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Drought Tolerant Plants

Knowing a plants unique properties is important
especially when a dry spell starts to take its effect in the garden.

Malloy's Nursery in Monticello, FL
has a variety of plants that resist the effects of long periods of dry weather.

Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata

Crossvine	Blooming Crossvine

Crossvine, Bignonia capreolata, is the first vine to receive the coveted Georgia Gold Medal Award. A native flowering vine found growing on trees in moist, woodland soils from Maryland to Florida and west to Louisiana, Crossvine is a tough, evergreen vine that produces a reliable spring display of red tubular flowers with yellow highlights.
Crossvine is heat and dought-tolerant and deer resistant. Butterflies and hummingbirds also enjoy the nectar-rich blossoms. There are several cultivars in the trade, including 'Jekyll' with orange flowers and 'Tangerine Beauty' with ruby-tangerine flowers.
Crossvine gets its name from the cross-like appearance of the pith within its stem.

Plant Characteristics:
Crossvine is a vigorous climber, reaching 30 to 50 feet. Thread-like tendrils along the stem wrap around nearby objects and help the plant climb up a structure. Small, root-like disks along the tendrils help them attach to concrete, brick and other porous structures. Leaves are lustrous, dark green, 2 to 6 inches long and 1⁄2 to 2 inches wide, turning reddish-purple in winter.
Flowers are tubular, 11⁄2 to 2 inches long and up to 11⁄2 inches wide, brownish-red with a yellow-orange throat. They are borne in clusters of 2 to 5 flowers on short stalks in April. Flowering continues for three to four weeks with a few additional flowers opening sporadically throughout the season. They have a pleasant, mocha-like fragrance.

Cultural Requirements:
Crossvine prefers moist, acidic, well-drained soils and full sun to partial shade. Prune as necessary after flowering to control growth. A complete garden fertilizer such as 16-4-8 applied in late winter or after spring pruning is sufficient for maintaining health and cuttings are easy to root.

 

‘Pink Velour’ Crape Myrtle

 

 

 

The ‘Pink Velour’ Crape Myrtle's blooms are magnificent.
It continues showy color with its spend blooms looking like red rubies in the full sun.

 

Crape Myrtle

Our Choice for a great all around ornamental that is drought resistant.

Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica is one of the most useful flowering shrubs/trees grown. It provides abundant summer color with a minimum of maintenance. Because of these features, crape myrtle should be used more often in the home landscape and as street trees in community developments. The Crape Myrtle is ideally suited for community plantings since it is long-lived, withstands droughts after becoming established, and is relatively free of disease and insect difficulties. Colors range from red and pink to lavender and white. It is usually best to use only one color in each cluster. Crape myrtle can be used effectively with other summer flowering shrubs, such as althea, if you exercise care in harmonizing colors.
Another excellent selling and planting feature of the Crape Myrtle is that it is Heat Loving. It is one of the only perennials that thrives and blooms during mid-summer heat waves. And remember there is not a single city in the U.S. that does not get HOT in the summer.

More Varieties of Crape Myrtle @ Malloy's

Lagerstroemia “Indica”
‘Dynamite’ Crape Myrtle, Brilliant Red
‘Miami’ Crape Myrtle, Pink
‘Muskoogee’ Crape Myrtle, Lavender
‘Catawaba’ Crape Myrtle, Dark Purple
‘Natchez’ Crape Myrtle, White
‘Pink Velour’ Crape Myrtle, Brilliant Pink
‘Tonto’ Crape Myrtle, Red
‘Tuscarora’ Crape Myrtle, Coral Pink

 

 

* The information that is presented in this newsletter is the most cureent available and is accurate to the best of our knowledge.

 

 

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What's Blooming @ Malloy's Nursery

in Fall

SHRUBS

small antique creme Elaeagnus, Silverthorn - Drought Tolerant

Camellia sasanqua
red Bonanza

pink Cleopatra

white Snow on Mountain

rose Shi Shi Gashira

red with yellow stamen Yuletide

Roses
pink with yellow centers Nearly Wild

red Knock Out®

Pink Knock Out®

Blushing Knock Out®

yellow Carefree Sunshine

white Ice Meitland

 

TREES

mauve Loquat - Drought Tolerant

Malloy's Nursery New Plants June 2005

SHRUBS
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Callistemon rigidus, Red Bottlebrush - #3, #7 - Drought Tolerant

Cupressus arizonica, ‘Carolina Sapphire’ - #3, #7

Forestiera Segregata, Florida Privet - #3

Loropetalum chinense
xxxxx ‘Plum’ - #3
xxxxx ‘Ruby' - #3, #7
xxxxx ‘Suzanne’ - #3
xxxxx ‘Zhuzhou Standard’ - #3, #7,#15, #25
xxxxx 'Zhuzhou Bush Form’ - #3, #7

Nandina domestica, Heavenly Bamboo - Drought Tolerant
xxxxx ‘Compacta’, #3

Rosa Hybrid, ‘Carefree Delight’ ® Pink Rose - #3

Rosmarinus prostata,Spreading Rosemary - #3

Rhododendron Azalea,‘Vivid Red’ Glen Dale - #3

Yucca Filamentosa,
xxxxx ‘Adams Needle’, Bear Grass - #3 - Drought Tolerant
Yucca Smalliana,
xxxxx ‘Bright Edge’, Varigated - #3 - Drought Tolerant


PALM, CYCADS, FERNS
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Butia capitata, Pindo Palm - #7,#15, #25 - Drought Tolerant

GROUND COVERS
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Ficus Repans
xxxxx Creeping Fig , Staked - #1
xxxxx Creeping Fig , Unstaked - #1

GRASSES
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Dianella Caerulea, ‘Becca’ - #1, #3 - Drought Tolerant

Paspalum Quadrafolia, Crown Grass - #1, #3 - Drought Tolerant

Spartina Bakeri, Sand Cord Grass - #1, #3 - Drought Tolerant

Sisyrinchium Augutifolium, Blue-eyed Grass, #1 - Drought Tolerant

Tripsacum dactyloides, Fakahatchee Grass - #1, #3 - Drought Tolerant

Pennisetum, - Drought Tolerant
xxxxx ‘Hameln’ Dwarf Fountain Grass - #3
xxxxx ‘Rubrum’ Red Fountain Grass - #3

FLOWERING HERBACEOUS PLANTS
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Lantana camara, Purple Trailing, Lantana - #1

TREES
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Betula nigra
xxxxx ‘Dura Heat’, River Birch triple trunk - #3, #7,#15, #25
xxxxx ‘Dura Heat’, River Birch double trunk - #3, #7,#15, #25
xxxxx ‘Dura Heat’, River Birch single trunk - #3, #7,#15, #25

Native Plants at Malloy's Nursery - June 2005

SHRUBS
Botanical / Common Name
Agarista populifolia, Florida Leucothoe

Callicarpa Americana, Beauty Berry - Drought Tolerant

Forestiera Segregata, Florida Privet

Hydrangea guercifolia , Oak Leaf Hydrangea

Ilex cassine, Dahoon Holly
Ilex opaca “American”, American Holly
Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly - Drought Tolerant

Illicium floridanum, Native Red Anise
Illicium parviflorum, Ocala Anise

Itea virginica, Sweetspire

Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar - Drought Tolerant

Lyonia lucida, Fetterbush
Lyonia ferruginea, Rusty Lyonia

Myrica cerifera, Wax Myrtle

Osmanthus americanus, Devilwood, Wild Olive

Rhododendron Native Azaleas
Rhododendron canescens, Admiral Semmes
Rhododendron austrinum, Don's Varigated
Rhododendron flammeum, Flammeum
Rhododendron austrinum, Hotspur Yellow
Rhododendron, Taylor Maid
Rhododendron viscosum (selection)
Rhododendron, Varnadoe's Phlox Pink

Vaccinium darrowii, Darrows Blueberry
Vaccinium mysinites, Shiny Blueberry

Viburnum obovatum, Reiflers densa
Viburnum obovatum “Walters”
Viburnum obovatum “Whorled Class”

Yucca Filamentosa,"Adams Needle", Bear Grass

GROUND COVERS
Botanical / Common Name & sizes
Conradina canescens, Scrub Mint

Hypericum reductum, St. John’s Wort

PALMS
Botanical / Common Name
Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Needle Palm - Drought Tolerant

Serenoa repens, Green Saw Palmetto - Drought Tolerant
Serenoa repens, Silver Saw Palmetto - Drought Tolerant

Zamia pumila, Coontie Palm

TREES
Botanical / Common Name
Acer rubrum “Florida Flame”, Red Maple

Betula nigra “Dura Heat”, River Birch
Cercis Canadensis, Redbud - Drought Tolerant

Cornus florida, Dogwood- Drought Tolerant

Magnolia virginiana, Sweet Bay

Pinus palustris, Long Leaf Pine - Drought Tolerant
Pinus taeda, Loblolly Pine - Drought Tolerant

Quercus geminata, Sand Live Oak - Drought Tolerant
Quercus phellos, Willow Oak
Quercus shumardii, Shumard Red Oak
Quercus virginiana, Live Oak - Drought Tolerant

Taxodium distichum, Bald Cypress