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 Name | Botanical Name | Characteristics | Earth Kind rating | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Plumbago | Plumbago auriculata | Evergreen with blue flowers in summer | 10 |  |
| Blue Salvia Mystic Spires | Salvia farinacea | Dormint in winter, blue spike flower | 9 | |
| Carefree Beauty | Rosa hybrida 'Carefree Beauty' | Pink flower | 10 |  |
| Cast Iron plant | Aspidistra elatior | Evergreen shade loving ground cover | 8 |  |
| Chinese Fringe Tree | Chionanthus retusus | White flowers in spring, Deciduous in winter | 9 |  |
| Ducher | Rosa hybrida 'Ducher' | White flower | 10 |  |
| Dwarf Coreopsis Nana | Coreopsis auriculata Nana | Low growing, yellow flower in spring | 9 | |
| Dwarf Pittosporum | Pittosporum Tobira Nana | Evergreen schrub | 10 |  |
| Fox Tail fern | Asparagus denisflorus Myers | Evergreen with long spiked fronds | not rated | |
| Japanese Holly fern | Cyrtomium falcatum | Large clumping evergreen no flowers | 8 |  |
| Jasmine Primrose | Jasminum mesnyi | Yellow fall and winter flowers | 10 |  |
| La Marne Rose | Rosa hybrida 'LaMarne' | Pale pink small cluster flowers | 10 | |
| Lantana, New Gold | Lantana spp. | Yellow flowers spring, summer, fall | 9 |  |
| Lily Turfs | Liriope muscari | Evergreen low growing, purple spike flower | 10 | |
| Nandina Heavenly Bamboo | Nanadina Domestica | Red berries in fall | 10 |  |
| Ruby Crystals Grass | Melinis nerviglumis | Small grass with plumes | not rated |  |
| The Fairy Rose | Rosa hybrida 'The Fairy' | Dwarf species, pink flower | 10 |  |
| Uptick Coreopsis | Coreopsis | Yellow flower spring and summer | 9 |  |
| Viburnum Spring Bouquet | Viburnum tinus | White spring flowers | 10 |  |
| Yellow Bells Esperanza | Tecoma Stans | Dormant in winter, yellow flower | 10 |  |