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Gardenia jasminoides DWARD GARDENIA<br />

Hedera helix ENGLISH IVY<br />

Ilex cornuta DWARF HOLLY<br />

Ilex crenata JAPANESE HOLLY<br />

Ipomoea pes-caprae GOAT’S FOOT MORNING GLORY<br />

Jasminum mesnyi PRIMROSE JASMINE<br />

Lantana camara WEST INDIAN LANTANA<br />

Lantana montevidensis WEEPING LANTANA<br />

Lantana urticoides<br />

Leucothoe populifolia POPLAR-LEAVED HEATHER<br />

Ligustrum japonicum WAX-LEAVED PRIVET<br />

Liriope gigantea AZTEC GRASS<br />

Liriope muscari LILYTURF<br />

Lonicera japonica JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE<br />

Mahonia trifoliolata AGARITA<br />

Malvaviscus arboreus TURK’S CAP<br />

Monstera deliciosa BREADFRUIT VINE<br />

Nandina domestica NANDINA<br />

Nerium oleander DWARD OLEANDER<br />

Ophiopogon japonicus MONDO GRASS<br />

Parthenocissus tricuspidata BOSTON IVY<br />

Peltophorum pterocarpum YELLOW POINCIANA<br />

Pennisetum setaceum PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS<br />

Photinia x fraseri FRASER’S PHOTINIA<br />

Pinus mugo SWISS MOUNTAIN PINE<br />

Pitt osporum tobira PITTOSPORUM<br />

Podocarpus macrophyllus JAPANESE YEW<br />

Punica grantum POMEGRANATE<br />

Pyracantha coccinea SCARLET FIRE THORN<br />

Pyracantha koidzumii JAPANESE FIRE THORN<br />

Rhaphiolepis indica INDIAN HAWTHORN<br />

Rhus typhina STAGHORN SUMAC<br />

Rosa bracteata MACARTNEY ROSE<br />

Rosa laevigata CHEROKEE ROSE<br />

Rosmarina offi cinalis ROSEMARY<br />

Ruellia britt oniana KATIE RUELLIA<br />

Spiraea x bumalda RED SPIRAEA<br />

Ternstroemia gymnanthera CLYCERA<br />

Trachelospermum asiaticum ASIATIC JASMINE<br />

Trachelospermum jasminoides CONFEDERATE JASMINE<br />

Viburnum obovatum WALTER’S VIBURNUM<br />

Vinca major VINCA<br />

Wedelia texana HAIRY WEDELIA<br />

Xylosma congestum BRUSH HOLLY<br />

Yucca fi lamentosa ADAM’S NEEDLE PALM<br />

Yucca treculeana SPANISH DAGGER<br />

The turf grasses, Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) and Bahia (Paspalum<br />

notatum) do not require anywhere near so much water as St. Augustine<br />

Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), and are more able to sustain a traditional<br />

weft than Zoysia (Zoysia japonica). For a litt le fuller, less mowed look in<br />

semi-shade, Sheep’s Fescue (Festuca ovina) is available. In areas with full<br />

sun and dry soil, Buff alo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides) can be nursed into a<br />

fi ne full weft that requires no irrigation; it is native to <strong>Texas</strong>, and possibly<br />

grew in the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Jacinto</strong> area at one time.<br />

The southern tip of <strong>Texas</strong>, near the mouth of the Rio Grande could be<br />

construed as subtropical insofar as plant hardiness. <strong>San</strong> <strong>Jacinto</strong> is<br />

unambiguously situated in the northern districts of Zone 9, which can<br />

be characterized as humid-south temperate. If, however, there is an<br />

interest to create a tropical sett ing with trees, but litt le interest in winter<br />

greenhouse storage and heavy watering, there are a few trees that can give<br />

the impression of the topics, at least in the minds of those who have never<br />

been there. Perhaps the more evocative of such trees hardy in the <strong>San</strong><br />

<strong>Jacinto</strong> province are characterized by the palms and fl owering trees with<br />

broad, evergreen leaves or fern-like leaves with showy fl owers. With lots<br />

of room for argument, a “top 10” list might include the following: Pindo<br />

Palm (Butia capitata), Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri), Southern Magnolia<br />

(Magnolia grandifl ora), Avacado Tree (Persea americana), Mexican Palm<br />

(Sabal mexicana), <strong>Texas</strong> Palm (Sabal texana), African Tuliptree (Spathodia<br />

campanulata), Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffi ana), and Tamarind<br />

(Tamarindus indica).<br />

SAN JACINTO TEXAS HISTORIC DISTRICT CORRIDOR STANDARDS │ 163

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