
Texas Native Plants
Native of the Week
Common Name: Clasping Coneflower
Botanical name: Dracopis amplexicaulis
A smooth-stemmed, annual coneflower, loved for its solitary yellow bloom heads and dark cone-shaped centers. Its common name is due to its clasping bases from leaf to stem. Reseeds well year after year! Blooms can be enjoyed from April to July.
Fun fact: The Cherokee used the juice of the root for an earache. Also, tea made from leaves was used as a tonic and diuretic.
Ht: 2-4ft


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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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.

