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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice Lily Spice-lily | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Brazos Beardtongue Gulf Penstemon Gulf Beardtongue Gulf Coast Penstemon Gulf Coast Beardtongue Sharp-sepal Penstemon Sharp-sepal Beardtongue | |
Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage Penstemon Sage | |
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