clusters of purple berries in August through October that attract song birds.
Planting Area 26
DWARF SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE (MYRICA PUSILLA)
Evergreen shrub with light olive green colored leaves. Native to Texas, it grows well in sun to shade. Females of this species produces silvery blue-grey berries. New spring growth produces a bayberry scent.
Planting Area 27
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 28
DWARF SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE (MYRICA PUSILLA)
Evergreen shrub with light olive green colored leaves. Native to Texas, it grows well in sun to shade. Females of this species produces silvery blue-grey berries. New spring growth produces a bayberry scent.
Planting Area 29
CREEPING LIRIOPE (LIRIOPE SPICATA)
Grows well in either full sun or light shade. The bloom is a stiff spike that sometimes is not seen for the plants foliage.
Planting Area 30
FORSYTHIA (FORSYTHIA X INTERMEDIA) 'LYNWOOD GOLD'
Vivid gold yellow flowers early in the spring. Wide upright branches.
Planting Area 31
INDIAN CURRANT CORALBERRY (SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATAS)
Deciduous shrub that is native to Texas with dull green leaves. Small greenish-white flowers produce showy clusters of berries. The shrub is attractive to birds and butterflies.
Planting Area 32
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA (HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA) 'BRIDO SNOW FLAKE'
White/near white blooms in the late spring and early summer. Grows best in sun to shade.
Planting Area 33
NORTHERN SEA OATS (CHASMANTHIUM LATIFOLIUM)
Native to Texas, this is a perennial grass bearing large, drooping, oat-like flower spikelets from slender, arching branches. This is a very popular as a low-maintenance shade grass. Bright green leaves turn a coppery color after frost.
Planting Area 34
TEXAS COLUMBINE (AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA VAR. HINCKLEYANA)
Attractive, delicate, fern-like foliage. Canary yellow flowers bloom in cooler weather/early spring. Grows well in partial shade to sun.
Planting Area 35
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 36
ASIAN JASMINE (TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM)
Generally prefers partial shade, but will grow well in full sun as well. Small fragrant flowers mid-summer through early fall.
PURPLELEAF WINTERCREEPER (EUONYMUS FORTUNEI COLORATUS)
Very hardy and the leaves keep a green spring color in the warm months and in the winter months, the leaves take on a purple tone that keeps a colorful appearance year-round.
Planting Area 37
CREEPING LIRIOPE (LIRIOPE SPICATA)
Grows well in either full sun or light shade. The bloom is a stiff spike that sometimes is not seen for the plants foliage.
Planting Area 38
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 39
ASIAN JASMINE (TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM)
Generally prefers partial shade, but will grow well in full sun as well. Small fragrant flowers mid-summer through early fall.
PURPLELEAF WINTERCREEPER (EUONYMUS FORTUNEI COLORATUS)
Very hardy and the leaves keep a green spring color in the warm months and in the winter months, the leaves take on a purple tone that keeps a colorful appearance year-round.
Planting Area 40
(Steel Edging Only)
Planting Area 41
PURPLE SHAMROCK (OXALIS TRIANGULARIS)
Grows well in light shade to partial sun. Delicate white to light pink flowers bloom throughout summer. Suitable for garden or container.
Planting Area 42
TEXAS COLUMBINE (AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA VAR. HINCKLEYANA)
Attractive, delicate, fern-like foliage. Canary yellow flowers bloom in cooler weather/early spring. Grows well in partial shade to sun.
Planting Area 43
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 44
(Steel Edging Only)
Planting Area 45
DWARF SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE (MYRICA PUSILLA)
Evergreen shrub with light olive green colored leaves. Native to Texas, it grows well in sun to shade. Females of this species produces silvery blue-grey berries. New spring growth produces a bayberry scent.
Planting Area 47
WOOD FERN (THELYPTERIS KUNTHII)
Native to Texas, bright-to-medium green fronds that turn bronze in fall. Dappled sun to shade. This fern is an excellent ground cover in deep shade where many other ground covers may not grow.
Planting Area 48 – 49
(Numbering not used)
Trees
CEDAR ELM (ULMUS CRASSIFOLIA)
Large, deciduous, Texas native, and reliable fall color.
ROUGHLEAF DOGWOOD (CORNUS DRUMMONDII)
Small, deciduous, planting range through Texas, OK, AR, MO and to the northeast; off-white flowers in the late spring.
MEXICAN PLUM (PRUNUS MEXICANA)
Small, deciduous, planting range through Texas, OK, AR, MO and to the northeast; reliable fall color; blooms in the spring with white flowers.
PURPLE VITEX (VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS)
Small, deciduous, grows will in Texas and attracts butterflies; blooms May to September with purple blooms.
Sod
CELEBRATION BERMUDA GRASS
Celebration is a dark blue-green turf grass with superior wear recover and low maintenance requirements. It is a drought and heat tolerant grass. It maintains good color into the fall and is very good during the “spring green up.”
Sod
CELEBRATION BERMUDA GRASS
Celebration is a dark blue-green turf grass with superior wear recover and low maintenance requirements. It is a drought and heat tolerant grass. It maintains good color into the fall and is very good during the “spring green up.”
Sod
CELEBRATION BERMUDA GRASS
Celebration is a dark blue-green turf grass with superior wear recover and low maintenance requirements. It is a drought and heat tolerant grass. It maintains good color into the fall and is very good during the “spring green up.”