Common name:Orange bells
Botanical name:Tecoma hybrid

Semievergreen shrub grows quickly to 8' x 5'. Medium green leaves. Orange trumpetlike flowers appear in clusters year-round in frost-free weather. Makes a colorful background screen. Attracts hummingbirds. Accepts full sun.

Common name:Powis Castle Artemisia
Botanical name:Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

This mounding shrub reaches 3 ft. high and up to 5ft. wide with fine silver foliage. It does well in coastal areas as well as inland warm areas. It rarely blooms but is used for its beautiful foliage. It is striking next to perennials with bright colors. This shrub prefers full sun and well draining soil. It is drought tolerant once it's established.

Common name:Chocolate Flower
Botanical name:Berlandiera lyrata

This perennial grows quickly to 1' x 2'. Will bloom from spring to fall with yellow daisylike flowers. Flowers have distinctive chocolate scent. Full sun to part shade. Dead head to prolong flowering. Native to the southwest U.S. and Mexico.

Common name:Oleander Sister Agnes
Botanical name:Nerium oleander 'Sister Agnes'

Nerium oleander 'Sister Agnes' is an evergreen shrub that grows at a fast rate to 20' tall. Leaves are narrow, dark green, leathery, and glossy. Blooms with single white flowers late spring through fall.

Common name:Katie Ruellia
Botanical name:Ruellia brittoniana 'Katie'

A refined ground cover that grows at a moderate rate to 1' x 2'. Narrow dark green leaves. Accepts full sun or partial shade. 2-inch purple flowers appear spring to fall. Great for small areas.