A: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 20 ...

so they’re not plants you’d want to use in total shade. I’ve used a good many leatherleaf mahonias in total shade, both for their rich yellow mid-winter flower spikes and for the large ...

It’s not demanding, coping well in pollution and shade, so is ideal in an urban garden in a sheltered, shady courtyard, ...