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Earth-Kind® Circle Garden

The Earth-Kind® Circle garden demonstrates how using Earth-Kind® landscaping principles and practices can create beautiful, easy-care landscapes, while conserving and protecting natural resources and the environment. Earth-Kind® principles are developed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

For more information about Earth-Kind® landscaping principles and plants, visit Texas A&M’s page on Earth-Kind® landscaping.

Common NameBotanical NameCharacteristicsEarth Kind ratingPicture
Blue PlumbagoPlumbago auriculataEvergreen with blue flowers in summer10
Blue Salvia Mystic SpiresSalvia farinaceaDormint in winter, blue spike flower9
Carefree BeautyRosa hybrida 'Carefree Beauty'Pink flower10
Cast Iron plantAspidistra elatiorEvergreen shade loving ground cover8
Chinese Fringe TreeChionanthus retususWhite flowers in spring, Deciduous in winter9
DucherRosa hybrida 'Ducher'White flower10
Dwarf Coreopsis NanaCoreopsis auriculata NanaLow growing, yellow flower in spring9
Dwarf Pittosporum Pittosporum Tobira NanaEvergreen schrub 10
Fox Tail fernAsparagus denisflorus MyersEvergreen with long spiked frondsnot rated
Japanese Holly fernCyrtomium falcatumLarge clumping evergreen no flowers8
Jasmine PrimroseJasminum mesnyiYellow fall and winter flowers10
La Marne RoseRosa hybrida 'LaMarne'Pale pink small cluster flowers10
Lantana, New GoldLantana spp.Yellow flowers spring, summer, fall9
Lily TurfsLiriope muscariEvergreen low growing, purple spike flower10
Nandina Heavenly BambooNanadina DomesticaRed berries in fall10
Ruby Crystals GrassMelinis nerviglumisSmall grass with plumesnot rated
The Fairy RoseRosa hybrida 'The Fairy' Dwarf species, pink flower10
Uptick CoreopsisCoreopsisYellow flower spring and summer9
Viburnum Spring BouquetViburnum tinusWhite spring flowers10
Yellow Bells EsperanzaTecoma StansDormant in winter, yellow flower10

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