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As watering limitations increase, these plants become more and more attractive!
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Agave lophantha
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Blue agave
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Whale’s Tongue Agave
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Lace Cactus
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Lace cactus flower
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Native Texas prickly pear, best adapted for both drought and freeze!
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Texas prickly pear flower, attractive to many of our local pollinators
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Texas Prickly Pear in bloom.
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Old Mexico Prickly Pear
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Santa Rita Prickly Pear
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Texas Sotol in bloom
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Big Bend Yucca
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Twistleaf Yucca is deer proof, low water, shade tolerant and freeze tolerant!
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Twistleaf Yucca is good in pots
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  • Martin Byhower home
    • My landscape service fees
    • About Me
    • Contact me
    • Other Services
  • Plant Photo Gallery
    • Large / Shade trees
    • Ornamental / small to medium trees
    • Perennial Flowering shrubs
    • Flowering Perennials
    • Evergreen shrubs
    • Vines
    • Cactuses, yuccas & agaves
    • Ornamental, Xeriscape and Turf Grasses
    • Groundcovers
    • Annuals/wildflowers
  • Examples of my work
  • Plant information & lists
    • Why Native Plants?
    • Deer resistant plants
    • Freeze resilient plant List
    • Shade Tolerant Plants
    • Creating a pollinator garden from Wizzie Brown >
      • Mountain Laurels and Genista moth caterpillars
  • Wildlife Friendly Pest Control
    • Beneficial Insects from Wizzie Brown
    • Gallery of Beneficial Bugs
    • Mosquito control newsflash!
  • Dealing with Deer
  • Birding Guide Service & Bird Gallery
    • Checklist birds of the region
    • Checklist Birds of Sun City
    • Recent referrals/recommendations
    • Birds of Central Texas Gallery
    • Backyard & Neighborhood Birds of Central Texas
    • My favorite Williamson County Birding locations
    • sparrow ID
  • Gardening tips
    • The case for leaving leaves
    • Planting a Butterfly Garden
    • Where have all the birds and butterflies gone?
    • Garden Tips for Wildlife
    • Is your lawn making your pet sick?
    • Garden alternatives to non-native plants
    • Gardening for bats
    • One Option in Bare shady areas?
    • Green Waste and Mulch
  • Bird Garden & Feeding Tips
    • Bird Friendly Native Plants
    • Attracting Birds to Your Garden
    • Bird Feeding Tips
  • Sun City Activity Center Plants
  • My movie
  • Fun Photo Galleries
    • Photographer of the month candidates gallery
    • New England Trip
    • Some of my favorites gallery
    • Flight and Fancy
    • Gallery from the Great Freeze
    • After the freeze Gallery
    • Hints of Spring Gallery
    • Birds of Spring in Central Texas
    • Late spring central Texas life Gallery
    • Summer 2021
    • A sampling of my subjects
  • Presentations
    • Composting presentation
    • Leaf and groundcover presentation
    • Earth and pocketbook-friendly gardening
  • My Blog
  • Reviews