Texas Gardening: Bear's Breeches (acanthus mollis) - uh oh, full sun?, 1 by WombatFamily

WombatFamily wrote:
Well here's my Bear's Breeches now, filled out the whole right-hand section of my bed. It doesn't *seem* to be taking over yet, but maybe that's why my gardenia and split-leaf philodendrons directly to the left are looking puny??

I have no idea if the new ones I bought (2 from lowe's, 3 from Park Landcapes - link below) are well-behaved! On the one hand, I like the idea of something filling out my left-hand flower bed, it's just a patch of dry mulch right now with some puny monkey grass, one jasmine vine growing like wildfire, a texas sage plant that looks good right after I gave up on it and ignored it, one hibiscus tree, two camellias that haven't grown 2" in 1.5 years, and a pitiful plumbego that i'm hoping just needs some loving. There are HUGE patches of NOTHING in that bed and since I'm a sometime gardener b/c of my health, I like the idea of self-sustaining stuff that looks good in the winter. But maybe I got more than I bargained for!! Perhaps I'll plant them elsewhere in the back and let them soften up harsh areas of the backyard??

Hmmm... thanks everyone for all the replies; now I am questioning my 'gardening plan layout' I devised for the front flower bed, relying heavily on those Bear's Breeches.

Bear's Breeches I ordered, Acanthus mollis var. Latifolius
http://www.parkslandscapes.com/p47879/Bear's-Breeches---3"-p...