COLLEGE STATION – The ground cover plant, Little Ruby alternanthera has been named the newest Texas Superstar plant.
“A lot of old-timers will probably recognize this group of plants as ‘Joseph’s Coat,’” said David Rodriguez, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for horticulture in Bexar County and member of the Texas Superstar selection board. “But this selection is about a third the normal size of the older selections of Joseph’s Coat, so it’s a much smaller, compact, thicker, fuller type of a seasonal ground cover.”
Little Ruby is typically planted in late winter or spring, but it can also be planted throughout the summer and fall and be expected to give good results, Rodriguez said. This long planting season, among other traits, is one reason it was selected as a Texas Superstar.
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