Many wonderful species of croton grow in South Texas. This is probably my favorite. It is Croton ciliatoglandulifer, which has fuzzy leaves. The fuzz resembles cilia, hense the name.
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Tropical Texas
It's not all paradise in tropical Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. True, we are blessed with amazing weather, barring the occassional blast of artic air in the winter. Thanks to the warm weather, we can grow an amazing array of plants, but we have to overcome shortfalls in our soil (high levels of salt and low levels of iron) and moderate amount of rain (26-27 inches).
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- And it rains some more
- When it rains, it pours
- Rain at last!
- Ode to the madrone
- Don't panic: Transplant victims alive and healthy
- A Tour of Brownsville
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Nurseries
- Antique Rose Emporium
- Barton Springs Nursery (perhaps the best nursery in Texas)
- Big Red Sun
- Chamblee's Rose Nursery
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- Garden-Ville
- Heep's LRGV Native Plant Nursery (Mike Heep, the name in South Texas native plants)
- Natives of Texas
- Natural Gardener (Run by organic gardening radio host, John Dromgoole. This is the place to get compost and other soil supplements.)
- Plant Delights
- Rancho Lomitas (Run by none other than Benito Trevino, a South Texas ethnobotany expert.)
- Wichita Valley
- Yucca Do (Featured in The New York Times, it is run by plant adventurers Carl Schoenfeld, the owner, and Wade Roitsch, the manager.)
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