Native Plants
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Wednesday - September 18, 2013
From: Emory, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Plant Lists
Title: Native Plants for Emory Texas
Answered by: Brigid & Larry Larson
QUESTION:
I live in Emory Texas want to plant native plants in my yard. I am new to Texas and need help.ANSWER:
Welcome to Texas – Y’all should come down to the Wildflower Center, just south of Austin, and we’ll show you a good time! More seriously, the Wildflower Center has resources both onsite and online that can help you develop a lovely native yard.
For on-line resources, useful to select plants for your yard, you can pull up a list of Recommended Native Plants from the link with that name. Appropriate for Rains County would be either the North Central Texas Recommended Species List -or the Post Oak & Savannah Ecoregion List.
On each of these lists – you can select from the General Appearance of the plant [Trees, Shrubs, Vines, etc.], their Light Requirement, Soil Moisture, Height and several other attributes to help you find a few useful natives that will help you build a plan for the yard.
While you’re at it – The website also has a good selection of “How To” articles [My eyes fell on the Gardening Timeline, that might be of aid in coping with Texas Weather] and Step-by-step guides.
And – of course – feel free to ask Mr Smarty Plants your more detailed questions once they emerge!
[Heres a selection of native Wildflowers and plants you should be able to see in your neighborhood!]
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