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Native Plants for Container Gardens in Central Texas

Native Plants for Container Gardens in Central Texas by Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. These plants are all native to the Central Texas region and are especially useful in container gardens. If you live outside of Central Texas, these may or may not be native to your area.

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Aquilegia canadensisEastern Red Columbine
Wild Red Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyanaHinckley's Golden Columbine
Yellow Columbine
Hinckley Columbine
Capote Columbine
Bacopa monnieriHerb-of-grace
Water Hyssop
Coastal Water-hyssop
Bouteloua curtipendulaSideoats Grama
Banderilla
Banderita
Navajita
Capsicum annuumChile Tepin
Chile Pequin
Chiltepin
Chile Petin
Bird Pepper
Turkey Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Callirhoe involucrataWinecup
Purple Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe pedataPalmleaf Poppymallow
Standing Winecup
Finger Poppymallow
Palmleaf Poppy Mallow
Carex planostachysCedar Sedge
Chasmanthium latifoliumInland Sea Oats
Indian Wood Oats
Wild Oats
River Oats
Flathead Oats
Upland Oats
Upland Sea Oats
Chrysactinia mexicanaDamianita
Conoclinium coelestinumBlue Mistflower
Wild Ageratum
Blue Boneset
Cooperia drummondiiEvening Rain Lily
Evening Star Rain Lily
Cooperia pedunculataHill Country Rain Lily
Prairie Lily
Rain Lily
Flor De Mayo
Dalea greggiiGregg Dalea
Gregg's Prairie Clover
Trailing Indigo Bush
Indigo Bush
Dyschoriste linearisSnake Herb
Polkadots
Narrowleaf Dyschoriste
Echinodorus cordifoliusCreeping Burhead
Lance-leaf Burhead
Radican Sword
Burhead
Creeping Water-plantain
Equisetum hyemaleScouring-rush Horsetail
Horsetail
Scouring Rush
Canuela
Geum canadenseWhite Avens
Giliastrum rigidulumBluebowls
Blue Gilia
Glandularia bipinnatifidaPrairie Verbena
Purple Prairie Verbena
Dakota Vervain
Dakota Mock Vervain
Moradilla
Alfombrilla
Heterotheca canescensHoary False Goldenaster
Gray Golden-aster
Hymenocallis liriosmeTexas Spiderlily
Spring Spiderlily
Spiderlily
Louisiana Spiderlily
Western Marsh Spiderlily
Hydrocotyle umbellataManyflower Marsh-pennywort
Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort
Marsh Pennywort
Water Pennywort
Money Plant
Iris virginicaVirginia Iris
Great Blue Flag
Southern Blue Flag
Justicia americanaAmerican Water-willow
Water-willow
Lindheimera texanaTexas Yellowstar
Texas Star
Texas Yellow-star
Lindheimer Daisy
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower
Ludwigia octovalvisMexican Primrose-willow
Narrow-leaf Water Primrose
Seedbox
Mexican Primrose Willow
Lupinus texensisTexas Bluebonnet
Bluebonnet
Texas Lupine
Buffalo Clover
Wolf Flower
Marshallia caespitosaBarbara's-buttons
Puffballs
White Barbara's-buttons
Barbara's Buttons
Manfreda maculosaFalse Aloe
Spice Lily
Spice-lily
Marsilea macropodaBigfoot Water-clover
Water-clover
Clover-fern
Largefoot Pepperwort
Marsilea vestitaHairy Water-clover
Hairy Waterclover
Hairy Water Clover
Clover Fern
Melampodium leucanthumBlackfoot Daisy
Rock Daisy
Plains Blackfoot
Arnica
Nemophila phacelioidesTexas Baby Blue Eyes
Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes
Baby Blue-eyes
Flannel Breeches
Nolina lindheimerianaDevil's Shoestring
Devil's-shoestring
Ribbon Grass
Nolina texanaTexas Sacahuista
Texas Beargrass
Basket Grass
Sacahuista
Bunchgrass
Texas Bear-grass
Oenothera macrocarpaBigfruit Evening-primrose
Missouri Evening-primrose
Fluttermill
Big-fruit Evening-primrose
Missouri Primrose
Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Packera obovataGolden Groundsel
Roundleaf Groundsel
Roundleaf Ragwort
Penstemon baccharifoliusRock Penstemon
Rock Beardtongue
Cut-leaf Penstemon
Cut-leaf Beardtongue
Baccharis-leaf Penstemon
Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue
Penstemon tenuisBrazos Penstemon
Brazos Beardtongue
Gulf Penstemon
Gulf Beardtongue
Gulf Coast Penstemon
Gulf Coast Beardtongue
Sharp-sepal Penstemon
Sharp-sepal Beardtongue
Phlox drummondiiAnnual Phlox
Drummond Phlox
Pride-of-Texas
Texas Pride
Phyla nodifloraTexas Frogfruit
Turkey Tangle Fogfruit
Frogfruit
Phlox pilosaDowny Phlox
Prairie Phlox
Fragrant Phlox
Pontederia cordataPickerelweed
Pickerel Rush
Rivina humilisPigeonberry
Rouge Plant
Baby-peppers
Bloodberry
Salvia coccineaScarlet Sage
Tropical Sage
Blood Sage
Red Sage
Indian Fire
Salvia greggiiAutumn Sage
Cherry Sage
Gregg Salvia
Salvia lyrataLyreleaf Sage
Cancer Weed
Salvia pentstemonoidesBig Red Sage
Penstemon Sage
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