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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.
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.
Asparagus fern leaves and flowers.
Asparagus Fern
A faux fern, bright green and drought-tolerant.
Australian Senna
A fine-textured evergreen senna.
Autumn Sage
A workhorse in the watersaver garden.
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.
Barbados Cherry berries
Barbados Cherry
A semi-evergreen native shrub; mockingbirds love the berries.
Barreta

A small Rio Grande evergreen with an upright habit.

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.
Bicolor Iris
Strappy evergreen foliage with blooms in spring.
Big Bend Yucca
An elegant West Texas yucca, widely used in landscaping.
Big bluestem leaves.
Big Bluestem
An ornamental grass that hearkens back to the tallgrass prairie.
Big Red Sage
A very rare native finding new life in hummingbird gardens.
Bigtooth Maple
The "Lost Maple" is a relic from cooler times in Texas.
Bird Wing Passionflower
A native passionflower with swallow-tailed leaves.
Black Dalea
A tough shrub with so many butterflies it can be hard to see the flowers.