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Recommended
Plants for San Antonio, Austin & Vicinity (R - Z)
Radermachera
sinica - China Doll - Perennial
Raphiolepis
X 'Majestic' - 'Majestic' India Hawthorn
Ratibida
- Mexican Hat - Wildflower
Rhamnus caroliniana - Carolina
Buckthorn - Tree
Rhapidophyllum
hystrix - Needle Palm, Porcupine Palm - Shrub
Rhus lanceolata - Prairie
Flameleaf Sumac - Shrub
Rhus microphylla - Little-Leaf
Sumac - Shrub
Rhus muelleri - Large-Leaf
Sumac - Shrub
Rhus pachyrrhachis - Mexican
Sumac - Shrub
Rhus virens - Evergreen Sumac
- Shrub
Ricinus
communis - Castor Bean - Annual
Rohdea
japonica - Chinese Sacred Lily - Groundcover
Rosa
chinensis - China Rose - Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Cramoisi Superieur' - 'Cramoisi Superieur' China Rose -
Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Louis Philippe' - 'Louis Philippe' China Rose - Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Minima' - 'Highway 290 Pink Buttons' China Rose - Dwarf
Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Martha Gonzalez' - 'Martha Gonzalez' China Rose - Dwarf
Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Mutabilis' - The Butterfly Rose - Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Old Blush' - 'Old Blush' China Rose - Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Climbing Old Blush' - 'Climbing Old Blush' China Rose -
Shrub
Rosa
chinensis 'Viridis' - Green China Rose - Shrub
Rosa
X polyantha 'Marie Daly' - 'Marie Daly' Polyantha Rose - Dwarf Shrub
Rosa
X polyantha 'Marie Pavie' - 'Marie Pavie' Polyantha Rose - Dwarf Shrub
Rosa
X 'Caldwell Pink' - 'Caldwell Pink' Rose - Shrub
Rosa
X 'Cecile Brunner' - The Sweetheart Rose - Shrub
Rosa
X 'Mrs. Dudley Cross' - 'Mrs. Dudley Cross' Tea Rose - Shrub
Rosmarinus
officinalis - Rosemary - Perennial Herb
Rosmarinus
officinalis 'Arp' - 'Arp' Rosemary - Perennial Herb
Rosmarinus
officinalis 'Gorizia' - 'Gorizia' Rosemary - Perennial Herb
Rosmarinus
officinalis 'Irene' - 'Irene' Rosemary - Perennial Herb
Rosmarinus
officinalis 'Mrs. Howard's' - 'Mrs. Howard's' Rosemary - Perennial
Herb
Rosmarinus
officinalis 'Spice Islands' - 'Spice Islands' Rosemary - Perennial
Herb
Rosmarinus
officinalis 'Tuscan Blue' - 'Tuscan Blue' Rosemary - Perennial Herb
Rudbeckia
- Black-Eyed Susan - Wildflower
Ruellia
brittoniana 'Blanquita'™ - Dwarf White Mexican
Petunia - Perennial
Ruellia
brittoniana 'ChiChi' - 'ChiChi' Mexican Petunia - Perennial
Ruellia
brittoniana 'Nolan's Dwarf' - Katie Ruellia - Perennial
Ruellia
brittoniana 'Rosita'™ - Dwarf Pink Mexican Petunia
- Perennial
Russelia
equisetiformis (Red) - Red Firecracker Bush - Perennial
Russelia
equisetiformis (Yellow) - Yellow Firecracker Bush - Perennial
Russelia
sarmentosa - Giant Firecracker Bush - Perennial
Russelia
sp. (San Carlos Mountains) - Coral Firecracker Bush - Perennial
Ruta
graveolens - Rue - Perennial Herb
Sabal
bermudana - Bermuda Palmetto - Tree
Sabal
minor - Dwarf Palmetto - Shrub
Sabal
texana - Tree Palmetto - Palm
Sabal
uresana - Blue Palmetto - Tree
Saccharum
arundinaceum - Hardy Sugar Cane - Ornamental Grass
Saccharum
officinarum 'Pele's Smoke' - Purple Sugar Cane - Tender Ornamental
Grass
Salvia
blepharophylla - Eye-Lash Leaf Sage - Tender Perennial
Salvia
chamaedryoides - Germander Sage - Perennial
Salvia
chionophylla - Indigo Cherry Sage - Perennial
Salvia
coahuilensis - Coahuila Sage - Perennial
Salvia
coccinea - Scarlet Sage - Perennial
Salvia
farinacea - Mealy Blue Sage - Perennial
Salvia
farinacea X longispicata ‘Indigo Spires’ - ‘Indigo Spires’ Sage - NOT
RECOMMENDED, due to its miniscule flowers.
Salvia
farinacea X longispicata 'Mystic Spires Blue' - 'Mystic Spires Blue'
Sage - Perennial - NOT RECOMMENDED, due to its miniscule flowers.
Salvia
greggii - Cherry Sage - Perennial
Salvia
greggii X muelleri - Violet Cherry Sage - Perennial
Salvia
guaranitica - Big Blue Sage - Perennial
Salvia
guaranitica X gesneraeflora ‘Purple Majesty’ - ‘Purple Majesty’ Sage
- Perennial
Salvia
involucrata - Fuchsia Sage - Perennial
Salvia
x jamensis - Jamé Hybrid Sage - Tender Perennial
Salvia lasiantha - Tender
Perennial
Salvia
leucantha - Mexican Bush Sage - Perennial
Salvia
leucantha x elegans ‘Anthony Parker' - 'Anthony Parker' Sage - Perennial
Salvia
lycioides - Canyon Sage - Perennial
Salvia
lyrata - Lyre-Leaf Sage - Perennial
Salvia
madrensis - Big Yellow Sage - Perennial
Salvia
mexicana - Mexican Sage - Perennial
Salvia
microphylla - Little-Leaf Sage - Perennial
Salvia
microphylla X greggii - Hybrid Cherry Sage - Perennial
Salvia
miniata - Belizean Sage - Tender Perennial
Salvia
muelleri - Violet Cherry Sage - Perennial
Salvia
officinalis - Culinary Sage - Short-Lived Perennial Herb
Salvia
patens - True Blue Sage - Perennial
Salvia
penstemonoides - Penstemon Sage - Perennial
Salvia
puberula ‘El Butano' - ‘El Butano' Sage - Perennial
Salvia
regla - Mountain Sage - Perennial
Salvia
roemeriana - Cedar Sage - Perennial
Salvia
schaffneri (known also as S. darcyi, S. oresbia) - Schaffner's
Sage - Perennial
Salvia
sinaloensis - Sinaloa Sage - Perennial
Salvia
uliginosa - Bog Sage - NOT RECOMMENDED
Santolina - NOT RECOMMENDED
Sasa
palmata - Hardy Bamboo
Sasa
tsuboiana - Hardy Bamboo
Sasa
veitchii - Hardy Bamboo
Sasaella
masamuneana 'Albostriata' - Hardy Bamboo
Schizachyrium
scoparium - Little Bluestem - Ornamental Grass
Schizachyrium
scoparium 'Kendall Red'™ - 'Kendall Red'™ Little
Bluestem - Ornamental Grass
Scutellaria
suffrutescens - Pink Skullcap - Perennial
Secale
cereale - Rye - Edible Annual
Sedum palmeri - Palmer's
Sedum - Groundcover
Sedum spp. - assorted Sedum
species - Groundcover
Semiarundiaria
fastuosa - Temple Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundiaria
fastuosa 'Viridis' - Green Temple Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundiaria
makinoi - Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundinaria
okuboi - Hardy Bamboo
Semiarundinaria
yashadake - Hardy Bamboo
Sequoia
sempervirens - Redwood - Tree
Serenoa
repens - Saw Palmetto - Shrub
Setaria
palmifolia - Indian Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass
Setaria
palmifolia (variegated) - Variegated Indian Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental
Grass
Setaria
plicata - Asian Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass - Might not be
so tender after all. Plants so named, obtained from the U.C. Botanical
Garden at Berkeley, have all resprouted after the cold winter of 2013-2014.
Setaria
poiretiana - Mexican Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass
Severinia
buxifolia - Chinese Box Orange - Shrub
Silphium
albiflorum - Perennial
Silphium
perfoliatum - Perennial
Sinobambusa
gigantea - Hardy Bamboo
Sinobambusa
intermedia - Hardy Bamboo
Sinobambusa
tootsik - Hardy Bamboo
Siphonoglossa
pilosella - See Justicia pilosella - Perennial
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
- Blue-Eyed Grass - Perennial
Solenostemon
sp. & hybrids - Coleus- Annual
Solidago
odora - Licorice Goldenrod - Perennial
Sophora
affinis - Eve's Necklace - Tree
Sophora
davidii - Shrub
Sophora
secundiflora - Mescal Bean, Texas Mountain Laurel - Shrub
Sorghastrum
nutans - Indian Grass - Ornamental Grass
Sorghum
bicolor - Sorghum - Edible Annual
Sprekelia
formosissima - Aztec Lily, Jacobean Lily - Perennial
Sprekelia
formosissima 'Orient Red' - 'Orient Red' Aztec Lily, Jacobean Lily
- Perennial
Stenotaphrum
secundatum - St. Augustine Grass - Turf
Stevia
rebaudiana - Sweet Herb - Tender Perennial Herb
Stipa
tenuissima - Wire Grass - Ornamental Grass
Styrax
glabrescens - Shrub
Styrax
glabrescens var. pilosus - Shrub
Styrax
orizabensis - Shrub
Styrax
platanifolius subsp. mollis - Shrub
Styrax
platanifolius subsp. platanifolius - Sycamore-Leaf Snowbell - Shrub
Styrax
platanifolius subsp. stellatus - Velvet Snowbell - Shrub
Styrax
platanifolius subsp. texanus - Texas Snowbell - Shrub
Styrax
platanifolius subsp. youngiae - Velvet Snowbell - Shrub
Syringa sp. - Dwarf Lilac
- Shrub
Tagetes
campanulata - Canyon Marigold - Perennial
Tagetes
lemmonii - Lemmon's Marigold - Perennial
Tagetes
lucida - Mint Marigold, Yerbaniz - Perennial
Tagetes
lucida subsp. schiedeana - Mayan Mint Marigold, Yerbaniz - Perennial
Tagetes
mulleri - Mountain Marigold - Perennial
Tagetes
nelsonii 'Tequila Daisy'™ - 'Tequila Daisy'™
- Perennial
Tagetes
palmeri - 'Copper Canyon Daisy' - Perennial
Tagetes
parryi - Parry's Marigold - Perennial
Taiwania
cryptomerioides - Tree
Taxodium
distichum - Bald Cypress - Tree
Taxodium
mucronatum - Montezuma Cypress - Tree
Tecoma
capensis - Also known as: Tecomaria capensis - Cape Honeysuckle
- Perennial
Tecoma
garrocha - Red Esperamza - - Perennial
Tecoma
garrocha X stans - Hybrid Esperamza - - Perennial
Tecoma
stans var. angustata - Esperanza - Perennial
Tecoma
stans var. stans - Esperanza - Perennial
Teucrium
chamaedrys - Germander - Perennial Herb
Thelypteris kunthii - River
Fern - Groundcover
Thysanolaena
maxima - Tiger Grass - Ornamental Grass - A tall, completely root-hardy
perennial for shady sites.
Tinantia
pringlei - Spotted Wandering Jew - Perennial Groundcover
Tithonia
spp. - Mexican Sunflower - Wildflower
Trachycarpus
fortunei - Chinese Windmill Palm - Tree
Trachycarpus
wagnerianus (T. takil) - Nepalese Windmill Palm - Tree
Tradescantia
pallida - Purple Wandering Jew - Groundcover
Tricyrtis
hirsuta - Toad Lily - Perennial
Tripsacum
dactyloides - Eastern Gama Grass - Ornamental Grass
Triticum
aestivum - Wheat - Edible Annual
Tulbaghia
violacea - Society Garlic - Perennial Herb
Tulbaghia
violacea (variegated) - Variegated Society Garlic - Perennial Herb
Tulipa
clusiana - Lady Tulip - Bulb
Tulipa spp. & hybrids
- NOT RECOMMENDED
Turnera ulmifolia - Turnera
- Tender Perennial
Ungnadia speciosa - Mexican
Buckeye - Shrub
Vernonia
baldwinii - Baldwin's Ironweed - Perennial
Vernonia
lindheimeri - Lindheimer's Ironweed - Perennial
Vetiveria
zizanioides - Vetiver - Ornamental Grass
Viguiera
stenoloba - Golden-Eye - Perennial
Vitis
arizonica - Canyon Grape - Vine
Vitis
'Armalaga' = 'Armlong' X 'Malaga' - 'Armalaga' Grape
Vitis
'Bailey' = 'Big Berry' X 'Triumph' - 'Bailey' Grape
Vitis
berlandieri - Native Grape - Vine
Vitis
'Brilliant' = 'Lindley' X 'Delaware' - 'Brilliant' Grape
Vitis
'Carman' = 'Premier' X 'Triumph' - 'Carman' Grape
Vitis
'Champanel' = Vitis champinii X 'Worden' - 'Champanel' Grape
Vitis
'Ellen Scott' = 'Armlong' X 'Malaga' - 'Ellen Scott' Grape
Vitis
'Elvicand' = 'Elvira' X native mustang grape - 'Elvicand' Grape
Vitis
'Extra' = 'Big Berry' X 'Triumph' - 'Extra' Grape
Vitis
'Ladano' = 'Salado' X 'Headlight' - 'Ladano' Grape
Vitis
'Lomanto' = 'Salado' X 'Pense' - Lomanto' Grape
Vitis
'Lukfata' = Vitis champinii
X 'Moore Early' - 'Lukfata' Grape
Vitis
monticola - Sweet Mountain Grape - Vine
Vitis
mustangensis - Mustang Grape - Vine
Vitis
'Nitodal' = 'Salado' X 'Pense' - 'Nitodal' Grape
Vitis
'Orlando' - 'Orlando' Grape
Vitis
rupestris - Sugar Grape - Vine
Vitis
'Sabinal' = 'Salado' X 'Brilliant' - 'Sabinal' Grape
Vitis
'Valhallah' = 'Elvicand' X 'Brilliant' - 'Valhallah' Grape
Washingtonia
filifera - California Fan Palm - Tree
Washingtonia
robusta - Mexican Fan Palm - NOT COLD-HARDY for San Antonio
Wisteria
macrostachya (W. frutescens) - Native Wisteria - Vine
Wisteria
sinensis - Chinese Wisteria - Vine
Xanthosoma
'Albo Marginata' - Variegated Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
atrovirens 'Dwarf Green' - 'Dwarf Green' Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
'Aurea Lime Zinger' - 'Aurea Lime Zinger' Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
jacquinii 'Lineatum' - Monstrose Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
lindenii 'Magnificum' - White Vein Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
sagittifolium - Giant Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
violaceum - Edible Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xanthosoma
wendlandii - Lobed Arrow Leaf - Perennial
Xylosma congestum (compact)
- Compact Xylosma - Shrub
Yucca
carnerosana - Western Spanish Dagger - Shrub
Yucca
constrica - Shrub
Yucca
pallida - Shrub
Yucca
rupicola - Twist-Leaf Yucca - Shrub
Yucca
rupicola X pallida - Hybrid Twist-Leaf Yucca - Shrub
Yucca
treculeana - Spanish Dagger - Shrub
Zamia
integrifolia - Also sold as Z. floridana - Coontie - Cycad
Zamia
integrifolia 'Palatka Giant' - Also sold as Z. floridana 'Palatka
Giant' - Giant Coontie - Cycad
Zanthoxylum
fagara - Toothache Tree - Shrub
Zanthoxylum
hirsutum - Toothache Tree - Small Tree
Zea
diploperennis - Wild Corn - Grown as an Annual
Zea
mays - Corn - Edible Annual
Zizania
texana - Texas Wild Rice - Ornamental Grass
Zizaniopsis
miliacea - Ornamental Grass
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