Texas Gardening: If you had to pick 5 plants to grow in Texas what would you?, 1 by WombatFamily

WombatFamily wrote:
-Red purslane - never heard of it, picked it up at Home Depot, this stuff thrives in the heat and the sun. Love love it so far.
-Sweet potato plants, any variety, they are the perfect quick "cover this disaster area" in the garden
-Summerwine ninebark (it's slow to grow but it's so pretty!)
-Blue plumbago -- ubiquitous here in Brenham, nice and clumpy and pretty flowers. Kind of scratchy though.
-Star jasmine. Can't kill it, twines so beautifully, smells phenomenal in June

All of these are happily happy in my nearly sun parched front garden. The sweet potatoes wilt a little during the heat of the day but pop back out at night.