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It’s no secret that we love Texas native plants at Buchanan’s. In fact, they’ve been our passion since 1986.

Texas Natives are much more than a beautiful addition to your landscape. They are an investment in our local ecosystem, especially when the habitat is heavily damaged. Native plants also help keep soil in healthy balance by reducing erosion and aiding in drainage. Offering benefits like these, native plant ecosystem benefits are far greater than expected.

On top of their ecosystem benefits, Texas native plants are often brightly colored, with red, orange, yellow, and purple flowers. These plants are excellent choices for the garden because their foliage is among the top choices for ornamental beauty in our region.

Native of the Week

Common Name: Autumn Sneezeweed

Botanical Name: Helenium autumnale

A cheery Texas native, that produces numerous yellow, daisy-like flower heads with fan-shaped petals, perfect for pollinator-friendly, cut-flower gardens, and rain gardens; special value to many native long-tongued and short-tongued bees. Enjoy an abundance of blooms from June through October.

Autumn Sneezeweed is a host plant for the larvae of the painted lady and dainty sulphur butterflies, as well the larvae of the rigid sunflower borer moth.

Other names: Common Sneezeweed and Fall Sneezeweed

Native Milkweed

Make Your Garden a Monarch Pitstop!

Go native with your milkweed this season! Snag varieties including Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Zizotes Milkweed (Asclepias oentheroides), Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata), Showy Milkweed, and Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa).

Planting native milkweed promotes migration since, unlike Tropical Milkweed, it dies back in late fall/winter. They are also of special value to native pollinators. While grabbing your native milkweed starts, be sure to also grab some native milkweed seeds to get started!

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Native Herbs

Texas Natives Can be Herbs Too!

Pollinators and wildlife are not the only ones who can enjoy Texas natives! Did you know that there are some Texas native plants that you can incorporate into your dishes and drinks? A few of our favorites include Lemon Bee Balm, Narrowleaf Mountain Mint, Mexican Oregano, and more!

See more perennials here.

Native Fruit

Incorporate Texas Natives into Your Food Forest!

Wanting to shake up your food forest? Consider incorporating some of these fruiting Texas native plants like Prickly Pear, Barbados Cherry, Flameleaf Sumac, and so much more!

Going Native

Incorporate Texas Natives into Your Landscape!

Native plants. The term has different meanings for different gardeners. There are Texas natives, US natives and those plants that act like natives. All in all, what most of us want in our garden are low maintenance plants that are attractive and functional. Plants that are not invasive and are a benefit to wildlife.

When you plant a garden, it is not just for you – it is a habitat for all living things around you. So, with that in mind, here is our top 10 native plants for Houston that do just that. Many are heat and drought tolerant – cheerfully returning year after year in your garden.

Check out our ‘Tree & Shrub Planting Guide’ here.

Colorful Natives

Who Said a Native Garden Can’t Be Colorful?

Incorporate Texas natives into your garden and enjoy low maintenance blooms year after year.

Colorful native blooms you can enjoy now include Turk’s Cap, Gregg’s Mistflower, Fall Obedient, Esperanza, Fall Asters and more. Not only will you get to enjoy them but so will local wildlife and native pollinators.

See more Texas native plants here.

Learn ‘How to Create a Pollinator Garden’ here.