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Exquisite, rare plants for the exceptional Southern garden. WE MAKE HEADS TURN!

We also offer garden coaching, garden designs, front porch beautification, pocket prairies & butterfly gardens for pollinators, rare houseplants + planting & delivery service.

10/19/2026

Big Betty is about to pop! There must be close to 1k buds on her. It will be her best bloom yet and we absolutely cannot wait.

Let’s see some pics of yours!

Confederate Rose (Hibiscus mutabilis, Flora Plena variety)

09/30/2026

Our “Confederate Rose” hardy hibiscus we call Big Betty and her sister Big Bertha behind her are full of tiny buds. Blooms will be here soon! Now is the time to give yours a good drink with a bloom boosting fertilizer.
Be on the lookout for buds that form only on the tips of the branches.

Y’all remember Big Betty last year, pictured below? She’s even bigger this year. This is her max size here in north Texas. She’s next to an 8’ fence.

South-facing, full sun. 14’ x 14’

(We have her staked for high winds in the upcoming storm.)

Prepare to be wowed in about ten days!

For those wanting to purchase these, we have a few potted 3 gallon trees available and more coming.

08/18/2026

One of our favorite little loves for container gardening in our zone.

🌴 MADAGASCAR PALM 🌴

STARTER POTS • $18 EACH

Looking for something different? Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei) is an exotic succulent with a thick, spiny trunk and a crown of glossy green leaves. Mature plants can become spectacular statement plants and may produce fragrant white flowers. 🤍🌿

☀️ LIGHT: Full sun to very bright light. The more sun, the better.

💧 WATER: Water thoroughly, then allow the soil to dry well before watering again. Do not keep wet or soggy.

🪴 SOIL: Use a fast-draining cactus/succulent mix in a pot with drainage holes.

🌡️ ZONES 7–9: Madagascar Palm is not reliably winter-hardy outdoors in these zones. Grow it in a container and enjoy it outdoors during warm weather, then bring it inside before temperatures drop below about 45F. Keep it bright and considerably drier during winter.

🌴 SIZE: Slow-growing at first, but with time it can develop into an impressive, tall specimen.

🤍 FLOWERS: Mature, well-grown plants can produce clusters of beautiful white blooms.

⚠️ GOOD TO KNOW: The trunk has sharp spines, and the milky sap can irritate skin. Keep away from children and pets.

Start small and grow your own tropical showpiece!

08/16/2026

As a reminder, your color-changing hardy hibiscus “Confederate Rose” trees do not bloom until early Fall. Here is our mother tree, “Big Betty” today against an 8 foot fence. Some yellowing and shedding of lower leaves is normal. This variety is officially known as Hibiscus mutabilis— or “changing hibiscus” due to the blooms that open pale pink and darken to crimson.

Check underneath the leaves weekly for mites, aphids, and whiteflies.

In September you can switch to a bloom-boosting fertilizer with a higher middle number (phosphorous).

October is the sweet spot in the Dallas area for these beauties to show off. They’ll flower heavily until the first hard freeze then die back to the ground until February-March. Mulch them well for winter to help them overwinter. Cut them back to 4” in February. They will rebound as a multi-branching tree that grows in a V shape.

**We do have a few potted Confederate Roses available, now 6 feet tall. You can still plant them now. 1 gallon pot $45. Delivery is offered. We do not ship at this time. Pickup is in 76051.

This heirloom, pass-along variety of hardy hibiscus has been around in the USA since pre-Civil War. No longer mass-produced in nurseries.

08/06/2026

Pretty accurate. 😂

08/05/2026

We are back online! Deliveries are resuming throughout the state of Texas and southern Oklahoma. We have hardy hibiscus “Confederate Rose” and a few variegated hardy hibiscus remaining. Let us know where you are and how many you need!

07/28/2026

Heads up, Texas friends! We are planning another trip around the state on Tuesday, 8/5 with plant pitstops along the way. We might be coming to a town near you. Need plants? Get on our pitstop list and we will meet you at a public place as we pass through your area. Let us know where you are and what you need. Our route might be through Austin and San Antonio; it might be College Station area, Abilene and the Panhandle, or MCallen!

*rare Confederate Roses hardy hibiscus, 3 gallon, 5 feet tall, $45 (these bloom in fall)

*rare variegated hardy hibiscus “Summer Carnival,” 3 gallon, $45 (HUGE BLOOMS)

*Dragons Breath celosia, $25

*Seashore Mallow perennial (stunning, pollinators love this one, saltwater tolerant, good for erosion management on slopes and waterways), $35

1 young rooted loquat, evergreen fruit tree. $25

2 x 15 gallon evergreen sasanqua camellias “Plantation Pink” $100 each (4 feet tall)

1- 20 gallon “Snow on the Mountain” sasanqua camellia, evergreen. $100 (5+ feet tall)

3- drift roses (white or peach) $30 each

1- mature red Shrimp Plant. Potted 5 gallon. $60

****See photo captions for info

07/25/2026

MOTHER LODE!

Just located two very rare native Texas hibiscus in the wild. Hibiscus striatus lambertianus (purple) and Neches River Rose Mallow (white). I found a native stand and nearly choked when I saw the bonus mallow under it.

A few ant bites and rubber boots later, I have them.

We are bringing them home for YOU!

07/23/2026

Update on our plant pit stops tomorrow through central and southeast Texas:
Our plan is to load up at 8:30 am in Grapevine and start heading south along I-35 towards Waco, Temple, Salado (we see you!) Pflugerville, then head over towards Lockhart, Giddings, Gonzales, LaGrange, Yoakum, ending in Victoria.

We need everyone meeting up with us to text us if you haven’t already.

We have some confederate roses (hardy hibiscus) still available. Message us if you want in.

We can’t wait to meet all our new fancy friends! 🌸 If you can’t make it happen this time, we will see you next trip down.

07/22/2026

We are traveling south tomorrow to Victoria, Texas. (Right in the heart of where the storm is expected, we are aware). If you are near the cities listed below and would like a rare Confederate Rose Hardy hibiscus, let us know fast so we can arrange a plant pitstop.

These grow 12’ a year, die back in winter in zone 7-8, and return in spring. In zones 9-10, they may not die back all the way or at all.

They bloom in fall, opening as a shade of pale pink and turning crimson.

These are not mass-produced since the 1980’s, and are now considered to be a pass-along heirloom plant.

3 gallon pot, 5-6’ tall. $45. Cash and Zelle.

Our route takes us generally near the following cities:

Waco
Georgetown
Austin/Pflugerville
Creedmoor
Lockhart
Lulimg
Gonzales
Cuero
Victoria
Schulenberg
Lagrange
Giddings
Rockdale
Rosebud
West
Alvarado

Address

Online Sales & Order Pick-up Only
Grapevine, TX
76051

Telephone

+18179172727

Website

http://southernfancyplants.com/

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