I've got similar soil. I can tell you what's done well for me in the sun:

Salvia (aka mealy cup sage)
Artemisia
Rainlilies
Grape Hyacinth
Lantana
Alyssum
Cuphea
Passion Flower
Butter and Eggs Wildflower
Mexican Heather
Nandina
Redbud
Blackberries

thanks, my prelem research shows yarrow wll
like my conditions

also false indigo, black eyed susat, and jeresulum (sp)
artichoke

what i'd like to do is put something really tall
next to the fence to block out an unwanted view

so i'm wondering how i might find the artichoke

i wonder if i could find transplants?

tesa

if you don't mind planting it every year, lavendar does pretty well in raised beds, mine is in a pot under a really big pine tree and it is bloomin like crazy right now and really really growing too!!
rosemary is really good too, make sure the drainage on these two plants is really really good, just a little to much water and they're dead almost overnight (they're almost like desert plants)
i also like bulbine, butterfly plants and mixing say 50 percent compost will get you some nice roses!!
try going to martha's bloomers out of navasota for some good ideas or go on over to independence and see what's growing at the antique rose emporium (they sorta have the same soil and growing conditions

Blueberries low our east texas sandy/acid soils.

oh, i forgot aboaut bulbine! i like that plant too

i'd love to visit the rose emporium! i'll have to make
it a must this year, i'm a wee bit closer now that i'm
about 70 miles north of where i lived last year(well,
north east actually, but still closer)

tesa

Roses seem to love my sandy soil (really, just sand). I mix a lot of organic material from my compost pile in and they are growing great. My daughter put 3 of my year old cuttings in her yard (west side, full sun) and they are doing fabulous. Where is Plantersville? Azallia, gardenias, camillas all like east Texas better than here SE of San Antonio.

lavernialadybug, plantersville is north and west of houston, south and east of college station --
most likely their soil is pretty alkaline -- i've always loved azaleas, camillas, gardenias etc, but i've never been lucky enough to have good soil to grow them in

roses do ok here in cypress, with a bit of compost and they should do pretty well in plantersville to

i'd love to try a rose, i've never been very succesful
with them, killing a few here and there over the years

maby i'll try a climber on my fence

plantersville is where the texas renaissance festival is

in fact, our property is just about a mile away

last year, the property wasn't ready for such things,
but this year, we plan to host a big party, we'll go
into the festival on saturday, then meet back at the
property and have a party

tesa