Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly is a native evergreen shrub that thrives here in Texas. It has beautiful red drupe berries during the fall and winter months, making this a very festive holiday plant! Pride of Houston is strictly a female cultivar, so you will get berries every year! Pride of Houston is drought tolerant, wind tolerant and heat tolerant!
Australian Violet is an evergreen spreading ground cover that will get to 6 inches tall at maturity. It has beautiful white flowers that have a unique lilac blotch. Australian Violet prefers light shade and is perfect for containers as a spill over or for landscaping rock gardens. Australian Violet held up well over the Texas summer, with our 100+ temperatures!
Euphorbia is a small annual that works as a low maintenance groundcover in the landscape. It has unique blooms that are made up of small flowers that are surrounded by colorful bracts. Euphorbia has cultural practices that are very similar to that of a cacti or a succulent. It requires little care, water and food. It also does not require much space, making this plant ideal for the landscape and for the home!
The 'Color Guard' Yucca is a broadleaf evergreen that is cold hardy from zones 4-10. It has full sun requirements and is a low maintenance plant. It is native to South Carolina all the way down to Florida and is a year round interest plant. It has a variegated foliage color that creates a unique accent in the landscape. Creekside Nursery has the 'Color Guard' Yucca available in a 5 gal size. Be sure to get yours today!
This holiday season, Creekside has a beautiful plant to help bring you some cheer, the poinsettia! Known as the Christmas plant, the poinsettia is native to Mexico and Central America. It was first introduced to the United States back in the early 1800s by Joel Robert Poinsett, who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico. The common name we are all familiar with is named after him.