Texas Gardening: Astilbes in Houston?, 1 by crowellli

crowellli wrote:
There are lots of things out there that fit the bill for us. I'm using lots of the Knockout roses and they've done really well. They've been in for 3 years and have never been sprayed for black spot (the fungus that attacks rose leaves). You can also try plumbago (blue or white), esperanza (yellow), magnolia (white), daylilies, salvia, abelia (pale blush almost white), iris, loripetalum (hot pink), vitex (purple), butterfly bush (varies) and on and on. All of these are perennial and all except the iris have a long bloom season. You can look at my journal and see pics of a lot of my stuff. Anything I've given up on is marked under status as "finished". But the pics will give you some idea of the things that do well with little or no care. Most of my stuff gets fertilized with Ozmocote 3 times a year and that's it. No other spraying of coddling! Here's a pic taken this morning of the front walkway.