Founders Garden Bed
Founders Garden Bed
This garden bed is the first one as you enter the Demonstration Garden, and boasts a large granite sign memorializing those who helped to create the current Demonstration Garden in 2006.
Favorite Plants in this bed:
Pincushion Flower - Scabiosa
The plentiful 1″ purple flowers are a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies.
Katie's Dwarf Ruellia - Ruellia simplex ‘Katie’
Katie’s Dwarf Ruellia (or sometimes called Dwarf Mexican Petunia) is a drought tolerant, short-mounded plant with purple flowers. It makes an excellent border plant.
New to gardening in Texas? Texas A&M AgriLife has a great guide!
Conflower in Purple, White and Red in the Butterfly Garden Bed
Pincushion Flower with a Common Buckeye butterfly
Katie’s Dwarf Ruellia in purple