Plants in Motion

Check with your local nursery.

Bamboo - Bambusa species: Great as a background plant. These plants range from 10-30' in height and come in golden, striped, and black-stemmed varieties.

Butterfly Bush — Buddleia davidii: Produces long wands of flower spikes in shades of red, purple, pink, and white that are fragrant and attract butterflies and hummingbirds like crazy! Grows 6-10' high and half as wide.

Breath of Heaven

Breath of Heaven — Coleonema pulchrim: Soft, fragrant, lime-green foliage produces tiny bright pink flowers in spring. Grows 3-5' high and equally wide.

Coral Bells — Heuchera species: bright coral red, pink and white flowers on tall 2-3' airy stems that bloom in late spring above clumps of multi-colored foliage.

Day Lily — Hemerocallis hybrids: Incredible flowers power from lily-type blooms above grass-like foliage from late spring until early frost (depending on variety) in almost every color under the sun. Grows 1-3' high and almost as wide.

Fortnight Lily — Dietes bi-color: The grass-like foliage produces pale yellow flowers with purple-brown blotches from late spring until the end of summer. Grows 3-4' high and wide.

Duranta — Duranta repens: Excellent blooming plant with purple or white flowers spring through fall on glossy green foliage. Can be trained as a vine or shaped as a shrub or tree.

Fern — Species: Large family of mostly evergreen plants with soft fronds in a multitude of shapes and sizes ranging from 1-2' dwarfs to 10-15' tree varieties.

Fringe Flower — Loropetalum chinense: Soft foliage ranging from green to burgundy-purple produces white or deep pink fringe-like flowers in spring and fall. Grows 3-5' high, 4-8' wide.

Beard-Tongue — Penstemon species: Wonderful family of 1-3' mounding perennials with spikes of flowers above foliage. Flowers come in shades of white, pink, red, blue, and purple, blooming spring through fall.

Pussywillow — Salix caprea: Large upright growing shrubs or multi-stemmed small trees with fuzzy, silvery catkins that open in late winter or early spring and graceful foliage rest of the year. Grows 10-20'.

Quaking Aspen — Populus tremuloides: Fast growing tree with shimmering green leaves with lighter silvery-green backsides that flutter in the wind. Grows 30-65'.

Mexican Sage - Salvia leucantha: Bright, soft silvery-green foliage covered spikes of purple flowers from late spring through early fall. Grows 3-5' high and wide.

Statice — Limonium perezii: Clumps of blue-green foliage produce tall stemmed flower clusters of purple and white that make excellent dried flowers.

Weeping Willow - Salix × sepulcralis: Very fast growing tree 40-70' high and equally wide with graceful weeping foliage of long, narrow green leaves.

Westringia species

Westringia — Westringia species: Evergreen shrubs that grow 3-6' tall with soft gray-green rosemary-type foliage and white or lavender flowers from spring to fall.

Feather Grass - Calamagrostis acutifolia Karl Foerster: Narrow, green grassy leaves with feather plumes 4-5' tall that appear in early summer and last into fall.

Fountain Grass — Pennisetum setaceum: Widely used grass with soft green or redish-purple foliage and rosy-pink plumes in late summer and fall. Grows 3-4'.

Japanese Silver Grass

Japanese Silver Grass — Miscanthus species: Bold grasses in a variety of foliage colors. Well suited for mass plantings, with fan-shaped panicles 3-5' high.

Mexican Feather Grass

Mexican Feather Grass Grass — Stipa tenuissima: A beautiful compact grass with fine, hair-like bright green leaves.

Spikes of bearded green summer flowers change to handsome golden-blond plumes in fall. Grows 1-2' high.

Switch Grass — Panicum species: Types of prairie grass valued for its green foliage and airy clouds of pink-tinged flowers in summer. Grows 3-5' high.

Plants in Motion Check with your local nursery.
Bamboo	Bamboo - Bambusa species: Great as a background plant. These plants range from 10-30' in height and come in golden, striped, and black-stemmed varieties.
Butterfly Bush	Butterfly Bush — Buddleia davidii: Produces long wands of flower spikes in shades of red, purple, pink, and white that are fragrant and attract butterflies and hummingbirds like crazy! Grows 6-10' high and half as wide.
Breath of Heaven	Breath of Heaven — Coleonema pulchrim: Soft, fragrant, lime-green foliage produces tiny bright pink flowers in spring. Grows 3-5' high and equally wide.
Coral Bells	Coral Bells — Heuchera species: bright coral red, pink and white flowers on tall 2-3' airy stems that bloom in late spring above clumps of multi-colored foliage.
Day Lily	Day Lily — Hemerocallis hybrids: Incredible flowers power from lily-type blooms above grass-like foliage from late spring until early frost (depending on variety) in almost every color under the sun. Grows 1-3' high and almost as wide.
Fortnight Lily	Fortnight Lily — Dietes bi-color: The grass-like foliage produces pale yellow flowers with purple-brown blotches from late spring until the end of summer. Grows 3-4' high and wide.
Duranta repens	Duranta — Duranta repens: Excellent blooming plant with purple or white flowers spring through fall on glossy green foliage. Can be trained as a vine or shaped as a shrub or tree.
Fern	Fern — Species: Large family of mostly evergreen plants with soft fronds in a multitude of shapes and sizes ranging from 1-2' dwarfs to 10-15' tree varieties.
Fringe Flower	Fringe Flower — Loropetalum chinense: Soft foliage ranging from green to burgundy-purple produces white or deep pink fringe-like flowers in spring and fall. Grows 3-5' high, 4-8' wide.
Beard-Tongue	Beard-Tongue — Penstemon species: Wonderful family of 1-3' mounding perennials with spikes of flowers above foliage. Flowers come in shades of white, pink, red, blue, and purple, blooming spring through fall.
Pussywillow	Pussywillow — Salix caprea: Large upright growing shrubs or multi-stemmed small trees with fuzzy, silvery catkins that open in late winter or early spring and graceful foliage rest of the year. Grows 10-20'.
Quaking Aspen	Quaking Aspen — Populus tremuloides: Fast growing tree with shimmering green leaves with lighter silvery-green backsides that flutter in the wind. Grows 30-65'.
Mexican Sage	Mexican Sage - Salvia leucantha: Bright, soft silvery-green foliage covered spikes of purple flowers from late spring through early fall. Grows 3-5' high and wide.
Statice	Statice — Limonium perezii: Clumps of blue-green foliage produce tall stemmed flower clusters of purple and white that make excellent dried flowers.
Weeping Willow	Weeping Willow - Salix × sepulcralis: Very fast growing tree 40-70' high and equally wide with graceful weeping foliage of long, narrow green leaves.
Westringia species	Westringia — Westringia species: Evergreen shrubs that grow 3-6' tall with soft gray-green rosemary-type foliage and white or lavender flowers from spring to fall.
Grasses
Feather Grass	Feather Grass - Calamagrostis acutifolia Karl Foerster: Narrow, green grassy leaves with feather plumes 4-5' tall that appear in early summer and last into fall.
Fountain Grass	Fountain Grass — Pennisetum setaceum: Widely used grass with soft green or redish-purple foliage and rosy-pink plumes in late summer and fall. Grows 3-4'.
Japanese Silver Grass	Japanese Silver Grass — Miscanthus species: Bold grasses in a variety of foliage colors. Well suited for mass plantings, with fan-shaped panicles 3-5' high.
Mexican Feather Grass	Mexican Feather Grass Grass — Stipa tenuissima: A beautiful compact grass with fine, hair-like bright green leaves. Spikes of bearded green summer flowers change to handsome golden-blond plumes in fall. Grows 1-2' high.
Switch Grass	Switch Grass — Panicum species: Types of prairie grass valued for its green foliage and airy clouds of pink-tinged flowers in summer. Grows 3-5' high.