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Formal Homeowner Inspiration Garden
Gardens designed with native plants don’t need to look wild. Design style relies on layout, hardscape and methods of maintenance as well as plant selection. This formal design is based on symmetry, clean lines, plant architecture and geometric shapes. Download designPrinter Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth maple Big-toothed maple Canyon maple | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains fleabane Prairie fleabane | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Liatris mucronata | Cusp gayfeather Gayfeather Blazing star Narrow-leaf gayfeather Texas gayfeather Cusp blazing star | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem needlegrass Ponytail grass Texas tussock | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Missouri evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit evening-primrose Missouri Primrose | |
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