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Arboretum All-Star Plant Database

Search the Arboretum All-Star plant database to find the All-Star plant perfect for your garden. On your desktop or laptop screen, select possible filters in the right-hand navigation area and hit apply or simply peruse through all 100 plants. On your phone, find the filter by scrolling down to where you see the "Plant Database Filter" button, click on it to see your filter options. Enjoy! 

 

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Otto Quast Spanish lavender

Otto Quast Spanish lavender

Scientific Name
Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’
Description

Showiest of all the lavenders; thrives in sunny dry conditions; attracts butterflies and beneficial insects.

cenizo ("Texas ranger")

cenizo ("Texas ranger")

Scientific Name
Leucophyllum frutescens
Description

Striking silvery foliage; very heat and drought tolerant; requires little pruning as a shrub but can be successful as a hedge if sheared; attracts beneficial insects.

Lynn’s legacy leucophyllum

Lynn’s legacy leucophyllum

Scientific Name
Leucophyllum langmaniae ‘Lynn’s Legacy’
Description

Showy, bright, lavender-violet flowers bloom through spring and summer; dense-growing, medium-sized shrub has fuzzy, light-green leaves all year; very adaptable plant that tolerates heat, wind, and alkaline soil.

winter honeysuckle

winter honeysuckle

Scientific Name
Lonicera standishii
Description

Distinctive fountain-shaped shrub; deliciously fragrant white flowers adorn the semi-leafless stems during winter and early spring; attracts hummingbirds in winter.

Chilean jasmine

Chilean jasmine

Scientific Name
Mandevilla laxa
Description

Attractive, twining vine; clusters of white, funnel-shaped flowers blossom in the summer with a delightful tropical fragrance; tolerant of both full sun and partial shade.