We tend a Texas Wildscape here at our Blanco home. Year around, we love to share our native plant gardens, where a huge diversity of flora and fauna thrive. Just check out my iNaturalist account (@sherylsr), and you’ll see! Currently (as of May 5, 2023), I’m up to 1,278 species documented primarily around our property! That includes 207 vascular plant species, mostly native but also a few pests that we’ve tried to eradicate.
One of my personal goals has expanded to include rescuing, preserving and promoting the native species that already grew on our property and in our neighborhood. That includes transplanting into our back yard, throwing collected seeds and/or germinating seeds. A couple of years ago, I was fortunate to collect seeds from a flowering plant that has since been cleared away to make way for new homes two streets away. I hope to germinate and grow them here. Right now, I’m going on “seed safaris” to collect from plants that grow along street easements. Last year, I was lucky to find seeds from an Illinois bundleflower that grew in a ditch.
All that to say that I decided it’d be helpful and interesting for me to compile two plant lists for our property, which demonstrates how beautiful and wonderful our true natives are. In the case of Blanco County native species, many of those natives, such as our trees, were purchased at plant sales or native plant nurseries.
I plan to keep adding to these lists.
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| Lazy daisies along Greenlawn Parkway |
Key:
E – Existing
P – Purchased
S – Seeds
T – Transplanted
EXISTING NATIVES ON OUR PROPERTY / IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Agarita E
Blue-eyed grass E, T
Frogfruit E, T
Gray golden-aster E, T
Old man’s beard E, P
Pearl milkweed vine E, T
Purple milkweed vine E, T
Scarlet pea E, T
Wright’s skullcap E, T
Zizotes E, T
BLANCO COUNTY NATIVES
Edwards Plateau crestrib morning-glory T, S
Eve’s necklace P (gift)
Wedelia T
Winecup P, S
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