(Slender Myoporum)

This heat-loving evergreen shrub is highly valuable to landscapes in arid inland climates where extreme temperatures are common. It is native to the hot interior plains of Australia where droughts can be lengthy. This is a low-growing shrub, usually wider than tall. The leaves are the size of a fingernail, toothy-edged and medium-green. This species can be short-lived and declines at an average age of 5 to 6 years, but this is variable depending on location.

This shrub blooms heavily in early...

(Davis Slender Myoporum, Slender Myoporum)

Selected for its natural vigor and low profile, 'Davis' is an excellent evergreen groundcover for erosion control. It is highly recommended for arid climates where extreme temperatures are common. Its parent species is native to the hot, interior plains of Australia where periods of extended drought are common. This variety was selected at the University of California at Davis and introduced in 1989. It is a low-growing shrub and can grow much wider than tall. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves are...

(Putah Creek Myoporum, Slender Myoporum)

This vigorous, heat-loving evergreen shrub is more lush than its parent species, making it a better choice for landscapes in arid inland climates where extreme temperatures are common. The species is native to the hot, interior plains of Australia where periods of extended drought are common. This is a low-growing shrub and much wider than tall. The leaves of 'Putah Creek' are two thirds larger than those of the species but have the same toothy edges. These plants can occasionally be short-lived,...

(Bayberry, Southern Waxmyrtle, Waxmyrtle)

Southern wax myrtle is an evergreen large shrub to small tree native to moist location in the United States, New Jersey to southern Florida and west to Texas. It has an upright, open form, multiple trunks and twisting branches. The leaves are aromatic when crushed, dark, olive green and linear to lance-shaped, occasionally toothed above the middle. Wax myrtle is dioecious, the male and female flowers on different plants. The flowers are small, yellow-green and inconspicuous. The small, but abundant...

(Bayberry, Southern Waxmyrtle)

Southern wax myrtle is a large evergreen shrub or small tree native to moist location in the United States from New Jersey to southern Florida and west to Texas. The cultivar ‘Don’s Dwarf’ is compact, spreading and has small dark green leaves. It has an open form, multiple trunks and twisting branches. The leaves are aromatic when crushed and linear to lance-shaped, occasionally toothed above the middle. Wax myrtle is dioecious, having the male and female flowers on different plants. The flowers...

(Bayberry, Southern Waxmyrtle)

Dwarf wax myrtle is a moderately-sized evergreen shrub native to moist location in the United States from New Jersey to southern Florida and west to Texas. It has an spreading open form, multiple trunks and twisting branches. The leaves are aromatic when crushed, dark olive-green and linear to lance-shaped, occasionally toothed above the middle. Wax myrtle is dioecious, having the male and female flowers on different plants. The flowers are small, yellow-green and inconspicuous. The small, but abundant...

(Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo)

Heavenly bamboo is an upright broadleaf evergreen shrub from China and Japan. It is likened to bamboo in habit and appearance but is actually related to barberry.

Popular and widely planted in the south, this clump-forming plant produces open cane-like branches topped with airy compound leaves that are blue-green in color and leathery in texture. Leaves are often bright copper-red as they emerge and a burnished red color in winter. In summer, white panicles of small star-shaped flowers appear...

(Compact Heavenly Bamboo, Heavenly Bamboo)

A medium-sized tender evergreen shrub often planted near temples in its native China and Japan, heavenly bamboo is prized by gardeners worldwide for its colorful lacy leaves and attractive flowers and fruit. The cultivar 'Compacta' offers all these virtues at two-thirds the size. The airy compound leaves are reddish-purple when young and again in fall and winter. The foliage and stiff upright stems suggest those of bamboo, particularly when pruned in the Asian fashion with the lower leaves thinned...

(Firepower Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo)

Fire power heavenly bamboo is a dwarf evergreen shrub that originates from China and Japan. Popular and widely planted in the south, this tidy, bushy plant has fine compound leaves that are bright green in summer and crimson red in winter. This cultivar produces no showy flowers or fruit. Heavenly bamboo prefers some shade but can tolerate full sun. As a garden specimen it grows best in warm-temperate to subtropical climates and thrives in fertile, evenly moist soil. Traditionally planted in temple...

(Heavenly Bamboo)

A medium-sized tender evergreen shrub often planted near temples in its native China and Japan, heavenly bamboo is prized by gardeners worldwide for its colorful lacy leaves and attractive flowers and fruit. The dwarf cultivar 'Firehouse' is noted for its particularly vivid fall and winter color. The airy compound leaves are purple-red when young and again in fall and winter, often with bright red and orange highlights. The foliage and stiff upright stems suggest those of bamboo, particularly when...