Planting for wildlife has really guided many of my garden selections, and I choose natives over other plants whenever possible. And now look at how my garden has grown and changed!

Please note: This page is a work in progress. If you notice a plant in the wrong category or with the wrong scientific name, I welcome your comment! Strike-through text indicates plants that died and will possibly be replaced.

Perennials and Annuals

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)
Cedar Sage (Salvia roemeriana)
Chile Pequin (Capsicum annuum L.)
Chocolate Daisy (Berlandiera lyrata)
Copper Lily (Habranthus tubispathus)
Crag Lily (Echeandia flavescens)
Doctorbush/Snow Plumbago (Plumbago scandens)
Drummond's Ruellia (Ruellia drummondiana)
Engelmann's Daisy (Engelmannia peristenia)
Evening Rain Lily (Cooperia drummondii)
Fall Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
Four-Nerve Daisy (Tetraneuris scaposa var. scaposa)
Fragrant Mistflower (Chromolaena odorata)
Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
Frostweed (Verbesina virginica)
Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) -- Pink and White
Gayfeather (Liatris mucronata)
Giant Spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea)
Golden Groundsel (Packera obovata)
Gregg’s Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii)
Heartleaf Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata)
Horseherb/Straggler's Daisy (Calyptocarpus vialis)
Huisache Daisy (Amblyolepis setigera)
Indian Mallow (Abutilon fruticosum)
Lindheimer's Senna (Senna lindheimeriana)
Lyreleaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)
Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea)
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
Milkweed (Zizotes, Asclepias oenotheroides; trying to grow Antelope Horn and Green Milkweed as well)
Nettle (variety unknown)
Pigeonberry (Rivinia humilis)
Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
Plateau Goldeneye (Viguiera dentata)
Prairie Goldenrod (Soidago missouriensis)
Prairie Verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Purple Skullcap (Scutellaria wrightii)
Purple Winecup (Callirhoe involucrata)
Red Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis)
Scarlet Sage, red and white varieties (Salvia coccinia)
Square-bud Primrose (Calylophus berlandieri)
Silverleaf Sunflower (Helianthus argophyllus)
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye/Resinbush (Viguiera stenoloba)
Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
Talayote (Cynanchum racemosum)
Tall Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Ten-petal Anemone (Anemone berlandieri)
Texas Aster (Symphyotrichum drummondii)
Texas Betony (Stachys coccinea)
Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
Texas Yellowstar (Lindheimera texana)
Toothed Spurge (Euphorbia dentata)
Velcro Plant/Stickywilly (Galium aparine)
Wild Onion (variety unknown)
Wild Poinsettia/Fire on the Mountain (Euphorbia cyathophora)
Wood-sorrel (Oxalis drummondii)
Zexmenia (Wedelia texana)Heartleaf Skullcap
Salvia coccinea white

Shrubs

Agarita (Mahonia trifoliolata)
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii)
Berlandier's Fiddlewood (Citharexylum berlandieri)
Canyon Mock Orange (Philadelphus ernestii)
Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens)
Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea)
Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
Damianita (Chrysactinia mexicana)
Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor)
Esperanza, Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans; yellow and Sangria)
False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa)
Flame Acanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus var wrightii)
Fragrant Mimosa (Mimosa borealis)
Narrow-leaf Forestiera (Forestiera angustifolia)
Pavonia/Rock Rose (lasiopetala)
Pyramid Bush (Melochia tomentosa)
Shrubby Boneset/White Mistflower (Ageratina havanensis)
Silktassel (Garrya ovata)
Soapbush/Texas Lignum-Vitae (Guaiacum angustifolium)
Texas Barberry (Mahonia swaseyi)
Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides/horrida)
Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii)
Velvetleaf Mallow (Allowissadula holosericea)
White Honeysuckle (Lonicera albiflora)

Trees

American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus)
Anacacho Orchid (Bauhinia lunari)
Anacua (Ehretia anacua)
Ashe Juniper (Juniperus ashei)
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) (full and dwarf)
Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana)
Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia)
Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis)
Escarpment Black Cherry (Prunus serotina var. eximia)
Eve’s Necklace (Styphnolobium affine)
Evergreen Sumac (Rhus virens)
Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica)
Goldenball Leadtree (Leucaena retusa)
Lacey Oak (Quercus laceyi)
Live oak (Quercus virginiana)
Hackberry (Celtis laevigata)
Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa)
Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri)
Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
Mexican Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. mexicana)
Monterrey Oak (Quercus polymorpha)
Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)
Prairie Flameleaf Sumac (Rhus lanceolata)
Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Rusty Blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum)
Texas Ebony (Ebenopsis ebano)
Texas Kidneywood (Eysenhardtia texana)
Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora)
Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana)
Toothache tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)
Wafer ash/Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliolata)
Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Grasses and Sedges

Lindheimer's Muhly (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri)
Bull Muhly (Muhlenbergia emersleyi)
Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Basketgrass (Nolina texana)
Devil's Shoestring (Nolina lindheimeriana)
Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Buffalo Grass (Bouteloua dactyloides)
Mexican Feathergrass (Nassella tenuissima)
Southwestern bristlegrass (Setaria scheelei)
Cedar Sedge (Carex planostachys)
Meadow Sedge (Carex perdentata)

Vines

Cacti/Succulents

Button Cactus (Epithelantha micromeris)
Lace Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbacchii)
Miniature Barrel Cactus (Thelocactus setispinus)
Pitaya (Echinocereus enneacanthus)
Prickly Pear, Spineless variety (Opuntia ellisiana)
Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
Siler's tuberose (Manfreda sileri)
Texas Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria prolifera var. texana)
Twistleaf Yucca (Yucca rupicola)

Pond Natives (full list at right)

Common Rush (native) (Juncus effusus)
Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
Horsetail (native) ( (Equisetum hyemale)
Lizardtail (native) (Anemopsis californica)
Marsh Obedient Plant (Physostegia intermedia)
Pickerel Weed (native) (Pontederia cordata)
White Waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)
Yellow Waterlily (Nymphaea mexicana)

Sunflower (bird-planted)
Horsemint (native)
Poppies

Lemon Tree
Aloe Vera
Various Herbs
Ficus
Stonecrop and other succulents, variety
Chile Pequin (native)
Beavertail Pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris)

In raised beds, soil, and/or containers -- plants may vary per season. To date have grown or am growing: lettuce, spinach, carrots, strawberries, sugar snap peas, zucchini, bush beans, pole beans, kohlrabi, cantaloupe, pumpkin, sugar pumpkin, corn, lavender, basil, fennel, rosemary, sage, spearmint, peppermint, catnip, bell peppers, hot peppers, parsley, oregano, rue, dill, marjoram, thyme, bay laurel; tomatoes (Brandywine, Roma, Tomatillos); pineapple and tangerine sages; onions; cilantro; lemon grass; artichoke; broccoli; garlic

Citrus: Meyer's lemon

Pomegranate (Wonderful variety)

Scientific names of natives in list at left.

Horsetail Reed (native)
Lizardtail Reed (native)
Common Rush (native)
Pickerel Reed (native)
Marsh Obedient Plant (native)
Frogfruit (native)
Yellow Water Lily (native)
White Water Lily (native)
Texas Star Hibiscus
Anacharis
Hornwort