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Cedar Sage

Cedar Sage (Salvia roemeriana) is a beautiful native Texas perennial that brings brilliant red flowers to shady gardens from spring through early summer, with occasional reblooming after rains. One of the best hummingbird plants for Central Texas, it also attracts butterflies and native bees while thriving beneath trees and in limestone soils where many flowering plants struggle. Its lush green foliage forms an attractive mound, making it an excellent choice for woodland gardens, shaded borders, and naturalized landscapes. Once established, Cedar Sage is easy to grow, deer resistant, and a dependable source of color and wildlife value.

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Brazos (Gulf Coast) Penstemon

Brazos Penstemon (Penstemon tenuis) is an elegant Texas native perennial prized for its tall spikes of soft lavender to pale purple, tubular flowers that bloom in spring. A favorite of hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies, it adds height and graceful movement to sunny or lightly shaded gardens while thriving in the clay and limestone soils common across Central Texas. Once established, Brazos Penstemon is both drought tolerant and easy to grow, making it an excellent choice for native plant gardens, pollinator habitats, and naturalized landscapes. Its delicate blooms and upright form pair beautifully with grasses, salvias, and other native wildflowers.

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Texas Prickly Pear

Texas Prickly Pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Texas Prickly Pear is an iconic native cactus that adds bold texture, year-round interest, and outstanding drought tolerance to Central Texas landscapes. Its broad blue-green pads are topped in spring with large, cheerful yellow flowers that often develop orange centers as they mature, followed by colorful reddish-purple fruits that provide food for birds and other wildlife. Thriving in full sun and well-drained soils, Texas Prickly Pear is an excellent choice for rock gardens, xeriscapes, wildlife gardens, and natural landscapes where its striking form creates a dramatic focal point.

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Coral Honeysuckle

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is one of the finest native vines for Central Texas, producing clusters of brilliant red tubular flowers from spring through fall that are irresistible to hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators. This vigorous but well-behaved vine thrives in full sun to part shade, tolerates drought once established, and is perfect for covering fences, arbors, pergolas, and trellises while adding beauty and wildlife value to the landscape.

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Texas Redbud

Texas Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) is one of the most spectacular native small trees for Central Texas landscapes, covering its bare branches with brilliant rosy-pink blossoms in early spring before the leaves emerge. Its attractive, glossy, heart-shaped leaves provide beauty throughout the growing season, while the flowers offer an important early nectar source for bees and other pollinators. Adapted to the limestone soils of the Hill Country, Texas Redbud thrives in full sun to part shade and is moderately drought tolerant once established. Its manageable size, outstanding spring display, and year-round ornamental appeal make it an excellent specimen tree for residential landscapes, wildlife gardens, and native plantings.

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Anacacho Orchid

Anacacho Orchid Tree (Bauhinia lunarioides) is one of the most beautiful small native trees in Texas. In spring it produces a spectacular display of fragrant white, orchid-like flowers that often cover the tree before the leaves emerge, creating a striking focal point in the landscape. The distinctive two-lobed leaves add ornamental interest throughout the growing season.

Native to the limestone canyons of Southwest Texas, the Anacacho Orchid Tree thrives in well-drained soils and full sun to light shade. Once established, it is highly drought tolerant and well suited to water-wise landscapes. Its flowers attract bees and other pollinators, while its small size makes it ideal for courtyards, patios, and residential gardens.