Special Collections
Naturalistic Home Inspiration Garden
The roughly 80 species used in this garden are almost entirely native to Travis County, Texas, and are arranged into sections based on plant communities (woodland, prairie, rocky hillside and aquatic). Diverse plants provide necessary food, shelter and water that attract wildlife and create an ever-changing garden for year-round interest.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
| Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb Straggler Daisy Hierba Del Caballo Lawnflower | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea Gregg's Prairie Clover Trailing Indigo Bush Indigo Bush | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
| Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf Skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm Fall Elm Basket Elm Scrub Elm Lime Elm Texas Elm Southern Rock Elm Olmo | |
| Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida | Zexmenia Orange Zexmenia Hairy Wedelia Wedelia Texas Creeping-oxeye | |
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