It's the last category - very low - which is the focus of my list of 42 plants below. This is where we discover those tough-as-nails specimens that can make it through almost anything. . . even the hot, hot summer of '23.
Trees
Cedar elm trees (Ulmus crassifolia)
Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
Lacey oak: (Quercus laceyi)
Mexican White Oak (Quercus polymorpha)
Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
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Small trees/ Large shrubs
Arroyo Sweetwood (Myrospermft um sousanum)
Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) photo above
Eve’s Necklace (Styphnolobium affine)
Goldenball Leadtree (Leucaena retusa)
Huisache (Acacia farnesiana)
Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora)
Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri)
Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)
Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana)
Mexican Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. mexicana)
Texas Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis)
Retama (Parkinsonia aculeata)
Flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata)
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Shrubs
Agarita (Berberis trifoliata)
Black Dalea (Dalea frutescens)
Elbow bush (Forestirera pubescens)
Flame Acanthus ( Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii)
Fragrant mimosa (Mimosa borealis)
Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
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Perennials
Artemisia (Artemisa ‘Powis Castle’)
Bulbine (Bulbine frutescens)
Square bud primrose (Calyophous berlanderieri)
Blackfoot daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)
Damianita (Chrysactina mexicana)
Gayfeather (Liatris mucronata)
Hymenoxys (Four nerve Daisy) (Tetraneuris scaposa)
Cedar sage (Salvia roemeriana)
Goldeneye Skeletonleaf (Viguiera stenoloba)
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Yuccas/Agaves/Succulents/Cacti/ Sotols
Agave (multiple species)
Basket grass (Nolina texana)
Yucca (multiple species)
Yucca paleleaf (Yucca pallida)
Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
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Groundcovers
Iceplant: (multiple species within the genera Aptenia,
Delosperma, and Malephora)
Santolina - Lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus)
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Grass
Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides)
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Ornamental Grass
Pine muhly (Muhlenbergia dubia)
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