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Explore the variety of native and adapted plants for your corner of Texas — whether you’re looking for color, shade, a home for wildlife or just never want to mow again.

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Agarita leaves.
Agarita

A signature Texas native: deer-proof and drought proof.

Alamo Vine

A wild morning-glory for native fencelines.

Aleppo Pine
A mid-sized pine with a moderate growth rate.
Almond Verbena
The sweet vanilla fragrance is a butterfly magnet.
American Beautyberry
A star in the fall, with clusters of brilliant purple berries.
Anacacho orchid tree leaves and flowers.
Anacacho Orchid Tree
A tough ornamental tree or shrub, native to Southwest Texas and Mexico.
Anaqua
The Sandpaper Tree: a South Texas specialty.
Red annual phlox
Annual Phlox
An early wildflower that adds color to spring landscapes and roadsides.
Annual Winecups
Purple chalices brighten spring roadsides in South Texas.
Antelope Horn Milkweed
The go-to native milkweed for attracting monarch butterflies.
Arizona Ash

A big and fast-growing suburban shade tree, but not famously long-lived.

Arizona Cypress
A West Texas evergreen, and a fast-growing anchor for the watersaver landscape.
Arroyo Sweetwood
Fast-growing and fragrant.
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
Aromatic, feathery foliage adds a touch of silver to the shade garden.
Artichoke Agave
A petite, architectural agave.
Asiatic Jasmine
Evergreen, adaptable, and a classic alternative for grass in shade.
Asparagus fern leaves and flowers.
Asparagus Fern
A faux fern, bright green and drought-tolerant.
Aucuba
Ideal for deep soil and shade, if you have enough moisture.
Australian Senna
A fine-textured evergreen senna.
Autumn Sage
A workhorse in the watersaver garden.
Aztec Grass
An eye-catching lily turf that lights up the shade.
Baby Blue Eyes
An easy-to-grow early spring wildflower, native to shade.
Bald cypress with seeds.
Bald Cypress
The classic swamp cypress: plant it near water.
Ballmoss leaves.
Ball Moss
Ball moss lives in tree branches and feasts on morning dew: not a parasite, but an epiphyte.
Bamboo Muhly
One of the most drought-tolerant big bunchgrasses, with playful, billowy foliage. Despite the name, no relation to bamboo.
Barbados Cherry berries
Barbados Cherry
A semi-evergreen native shrub; mockingbirds love the berries.
Barreta

A small Rio Grande evergreen with an upright habit.

Basil
The King of Herbs is a warm-season annual.
Basket grass leaves.
Basket Grass
An evergreen wiregrass well-adapted to Hill Country ledges.
Bay Laurel
An evergreen shrub with a classic xeric pedigree and loads of flavor.
Beaked yucca leaves.
Beaked Yucca
A branching form of the classic Big Bend yucca.
Bearded Iris
A old-fashioned garden favorite for the perennial border.
Devil's beargrass leaves.
Beargrass
A native blue wiregrass for Texas Hill Country limestone.
Belinda's Dream Rose
A fast-growing shrub rose with an alluring fragrance.
Bermuda Grass
A common drought-tolerant turf grass suited for full sun.
Betony
A native of New Mexico: soft, fuzzy leaves and bright red blooms.