Summer Arrivals

It's Summer!

Hey y'all! After a wild and hectic spring, things have calmed down enough to get back to sending out updates about what we're getting in. Despite the crazy hot weather, we've still got some great stuff.

Brand-New Yaupon Hollies

Last week, we got our second batch of two extremely exciting, never before seen yaupon holly cultivars!

'Skyline' (7g, $100) is an upright, fastigiate holly with a similar growth habit to 'Will Fleming' and 'Scarlet's Peak' that was specifically chosen for its resistance to "flopping" and splaying open as those cultivars are prone to do with age. You can easily feel the difference in branch strength between them, so we think this one has a lot of promise! Sadly, this one is male and won't make berries, but that also helps it hold its shape better.

'Skyward' (15g, $180) is another upright cultivar, but this one has a wider, pyramidal habit to about 15' tall by 6'-8' wide. This should be an excellent new screening plant for our area as it's narrower than wild-type yaupons are. This one is also a male.

Unusual Natives

We've got some rather rare natives in stock at the moment that aren't seen much in cultivation, but make worthy garden subjects.

Bear's Foot (Smallanthus uvedalia) - 2g, $20 - This large, shrubby shade perennial has large leaves and gets yellow, daisy-like flowers in the fall. It gets 3-6' tall and grows best along the edges of moist woodlands. Central Texas is at the very southwestern end of its range, so it appreciates afternoon shade and some extra water.

Texas Bractspike (Yeatesia platystegia) - 2g, $19 - This wonderful little perennial gets about a foot tall and works well in low-water settings in sun to light shade. The blooms look quite similar to shrimp plants, but they're green with pale pink flowers sticking out of them. Even though it only grows in a small area of the state, it's seemed pretty adaptable so far. We'll also have other sizes later this year.

As always, let us know if you have any feedback! Because of how busy we were this spring, we didn't have an opportunity to send one out for a while, so we'd really appreciate any feedback!