Creekside Nursery

Firecracker Red
Latin Name: Russelia equisetiformis
Pot Size: 1 Gallon
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flower Type: Tubular Clusters
Flower Description: Red, Pale Yellow
Hardiness Zone#: 9 to 12
Bloom Period: Spring to Fall
Mature Size: 24-36 inches
Description:This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater. Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season. Soil pH requirements: 6.1-7.8.

Scarlet Purslane
Latin Name: Purslane 'Rio Scarlet'
Height: 4-6 inches
Width: 10-12 inches
Pot Size: 4" Pots/18 Flat
Annual or Perennial: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Flower Type: Single
Flower Description: Red, Yellow
Hardiness Zone#: 8 to 12
Bloom Period: Late Spring to Fall
Description:Rio series (Yellow and Scarlett). Purslane boast bright, tropical looking flowers on succulent, water retaining foliage. Portulaca is ideal for beds, containers, and hanging baskets with its trailing habit. Purslane is heat and drought tolerant.

Flame of the Woods
Latin Name: Ixora coccinea 'Maui'
Pot Size: 1 Gallon
Evergreen or Deciduous?: Evergreen
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Type: Clusters
Flower Description: Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow
Hardiness Zone#: 9a to 10b
Bloom Period: Late summer to Early Fall
Mature Size: 36-48 inches
Description:
Plant does not set seed; flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed. Average water needs; water regularly; do not overwater. Soil pH requirements: 5.6-6.0. Maui is a dwarf evergreen shrub.

Mexican Firebush
Latin Name: Hamelia patens
Pot Size: 1 Gallon
Evergreen or Deciduous?: Evergreen
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Type: Cluster
Flower Description: Red-Orange
Hardiness Zone#: 8a to 11
Bloom Period: Late Spring to Early Winter
Mature Size: 8-10 feet
Description:
Foliage is evergreen. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. Average water needs; water regularly; do not overwater. Soil pH requirements: 6.1-7.8

Lily Toad
Latin Name: Tricyrtis hirta
Pot Size: 1 Gallon
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade
Flower Type: Clusters
Flower Description: Creamy white, purple spots
Hardiness Zone#: 5a to 9b
Bloom Period: Fall
Description:
Toad lilies should be planted where they are easily seen. The plants are especially valuable for the shade garden and are among the few that bloom so late in the garden year. Toad lilies need a moist, fertile soil with a high humus content and partial shade, or the open shade found beneath trees. In higher elevations of Zone 5b where fall frosts arrive early, the plants must be protected.

Yellow Buttercups
Latin Name: Turnera ulmifolia
Caliper: 24-36 inches
Height: 24-36 inches
Evergreen or Deciduous?: Evergreen
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Description: Bright Yellow
Hardiness Zone#: 9a to 11
Bloom Period: Blooms repeatedly
Habitat: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping.
Description:
Foliage is evergreen. Soil pH requirements: 6.1-7.8. Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested.

Angel Mist
Latin Name: Angelonia angustifolia 'Angel Mist Lavender Improved'
Height: 12-18 inches
Width: 12-15 inches
Annual or Perennial: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Description: Purple, White/Near White
Hardiness Zone#: 9a to 11
Bloom Period: Mid Summer to Early Fall
Description:
Plant does not set seed; flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed. Average water needs; water regularly; do not overwater. Suitable for growing in container. Soil pH requirements: 5.6-6.5.

Agave ‘Calamar’
Latin Name: Agave bracteosa‘Calamar’
Pot Size: 4” Pots/18 Flat
Evergreen or Deciduous?: Evergreen
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Hardiness Zone#: 7b to 10
Mature Size: 6-8”H x 2’S
Description:
This selection of the "squid" agave native to the cliffs of northeastern Mexico has spine-less medium-green leaves that arch upright before re-curving at the leaf tip. This plant is slower to offset, making it a more suitable landscape plant.

Weber Agave
Latin Name: Agave weberi
Height: 4-5 feet
Width: 6-8 feet
Pot Size: 1 Gallon, 5 Gallon
Evergreen or Deciduous?: Evergreen
Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
Flower Description: Yellow
Hardiness Zone#: 9 to 10
Bloom Period: Infrequent
Mature Size: 4 to 5 feet
Description:
Medium sized rosette of fleshy, spine-tipped gray-green leaves with finely toothed margin to 4 to 5 feet tall by 6-10 feet wide. Bright yellow flowers on 20’ branched stalks at maturity. Smaller growing plant with gray leaves that have only tiny marginal spines.