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Growing Tips
Shrubs & Ground Covers
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
AgapanthusAgapanthus africanus
Growing Tips
• Well drained soil
•Tolerant of salt air
• Full sun for optimal blooms
Pests
• Mealy bug
• Red spider mite
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
ArbicolaSchefflera arbicola
Growing Tips
• It is commonly grown as an indoor plant
• Popular for its tolerance of neglect and poor growing conditions
Pests
• Scale
• Mealybug
Varieties
• Trinette
• Gold Capella
• Green
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Asiatic JasmineJasmine asiaticum
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Medium tolerance to drought and salt
• Is a groundcover that should be mowed to promote uniform growth
• Takes most soil types
Pests
• None
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
African IrisDietes iridioides
Growing Tips
• Shade to full sun
• Tolerates poor, dry soils, but does best in a well-drained soil with regular
watering during the growing season
• Reduce water and fertilize after flowering
Pests
• None
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
AzaleaRhododendron spp.
Growing Tips
• Partial/full shade
• Moisture requirements are high
• Occasional thinning
• Deadheading will promote more blooms later in the year
Pests
• Lacebug
• Spider mites
• Petal blight
• Root rot
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Burfordi HollyIlex cornuta ‘Burfordi’
Growing Tips
• Full sun to partial shade
• Medium moisture requirements
• Occasional thinning required
• Rapid growth rate
• Requires frequent pruning to keep formal shape
Pests
• Tea scale
• Leaf spots
• Scale leaf miner
• Sooty mold
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
BouganvilleaBouganvillea spp.
Growing Tips
• Full sun to partial shade
• Low moisture requirements
• Does best under stress
• Heavy fertility
•Mild tolerance to salt drift
Pests
• Aphid
• Cabbage hopper
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
CamelliaCamellia japonica
Growing Tips
• Best in part shade
• Medium fertility
• Soil should provide good drainage
• Medium moisture requirements
• Rapid grower
Pests
• Scale
• Root rot
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Confederate JasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides
Growing Tips
•Part shade to full sun
• High fertility
• High pruning
• Moderate to rapid grower
• High moisture needs
•Great vine for screening on fences
Pests
• Scale
• White fly
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
CoontieZamia floridana
Growing Tips
• Native plant
• Full sun to dense shade
• Tolerates various soil types
• Salt drift tolerant
Pests
• Red scale
• White fly
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
CrotonCodiaeum variegatum var. pictum
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Well-drained soil
• Prune to remove old and diseased leaves
• Mild tolerance to salt drift
• Not cold tolerant
Pests
• Scale
• Thrips
• Mites
• Root Rot
• Mealybug
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
DaylillyHemerocallis x.
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Prefers soil with good drainage
• Tolerates dry conditions
• Remove scrape and shear after flowering
Pests
• Scale
• Caterpillars
• Thrips
• Aphids
• Grasshoppers
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Golden-DewdropDuranta repens
Growing Tips
• Full sun for best flowering
• Endures partial shade
• Tolerates various soil types
•Can be shaped to a small tree
Pests
• Nematodes
• Caterpillars
• Birds
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
GardeniaGardenia jasminoides
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Medium drainage
• Medium to high fertility with Iron added
• Medium pruning
• Medium irrigation
• Prune lightly after flowering
Pests
• White fly
• Mealybug
• Sooty mold
• Nematodes
• Thrips
• Lacewings
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
HibiscusHibiscus spp.
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Moderate moisture
• Moderate fertility
• Likes slightly acidic soil
• Mild salt tolerance
• Heavy winter pruning brings blooms & new growth
Pests
• Aphids
• Scale
• Nematodes
• Mites
• Thrips
• Leaf spot
• Mealybug
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
HollyIlex spp.
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
American HollyIlex opaca
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Well-drained soil
• Medium fertility
• Medium to high moisture
• Pruning needed to maintain balance and central leader
• Tolerant of salt air back of dunes
Pests
• Leaf miner
• Tea scale
• Spittle bugs
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Chinese HollyIlex cornuta
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Well-drained soil
• Medium fertility
• Medium moisture
• Pruning needed to control form
• Not salt tolerant on dunes
Pests
• Tea scale
• Spittle bugs
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
YauponIlex vomitoria
Varieties
• ‘Nana’ – dwarf
• ‘Pendula’ – weeping
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Indian HawthorneRaphiolepis indica
Growing Tips
• Full sun or shade
• Moderate moisture
• Moderate fertility
• Likes slightly alkaline soil
• Tolerant to salt drift
• Minimal pruning
Pests
• Scale
• Leaf spot
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Shore JuniperJuniperous conferta
Growing Tips
• Full sun or shade
• Low moisture
• Low fertility
• Likes slightly alkaline soil
• Tolerant to moderate salt spray
Pests
• Red spider mites
• Blight
Varieties
• ‘Blue Pacific’
• ‘Compacta’
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Creeping JuniperJuniperous horizontalis
Growing Tips
• Full sun or shade
• Low moisture
• Low fertility
• Likes slightly alkaline soil
• Tolerant to salt drift
• No pruning
Pests
• Bagworm
Varieties
• ‘Blue Rug’
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
LantanaLantana X
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• Low moisture
• Low fertility
• Most soils suitable
• Very tolerant to salt spray
• Pruning low
Pests
• Mites
• Mealybug
Varieties
• Anne Marie & Gold Mound
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Glossy PrivetLigustrum lucidium
Growing Tips
• Full sun or partial shade
• Medium moisture
• Medium fertility
• Most soils suitable
Pests
• White flies
• Scale
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Japanese PrivetLigustrum japonicum
Growing Tips
• Full sun or partial shade
• Medium moisture
• Medium fertility
• Most soils suitable
• Not tolerant to salt
• High level of pruning required –
pocket pruning advantageous
Pests
• White flies
• Scale
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
LoropetalumLoropetalum chinense
Growing Tips
• Sun to part shade
• Well-drained soil
• High fertility (acid pH)
• Low salt tolerance
• Moderate level of pruning
Pests
• Mites
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Mondo GrassOphiopogon japonicus
Growing Tips
• Medium sun to shade
• Soils need good drainage
• Medium fertility
• Medium drainage
• Pruning may be done in Feb – cut tops to
within 1” of ground with shear
Pests
• Scale
Varieties
• ‘Nana’
• Standard Mondograss
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Oleander (Regular & Dwarf)Nerium oleander
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• Tolerant to most soils
• Medium fertility
• Medium drainage
• Very tolerant to salt
• Pruning may be done early to late spring
Pests
• Scale
• Oleander caterpillar
• Witches’ broom
• Mushroom root rot
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
PlumbagoPlumbago ‘Imperial Blue’
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• Flowering will be reduced in partial shade
• Survives with little moisture once established
• Considered moderately drought tolerant
• Low level of pruning is needed to ensure
consistent blooming
Pests
• Scale
• Mites
• Cottony cushion
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
PittosporumPittosporum tobira
Growing Tips
• Sun to shade
• Soils need good drainage
• Medium fertility
• Very tolerant to salt
• Pruning must be started when young
Pests
• Scale
• Leaf spot
• Root rot
• Nematodes
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
PodocarpusPodocarpus macrophyllus
Growing Tips
• Full sun to shade
• Soils need medium drainage and moisture
• Medium fertility
• Very tolerant to salt
• Pruning – easily shaped to many forms, typically
used as hedges or plant screening, very upright in
growth habit
Pests
• Tea scale
• Sooty mold
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
ThryallisThryallis glauca
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• Soil types vary
• Medium drainage and moisture
• Medium fertility
• Can experience freeze damage
• Pruning – very little maintenance required, typically
used in natural, free-form setting, some
rejuvenational pruning required
Pests
• Freeze
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Sweet ViburnumViburnum odoaratissimum
Growing Tips
• Full sun or partial shade
• Tolerant to a wide variety of soils
• Drought tolerant once established
• Medium fertility required
• Pruning – typically used as formal hedge or large
plant screen, if used as a hedge it will require a
heavy amount of pruning
Pests
• Aphids
• White fly
• Sooty mold
• Sooty mold
• Thrips
• Mites
• Stem canker
Ornamental Grasses
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Fackahatchee
Growing Tips
• One of the largest varieties of native ornamental grasses
• Needs annual rejuvenation pruning
• Best used in large masses or incorporated into natural settings
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
FountaingrassPennisetum spp.
Growing Tips
• Full sun or partial shade
• Soil types vary
• Medium to low drainage
• Low moisture
• Medium fertility
• Not cold tolerant
Pests
• None
Varieties
• Red & white
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Paspalum quardrifoliumCrown grass
Growing Tips
• Full sun or partial shade
• Tolerant to a variety of soil types
• Low fertility
• Pruning –annual hard pruning required
Pests
• None
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Spartina
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• Tolerant to a wide variety of soil types
• Drought tolerant
• Low fertility
• Salt tolerant
• Pruning – requires hard pruning every 2 years
Pests
• Round up
Palms
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
European FanChamaerops humilis
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Very drought tolerant once established
•Cold tolerant to 5 F
• Medium to high fertility
• Tolerates a variety of well drained soils
• Poor tolerance to salt
Pests
• None
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Canary Island Date PalmPhoenix canariensis
Growing Tips
• Likes a bright, sunny situation
• Adult specimens are drought resistant
• Water young plants for healthy look
and fastest growth
• Frost tolerant – can survive 28 F
• Tolerant of salt back from frontline dunes
• Prefers well-drained soil
Pests
• Leaf spot
• Palm weevil
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Phoenix dactylifera ‘Medjool’
Growing Tips
• High light requirements
• High drought tolerance
• High salt tolerance
• High wind tolerance
• Medium to high soil requirements
• Adaptable moisture tolerance
Pests
• Leaf spot
Note
• This palm is also susceptible to lethal yellowing disease and should not be
planted where other palms are suffering from this always fatal disease.
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Phoenix reclinataSenegal Date Palm
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Tolerates variety of soil types
• Handles wet feet
• Moderately salt tolerant
• Good moisture tolerance
Pests
• Leaf spot
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Phoenix roebeleniiPygmy date palm
Growing Tips
• Full sun to part shade
• Needs adequate moisture for best look
• Some drought tolerance when mature
• Mild salt tolerance
• Well-drained, fertile soil
• Moderate nutritional requirements
Pests
• Leaf spot
• Scale
• Caterpillars
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
PindoButia capitata
Growing Tips
• Full sun for best fruiting
• Tolerant of salt air back of strand
• Tolerant of varying soil types in Florida
• Moderate to high fertility
• Pruning – prune back close to trunk
Pests
• Palm leaf skeltonizer
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Lady Palm Rhapis excelsa
Growing Tips
• Full to part shade
• Not salt tolerant
• Moist and fertile soil
• Moderate to high fertilizer
• Prone to Magnesium deficiencies
Pests
• Scale
• Caterpillars
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Queen Palm Arecastrum romanzoffianum
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• Moderately drought tolerant
• Medium salt tolerance
• Slightly acidic, well-drained soil
• Subject to Magnesium and Potassium deficiency
Pests
• Scale
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
Cabbage PalmSable Palmetto
Growing Tips
• Full sun or shade
• High moisture when young
• Very high salt tolerance
• Extremely tolerant of varying soil conditions
• Fertilize in March, June and October
Pests
• Palm leaf skeletonizer
• Palmetto weevil
Austin Outdoor | Growing Tips
WashingtoniaWashingtonia robusta
Growing Tips
• Full sun
• High drought tolerance
• Moderately tolerant to salt
• Widely adaptable to soils
Pests
• Scales
• Palmetto weevils
• Bud rot (when over-watered)
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