Perennial mix invites pollinators!
I am in combination, Texas Betony, native Texas lantana, heartleaf skullcap
You can’t top Fall lAster for color in the fall!
Fall Aster
Blue curls
Chili Pequin: native ancestor of all chili peppers!
Texas Gold Columbine
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Texas Gold Columbine
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Giant Coneflower
Prairie Coneflower
Blackfoot Daisy: can be used as a perennial or groundcover
Blackfoot Daisy
Damianita
Datura (“moon flower”)
Datura (“moon flower”) seed pod
Datura (“ moon flower”)
Desert Mallow (orange)
Fall Obedient Plant
Flame Acanthus
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Flame Acanthus
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Frostweed with Gulf Frittillary
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Frostweed with Variegated Frittillary
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Butterfly Laura
Golden Groundsel, great for pollinators and an early bloomer, can be used as a groundcover as well
Golden Groundsel with juniper hairstreak
Texas Star Hibiscus
Mexican Honeysuckle, not native but good for hummingbirds.
Indigo Spires
Indigo Spires Salvia
Don’t use any other lantana than this one, the others lack nectar and don’t make seeds for birds, This is also the most hardy here.
Mexican Mint Marigold, blooms in fall
Mexican Mint Marigold, use fragrant leaves as tarragon
Butterfly milkweed, hard to find but much better than the tropical milkweed that can spread disease to monarch butterflies
Antelope Horns milkweed, difficult to grow but our only true native milkweed here. This is a young seed pod
Missouri Violet
Fragrant Mistflower, one of our best fall pollinator plants, tolerates shade
Painted Lady on Mistflower
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Variegated Frittillary on Mistflower
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Queen butterfly on Gregg’s Mistflower , one of the very best pollinator plants we have!
Butterflies swarming Mistflower
Gregg’s Mistflower
Pigeonberry, also a great groundcover
Prairie Verbena, a local semi-annual, great for pollinators
Prairie Verbena with pipevine swallowtail
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Prairie verbena with Sphinx Moth
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River Fern
Rock Pentstemon
Autumn Sage, comes in several colors
Red Autumn Sage detail with butterfly
Cedar Sage
Flowers start pink and turn white over time
Mealy Blue Sage
Mealy Blue Sage
Mealy Blue Sage detail with Skipper
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Mealy Blue Sage, super for pollinators
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Tropical Salvia-great for shade and deer resistant!
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Tropical Salvia detail-great for shade and deer resistant!
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Purple Skullcap
Spiderwort
Spiderwort detail, comes in pink or purple
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Spiderwort cluster
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Standing Cypress
Standing Cypress detail
Standing Cypress is a great Hummingbird plant
Maximilian sunflower
Maximilian sunflowers detail
Turks Cap, one of the best plants for hummingbirds and pollinators
Turks Cap, one of the best plants for hummingbirds and pollinators
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Turks Cap detail
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Turks Cap, one of the best plants for hummingbirds and pollinators
Turks Cap with Gulf Fritillary
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Turks Cap with sulfur butterfly
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Zexmenia, great for xeriscaping
Zexmenia
