Year Round Color With Na2ves

Year Round Color With Na2ves Year Round Color With Na2ves Mexican redbud Cercis canadensis var. mexicana (Rose) M. Hopkins 5 12 Single or Mul2 trunked tree Pink/Purple flowers February through April Low to medium water Larval Host: Henrys Elfin buverfly Texas Mountain Laurel Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) Lag ex DC 10 15 Tall Tree Blue/Purple blooms Feb through March to Part Shade Water: Low Medium AVracts buverflies Na2ve to south & central TX 1/11/11 Anacacho Orchid Tree Bauhinia lunarioides Gray ex S. Wats. 6 12 Single or Mul2 trunked tree White/Pink flowers March Na2ve to western central Texas Possumhaw Ilex decidua Walt. 15 30 Tall Tree White blooms March Red/Orange fruits November February Medium water AVracts songbirds par2cularly Cedar Waxwings Mexican buckeye Ungnadia speciosa Endl. 8 12 deciduous tree Pink blooms March through June AVracts BuVerflies Larval Host for Henry s Elfin buverfly Deer Resistance is high 1

Texas redbud Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins 1 20 deciduous tree Pink/Purple blooms March through April Low to Medium Water AVracts BuVerflies Larval Host for Henry s Elfin buverfly American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana L. 3 5 Tall and Wide Shrub White or Pink blooms May through July Magenta purple fruit in the fall AVracts Birds & BuVerflies Not Deer Resistant Cenizo Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrigh9i (Torr.) Henrickson 3 5 Tall and Wide Shrub Red/Orange blooms June through BuVerflies Larval Host: Janis Patch & Texas Crescentspot buverflies Yellow bells Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth 3 6 Tall and Wide Shrub Yellow blooms April BuVerflies Larval Host: Plebeian sphinx Flame Acanthus Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrigh9i (Torr.) Henrickson 3 5 Tall and Wide Shrub Red/Orange blooms June through BuVerflies Larval Host: Janis Patch & Texas Crescentspot buverflies Rock rose Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele 2 5 Tall Pink/Yellow blooms April AVracts hummingbirds Deer resistance is moderate Cut back the shrub in February to encourage bushy growth 2

Carolina jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) St. Hil. 10 to 20 Long Vine Yellow blooms December Spice bush Swallowtail buverflies Crossvine Bignonia capreolata L. Perennial vine up to 50 long Red/Yellow blooms March Low to Moderate Water AVracts Hummingbirds An early nectar source for buverflies and hummingbirds This plant is not Deer Resistant Purple passionflower Passiflora incarnata L. 25 Long Pink/Blue/Purple blooms April through September Larval Host for Gulf Fri2llary, Zebra longwing, Crimsonpatch longwing, Red banded hairstreak, Julia buverfly and Mexican buverfly Gulf muhly Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. 1 1/2 to 3 Tall Pink/Purple blooms in High water Conspicuous Flowers Interes2ng Foliage Use a lawn broom to rake out the dead stalks and trim back 1/3 in February Inland sea oats Chasmanthium la9folium (Michx.) Yates 2 4 Tall Perennial Bunch Grass Par2al to Shade White blooms May through November Prefers moist areas Ivory seeds summer and fall Lindheimer s muhly Muhlenbergia lindheimeri A.S. Hitchc. 2 5 Tall Perennial Bunch Grass White blooms May through November Conspicuous Flowers Use a leaf rake to rake out the dead leaves and break off old flower stalks when they re brivle 3

Year Round Color With Na2ves Mexican Feathergrass Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth 2 5 Tall Perennial Bunch Grass White blooms June through September Interes2ng foliage Use a leaf rake to rake out the dead leaves and trim back by 1/3 in February Black eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta L. 1 3 Tall to Shade Yellow blooms June through High drought tolerance Larval Host: Gorgone Checkerspot and Bordered Patch buverfly 1/11/11 Berlandier s drops Calylophus berlandieri Spach A bushy 4 20 plant Yellow blooms March through September Blackfoot Daisy Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & Gray 6 12 tall and 12 24 wide to Part Shade White/Yellow blooms March High drought tolerance Blue curls Chile peguin Phacelia congesta Hook. Capsicum annum L. 1 3 Tall to Part Shade White/Purple blooms March High drought tolerance 1 3 Tall to Shade White blooms May through Heat tolerant Fruits are edible and on the hot side as a seasoning Blue curls does best if sheltered from the west sun 4

Year Round Color With Na2ves Damianita 1/11/11 Eastern red columbine Chrysac9nia mexicana Gray Aquilegia canadensis L. 1 2 Tall Yellow blooms April through September Fragrant Foliage Tolerates poor soil 1 2 Tall to Shade Red/Pink/Yellow blooms February through July AVracts Birds, Hummingbirds and BuVerflies Engelmann s daisy Engelmannia peristenia (Raf.) Goodman & Lawson 2 Tall Yellow blooms March through July AVracts Birds This plant is not Deer Resistant Four nerve daisy Tetraneuris scaposa (DC.) Greene 1 1/2 2 Tall Yellow blooms March through Deer Resistance is high Fall aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (NuH.) Nesom 1 1/2 2 Tall Purple/Violet blooms September This plant is not Deer Resistant Gayfeather Liatris mucronata DC. 1 3 Tall Pink/Purple blooms August through December AVracts buverflies Deer Resistance is minimal 5

Lanceleaf coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata L. 1 2 1/2 Tall to Shade Yellow blooms April through June AVracts buverflies This plant is not deer resistant Note: Deadhead frequently to encourage growth Lindheimer s beeblossom Gaura lindheimeri Engelm. & Gray 1 1/2 2 Tall Pink blooms April through July Note: Can be invasive Maximilian sunflower Helianthus maximiliani Schrad. 3 10 Tall Yellow/brown blooms August Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench 2 5 Tall Pink/Purple blooms April through September This plant is not deer resistant Purple prairie verbena Glandularia bipinna9fida (NuH.) NuH. 2 5 Tall Purple/Violet blooms March through Deer resistance is high Standing cypress Ipomopsis rubra (L.) Wherry 2 6 Tall Red/Orange/Yellow blooms April through July AVracts Hummingbirds This plant is not deer resistant 6

Wild foxglove Penstemon cobaea NuH. 1 2 Tall White/Pink blooms April AVracts Hummingbirds and buverflies Larval Host: DoVed Checkerspot buverfly Deer resistance is minimal Winecup Callirhoe involucrata var. lineariloba (Torr. & Gray) Gray 1 Tall White/Pink blooms February through June AVracts buverflies Larval Host: Gray hairstreak Deer resistance is moderate Zexmenia Wedelia texana (Gray) B.L. Turner 8 to 3 Tall Orange/Yellow blooms May AVracts buverflies Larval Host: Bordered Patch, Sierran Metalmark, Lacinia Patch buverfly Deer resistance is moderate 7