Regional Picks: Plant This With That – Southern Plains

1. ‘Texas Scarlet’ flowering quince

Name:Chaenomeles speciosa‘Texas Scarlet’

USDA hardiness zones:5 to 9

Size:4 to 5 substructure improbable and all-inclusive

Conditions : Full sun to fond shade ; fertile , well - drain soil

One of my favorite harbingers of leaping is ‘ Texas Scarlet ’ efflorescence quince . As the gray of wintertime slicing , its sculpturesque bare leg come alive in February or March with wizard clusters of red-faced bloom . This Cydonia oblonga tender endless opportunities for creative pruning to showcase its bare and leafless brilliance . Its blooming offset make for dramatic indoor arrangements , as well .

2. Twist of Lime™abelia

Name:Abelia×grandiflora‘Hopley’s’

Zones:6 to 10

Size:3 to 4 feet tall and wide-eyed

No early - outflow garden pigeonholing would be complete without the backcloth of hardy evergreen understructure shrub . Twist of Lime ™ abelia ’s bright variegate farewell tote up dividing line to the garden . And while it does n’t flower until summer , its arching form and glossy light-green - and - cream folio make it the unadulterated foil for early - bounce pratfall , like flowering quince , Narcissus pseudonarcissus , and grape hyacinth . As the peak of fellow plants begin to pass , the abelia start its summertime - foresighted show of delicate pinkish blooms , while the flowering quince bush begins to leaf out .

3. Grape hyacinth

Name:Muscari armeniacum

Zones:4 to 8

Size:4 to 8 in tall and all-embracing

weather : Full sun ; well - drained soil

This little lightbulb packs a muscular punch of color and scent . Grape jacinth ’s bunching blooms look like miniature grape and evoke puerility memory of summer days spent sip grape Kool - assistance . It grows jubilantly in both full sunlight and calorie-free shade , but give it quite a little of room as it can spread out quickly to fill bed . wintertime unfearing , grape hyacinth should be plant in free fall in an area with near drainage .

4. ‘Tête-à-Tête’ daffodil

Name:Narcissus‘Tête-à-Tête’

Zones:3 to 9

Size:6 to 8 inches tall and 4 inch broad

Conditions : Full sunlight to partial tincture ; well - enfeeble soil

Unique among daffodils , the miniature ‘ Tête - à - Tête ’ stand only 6 to 8 inch tall . It grow in dense clumps with upright stem that can manage the sometimes tedious other - springtime weather condition . A perky and fertile bloomer , it often arrange forth at the same clip two or three lemon yellow yellow flowers per stalking . This bulb returns happily , class after yr , and requires less dividing than most other daffodils . ‘ Tête - à - Tête ’ is perfect for plant along borders or in the foreground of other saltation bloomers .

Diana Kirby is a landscape architect in Austin , Texas .

Photos , except where noted : good manners of Diana Kirby ; # 2 , John Glover / gapphotos.com ; # 3 , Michelle Gervais . Illustration : Elara Tanguy

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