Texas Superstar Garden
Texas Superstar Garden
Texas Superstars are plants selected by the Texas Superstar® Executive Board with advisory input from the Texas Superstar® Advisory Board composed of TAMU horticulturists, nursery professionals, growers, seed company representatives, county horticulturists, arboretum and botanical garden representatives, horticultural writers, and landscape designers.
The plants selected have performed well across the state, are reliable, and can be produced in sufficient numbers to meet consumer demands.
The DIG’s Texas Superstar Garden was established in June of 2008 to demonstrate the growth and blooming habits of as many Texas Superstar® designated plants as possible. To create pleasing planting combinations within the garden, individual plant selection considered mature height, flower color, foliage texture and availability at local nurseries.
See images of our Texas Superstar Garden here.
The garden currently includes the following plants:
| Trees: | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw or Deciduous Holly |
| Vitex agnus-castus | Vitex, Texas Lilac, or Chaste Tree Vitex |
| Shrubs: | |
| Duranta erecta | Duranta, Brazilian Sky Flower |
| Hamelia patens | Firebush |
| Plumbago auriculata | Cape Plumbago |
| Rosa x 'Belinda's Dream' | Belinda’s Dream Rose |
| Rosa ‘Nacogdoches’ | Grandma’s Yellow Rose |
| Rosa ‘Sunny Knockout’ | Sunny Knockout Rose |
| Tecoma stans 'Gold Star' | Gold Star Esperanza |
| Perennials: | |
| Hibiscus sp. ‘Flare’ | Flare Rose Mallow Hibiscus |
| Hibiscus sp.’Moy Grande’ | Moy Grande/Texas Giant Hibiscus |
| Lantana x hybrida 'New Gold' | New Gold Lantana |
| Salvia farinacea ‘Henry Duelberg’ | Henry Duelberg Sage |
| Salvia leucantha | Mexican Bush Sage |
| Verbena x hybrida 'Blue Princess' | Blue Princess Verbena |
| Annuals: | |
| Coleus ‘SuperSun’ | Burgundy Sun SuperSun Coleus |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet |
| Lupinus texensis 'Texas Maroon' | Texas Maroon Bluebonnet |
| Petunia x violacea 'Laura Bush' | Laura Bush Petunia |
Complete descriptions of these and other Texas Superstar® plants may be found at http://www.texassuperstar.com