Find a Plant

Explore the variety of native and adapted plants for your corner of Texas — whether you’re looking for color, shade, a home for wildlife or just never want to mow again.

Agarita leaves.

A signature Texas native: deer-proof and drought proof.

A wild morning-glory for native fencelines.

A mid-sized pine with a moderate growth rate.

The sweet vanilla fragrance is a butterfly magnet.

American Beautyberry

A star in the fall, with clusters of brilliant purple berries.

Anacacho orchid tree leaves and flowers.

Anacacho Orchid Tree

A tough ornamental tree or shrub, native to Southwest Texas and Mexico.

The Sandpaper Tree: a South Texas specialty.

Red annual phlox

An early wildflower that adds color to spring landscapes and roadsides.

Annual Winecups

Purple chalices brighten spring roadsides in South Texas.

Antelope Horn Milkweed

The go-to native milkweed for attracting monarch butterflies.

A big and fast-growing suburban shade tree, but not famously long-lived.

Arizona Cypress

A West Texas evergreen, and a fast-growing anchor for the watersaver landscape.

Arroyo Sweetwood

Fast-growing and fragrant.

Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

Aromatic, feathery foliage adds a touch of silver to the shade garden.

Artichoke Agave

A petite, architectural agave.

Asiatic Jasmine

Evergreen, adaptable, and a classic alternative for grass in shade.

Asparagus fern leaves and flowers.

A faux fern, bright green and drought-tolerant.

Ideal for deep soil and shade, if you have enough moisture.

Australian Senna

A fine-textured evergreen senna.

A workhorse in the watersaver garden.

An eye-catching lily turf that lights up the shade.

An easy-to-grow early spring wildflower, native to shade.

Bald cypress with seeds.

The classic swamp cypress: plant it near water.

Ballmoss leaves.

Ball moss lives in tree branches and feasts on morning dew: not a parasite, but an epiphyte.

One of the most drought-tolerant big bunchgrasses, with playful, billowy foliage. Despite the name, no relation to bamboo.

Barbados Cherry berries

Barbados Cherry

A semi-evergreen native shrub; mockingbirds love the berries.

A small Rio Grande evergreen with an upright habit.

The King of Herbs is a warm-season annual.

Basket grass leaves.

An evergreen wiregrass well-adapted to Hill Country ledges.

An evergreen shrub with a classic xeric pedigree and loads of flavor.

Beaked yucca leaves.

A branching form of the classic Big Bend yucca.

A old-fashioned garden favorite for the perennial border.

Devil's beargrass leaves.

A native blue wiregrass for Texas Hill Country limestone.

Belinda's Dream Rose

A fast-growing shrub rose with an alluring fragrance.

A common drought-tolerant turf grass suited for full sun.

A native of New Mexico: soft, fuzzy leaves and bright red blooms.