Our Texas Natives

This page started as just a list of our native plants. Now it's evolving more into an INVENTORY of EVERYTHING! ___________ "Texas Wildscape"  RECOMMENDED NATIVES From an online listing of native species provided by the Texas Wildscapes program, here's what we have in our own Wildscape:

Aquilegia canadensis Red columbine Aquilegia longissima  Longspur columbine Bignonia capreolata Crossvine Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama Callicarpa americana American beautyberry Calylophus berlandieri Sundrops Campsis radicans  Trumpet creeper Capsicum annuum  Chile pequin Castilleja indivisa  Texas paintbrush Celtis laevigata var. reticulata Hackberry Cercis canadensis var. texensis  Texas redbud Chromolaena odorata Fragrant boneset Cocculus carolinus Carolina snailseed Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf coreopsis Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Eupatorium serotinum White boneset Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel, Indian blanket Glandularia bipinnatifida  Prairie verbena Helianthus maximiliani Maximilian sunflower Hesperaloe parviflora Red yucca Lantana urticoides Texas lantana Lonicera sempervirens Coral honeysuckle Lupinus texensis Texas bluebonnet Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii  Turk's cap Melampodium leucanthum Blackfoot daisy Oenothera speciosa Pink evening primrose Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower Pavonia lasiopetala Rock rose Penstemon cobaea Wild foxglove Quercus fusiformis  Texas live oak Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan Salvia coccinea Scarlet sage Salvia farinacea Mealy blue sage, mealycup Salvia greggii  Autumn sage, cherry sage Salvia regla  Mountain sage, royal sage Salvia roemeriana Cedar sage Tecoma stans  Yellowbells, esperanza Tetraneuris scaposa var. scaposa  Four-nerve daisy Thelesperma filifolium Stiff greenthread Yucca rupicola Twistleaf yucca ________ Native as in NATIVE  (nature planted them, not us) Acalypha phleoides Shrubby copperleaf Anemone caroliniana Carolina anemone Asclepias asperula Antelope horns Boerhavia purpurascens Purple spiderling Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama Bouteloua dactyloides Buffalograss Calyptocarpus vialis Horseherb  Castilleja indivisa Indian paintbrush Centaurea americana American basket flower Cercis canadensis var. canadensis  Redbud Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge pea Cirsium texanum Texas thistle Cissus trifoliata Sorrelvine Cocculus carolinus Carolina snailseed (vine) Convolvulus equitans Texas bindweed Cooperia drummondii Evening rain lily Cooperia pedunculata Hill Country rain lily Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis Croton monanthogynus Prairie tea Dichondra carolinensis Carolina ponysfoot Diodia teres Poorjoe (maybe) Engelmannia peristenia Engelmann daisy Erodium texanum Texas stork's-bill Euphorbia cyathophora Wild poinsettia Euphorbia maculata Prostrate spurge Euphorbia marginata Snow on the mountain Evax verna Rabbit tobacco Evolvulus sericeus Silver dwarf morning-glory Foresteriera pubescens Stretchberry, elbow bush Galium aparine Catchweed bedstraw (sticky nuisance!) Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel Geranium carolinianum Wild geranium Glandularia bipinnatifida Prairie verbena Hedeoma acinoides Slender false pennyroyal Helianthus annuus Common sunflower Heliotropium tenellum White heliotrope Houstonia pusilla Small bluet Indiogera miniata Scarlet pea Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba Purple bindweed (vine) Juniperus ashei  Ashe juniper Lantana sp. Lepidium montanum Western peppergrass  Lindheimera texana Texas yellowstar Mahonia trifoliolata Agarita Matelea biflora Purple milkweed vine Mimosa microphylla Sensitive briar Nassella leucotricha Texas speargrass Nothoscordum bivalve False garlic, crow poison Oenothera triloba Stemless evening primrose Oxalis drummondii Drummond's woodsorrel Oxalis stricta Common yellow oxalis Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper (vine) Passiflora lutea Yellow passionvine Phyla nodiflora Texas frogfruit (I transplanted some from street) Physalis viscosa Starhair groundcheery Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus Texas dandelion Quercus fusiformis  Texas live oak Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat Ruellia nudiflora Violet ruellia, wild petunia Scutellaria wrightii Wright's skullcap Sida filicaulis Spreading sida Sisyrinchium angustifolium Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass Smilax bona-nox Saw greenbriar (vine) Solanum rostratum Buffalo bur Sophora secundiflora  Mountain laurel Thelesperma filifolium Greenthread Tetraneuris linearifolia var. linearifolia Fineleaf four-nerved daisy Tragia ramosa Branched noseburn Verbena halei Texas vervain Violet ruellia Wild petunia Yucca rupicola Twistleaf yucca ________ Texas natives that we DID plant Anisacanthus quadrifidus var.wrightii  Flame acanthus Buddleja marrubiifolia Woolly butterfly bush Dalea frutescens Black dalea  Hamelia patens Firebush Mahonia trifoliolata Agarita 'Porcelein Blue' Muhlenbergia capillaris Gulf muhly Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm  (deceased) Penstemon baccharifolius Rock penstemon Penstemon triflours Hill Country penstemon Physostegia virginiana Fall obedient plant Rivina humilis Pigeonberry Salvia lyrata Lyreleaf sage Scutellaria ovata Heartleaf skullcap Stachys coccinea Texas betony Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry Tradescantia  Spiderwort 'Purple'  Wedelia texana Zexmenia, wedelia

NON-NATIVES NOT WANTED:

Centaurea melitensis Malta star-thistle INVASIVE!
Torillis arvensis Hedgeparsley