White Angelonia (Angelonia angustifolia)

Angelonia angustifolia

The White Angelonia is very suited to the Texas climate it is one of the easiest plants to grow. There's no need to purchase the larger container because after about 4 to 6 weeks it has more than doubled in size and for the remainder of the season, it continues to multiply. Angelonia's come in a variety of colors. I've seen them in red, white, purple, and pink. They are also known as Summer Snapdragons. They like well-draining acidic soil. Angelonias are considered a perenial. 

The ones below in the pot were a purple color. I started with a small $3 container and by the end of the season, the Angelonia was too large for the pot.

 

Shasta Daisy

I purchased these at my local garden center, It was either Lowes or Home Depot. They were in the little small containers. Daisies always start fine here but then they seem to fade from bugs and heat, but they are pretty while they last.

The picture below is a variety called Crazy Daisy.

 

African daisies (Giant) (Osteospermum group)

This seed pack had flowers that produced in several shades of yellow, orange, and apricot. No white flowers sprouted. They open in daylight and close at night. The seed pack said they are annuals but they have come back every year for the last 3 years and I saw some varieties that show them as perennials, either way, they are really pretty.

 I'm not sure if they will come back this year because we had extended cold weather. I bought more seeds just in case. They grew straight up to about 6+ feet and also grew long enough to use on a trellis. African Daisy can also be cut and used in flower arrangements or dried.

If you can't find them in the nurseries you can grow them from seed. They are pretty easy to grow. Just sprinkle them on top of some garden soil, cover very lightly, and voila in one to two weeks you should have seedling. Make sure when they reach about 2 to 3 inches tall thin them to about 18 inches apart. 

The two plants below were growing in the same section of my garden and at first, I thought they were sunflowers but my package said, African Daisy. They are still a part of the Sunflower family.

I used a focus mode on the camera to blur the background for this sideways close-up.