IT’S YOUR NATURE
Martin Byhower home & plant Business info
About Me
My landscape service fees
Reviews
Contact me
Other Services
Yardscape Plant choices in Sun City Texas
Examples of my work
Photo Gallery of the plants I use
Ornamental / small to medium trees
Large / Shade trees
Flowering Perennials
Evergreen shrubs
Perennial Flowering shrubs
Vines
Cactuses, yuccas & agaves
Groundcovers
Ornamental, Xeriscape and Turf Grasses
Annuals/wildflowers
Plant information & lists
Why Native Plants pt 1?
Advantages of native plants
Invasive plant substitutions
Native tree list
Shade Tolerant Plants
Freeze resilient plant List
Wildlife Friendly Pest Control
Mountain Laurels and Genista moth caterpillars
Beneficial Insects from Wizzie Brown
Gallery of Beneficial Bugs
Mosquito control newsflash!
Dealing with Deer
Deer resistant plants
Birding Guide Service & Bird Gallery
Birds of Central Texas Gallery
Reviews
Checklist Birds of Sun City
Checklist birds of the region
Backyard & Neighborhood Birds of Central Texas
Recent referrals/recommendations
My favorite Williamson County Birding locations
Bird Photos & ID Galleries
Birds of Central Texas
Backyard & Neighborhood Birds of Central Texas
>
sparrow ID
Pollinator Gardening
Creating a pollinator garden from Wizzie Brown
Planting a Butterfly Garden
List of best host and nectar plants
Where have all the birds and butterflies gone?
Bird Garden & Feeding Tips
Bird Friendly Native Plants
Bird Feeding Tips
Attracting Birds to Your Garden
Gardening tips
Getting rid of turf!
The case for leaving leaves
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
Sun City Activity Center Plants
Fun Photo Galleries
NWF Contest considerations
Photographer of the month candidates gallery
Earth week in Sun City spring 2023
Mammals of Central Texas
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
Invasive Texas plants and alternatives
SunRays Garden Articles
Boston, Maine, NY trip 2024
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
Texas Gold Columbine
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
Flame Acanthus
Frostweed with Gulf Frittillary
Frostweed with Variegated Frittillary
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
Variegated Frittillary on Mistflower
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
Prairie verbena with Sphinx Moth
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
Mealy Blue Sage, super for pollinators
Tropical Salvia-great for shade and deer resistant!
Tropical Salvia detail-great for shade and deer resistant!
Purple Skullcap
Spiderwort
Spiderwort detail, comes in pink or purple
Spiderwort cluster
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
Turks Cap detail
Turks Cap, one of the best plants for hummingbirds and pollinators
Turks Cap with Gulf Fritillary
Turks Cap with sulfur butterfly
Zexmenia, great for xeriscaping
Zexmenia
Martin Byhower home & plant Business info
About Me
My landscape service fees
Reviews
Contact me
Other Services
Yardscape Plant choices in Sun City Texas
Examples of my work
Photo Gallery of the plants I use
Ornamental / small to medium trees
Large / Shade trees
Flowering Perennials
Evergreen shrubs
Perennial Flowering shrubs
Vines
Cactuses, yuccas & agaves
Groundcovers
Ornamental, Xeriscape and Turf Grasses
Annuals/wildflowers
Plant information & lists
Why Native Plants pt 1?
Advantages of native plants
Invasive plant substitutions
Native tree list
Shade Tolerant Plants
Freeze resilient plant List
Wildlife Friendly Pest Control
Mountain Laurels and Genista moth caterpillars
Beneficial Insects from Wizzie Brown
Gallery of Beneficial Bugs
Mosquito control newsflash!
Dealing with Deer
Deer resistant plants
Birding Guide Service & Bird Gallery
Birds of Central Texas Gallery
Reviews
Checklist Birds of Sun City
Checklist birds of the region
Backyard & Neighborhood Birds of Central Texas
Recent referrals/recommendations
My favorite Williamson County Birding locations
Bird Photos & ID Galleries
Birds of Central Texas
Backyard & Neighborhood Birds of Central Texas
>
sparrow ID
Pollinator Gardening
Creating a pollinator garden from Wizzie Brown
Planting a Butterfly Garden
List of best host and nectar plants
Where have all the birds and butterflies gone?
Bird Garden & Feeding Tips
Bird Friendly Native Plants
Bird Feeding Tips
Attracting Birds to Your Garden
Gardening tips
Getting rid of turf!
The case for leaving leaves
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
Sun City Activity Center Plants
Fun Photo Galleries
NWF Contest considerations
Photographer of the month candidates gallery
Earth week in Sun City spring 2023
Mammals of Central Texas
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
Invasive Texas plants and alternatives
SunRays Garden Articles
Boston, Maine, NY trip 2024