What are heat tolerant plants?

The stem is ribbed and produces prickly yellowish spines, and the top of the cactus has white-colored woolen hairs.

The Golden Barrel Cactus comes in two different sizes, one small and one large.

The prickly pear cactus typically grows with flat, rounded pads with two types of spines — the harder, fixed spines and the smaller, hair-like spines. The spines easily detach from the cactus pad when in contact with another surface, including a prying hand!  

Whale’s Tongue Agave is an evergreen, perennial succulent. This plant is drought-tolerant and does well in the cold. This succulent has gray powdery blue leaves but beware of the needle-sharp spines on the leaves.

This agave is drought tolerant and one of the best agaves for colder weather.

This blue-gray succulent adds an elegant and unique texture to gardens. Its leaves can grow to 3 feet long and six inches wide with spines along it.

It is a low maintenance, plant that is slow growing. 

Texas Sotol has light green skinny leaves that spread out in a rosette form. This slow-growing, plant is perfect for hot and dry gardens as it is tough, low-maintenance, and drought-tolerant.

Color Guard Yucca is a variegated evergreen shrub that is grown for its architectural quality, as its striped, sharp-tipped sword-shaped leaves stand out in any landscape.

Red Yucca is heat and drought-tolerant. This is a favorite of hummingbirds with its red, tubular flowers and the arching narrow green leaves. Flowering occurs during the summer into fall but in warm winter climates, flowering will occur nearly year-round. 

Texas Sage is a great way to add color and height to your landscaping. These plants grow slow, but as they get older they bloom more vivid.

Thompson Yucca is a slow-growing plant that resembles a Yucca rostrata but is somewhat smaller. It has symmetrical, columnar rosettes of stiff, thin leaves and its foliage is greenish-blue in color with fine teeth along the edges. 

Soft Leaf Yucca is a yucca that grows a little bit smaller than the thompson yucca by growing 6-8 feet tall. This evergreen perennial has bold sword-like foliage  makes a great landscape statement, without the sharp leaves. 

Flirt Nolina has deep red vibrant colors accentuate this Nandina's evergreen leaves. This plant produces beautiful color through the summer.

This plant requires little maintenace and from spring through late summer, its leaves will give your garden a bright yellow color. As the cooler temperatures approach, it turns a beautiful red color. This Nandina will add color all fall and winter long.

Blue rug juniper is a hardy evergreen plant with silvery-blue foliage that can have a purplish tone in the cold months. These plants stay 3-6 inches tall and 6-8 feet wide.

The Blue Sotol is a tough and durable Texas native that makes a statement in any landscape. These yuccas form a rosette of blue-green leaves that are only up to three feet long, but are lined with a multitude of very sharp spines.