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Tuesday - April 17, 2007
From: Austin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Wildflowers
Title: Native wildflowers tolerant of lower water and lots of sun
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I live in Austin Texas and have a small bed in the front of the house which faces the east with no shade. I am not much of a yard person so would like to plant some Native plants that don't need a lots of water or care. Do you have any suggestions?ANSWER:
Here are several native Texans that should do well with lots of sunshine and little water:Lantana urticoides (Texas lantana)
Coreopsis lanceolata (lanceleaf tickseed)
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida (Dakota mock vervain)
Ruellia nudiflora (violet wild petunia)
Melampodium leucanthum (plains blackfoot)
Muhlenbergia reverchonii (seep muhly)
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