Nice batch of natives you have there.
Not sure if you knew this, but you can eat that Turk's Cap...100% edible flowers and all.
I usually cut my back before the first freeze just so I can eat it and it won't go to waste.

Wash it & throw it in pan with some butter just like spinach & it's great.

OP, you have Lacey oak in College Station?

I live in the Houston/Spring area and when we had the yard professionally landscaped by Mirror Lake (aggie owned) we asked for the yard to have at least half to two thirds, Texas native plants. We love it because it is unique compared to most backyards and much more drought tolerant.

Looks great

No, I live in Georgetown, TX.

Bump... Come on guys, somebody else has to have some cool native Texas plants in their landscape/on their property.

MouthBQ98?? I know your backyard is at least a native reptile preserve.

Thanks Apache, I will definitely try it. Always appreciate your insight on plants.

How do you like those Mountain Laurels as a privacy screen?

Green year around, nice spring flowers, and native. Anything not to like? Maybe a little slow growing?

They've been great so far. They do grow slow, but we got pretty big ones with that issue in mind. I wish the flowers would hang around longer in spring though, they make the whole yard smell good.

Most of my pasture has gone native and I like to see the wildflowers bloom on it every spring. We had a bumper crop of Browneye Susan's this year, plus many of the wildflowers pictured above. Some will come back in the early fall also. I also plant native trees, in addition to the post oaks, water oaks, cedar elm, mulberry, red Juniper, pecan, sugar berry, and couple of really lost escarpment Oaks I have. I also have a couple of trees I haven't yet been able to positively ID. A couple are some form of hickory. There are a couple more I am really having trouble with. I also planted a swamp chestnut oak and a Burr Oak.

I'm a huge native plant geek.

Bought a new house a year ago and have been steadily replacing all the standard crap with natives. It's a much smaller yard than I would have liked but so far I've got the following in the ground (not including the live oaks).
Four nerve daisy
Fall aster
Henry Duelberg salvia
Rock penstemon
Liatris mucronata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias viridis
Asclepias asperula
Lantana horrida
Salvia greggii
Mexican feather grass
Little bluestem
Purple coneflower
Opuntia ficus indica (debatable if native to Texas. Mexico for sure)
Agarita
Pink skullcap
Pigeonberry
Cedar sage
Turks cap
Inland sea oats
Hinkley's Gold Columbine
Texas Persimmon
Fragrant Mimosa
Texas Mountain Laurel
American Beauty berry
Damianita
Heartleaf hibiscus
Red yucca
Aniscanthus wrightii
Frog fruit
Texas sage/cenizo
Eupatorium greggii (it's not classified as a eup anymore but I can't recall the new genus offhand....starts with a 'C')
Blackfoot daisy
Yucca elata
Nolina lindheimeriana
Rock rose
Wooly stemodia
Mexican buckeye


Native to Mexico but in my yard:
Salvia leucantha
Copper canyon daisy
Various agave varieties


I'm sure I've forgotten some. I'll try to add them if I remember.

No pics, but I try to go native whenever I can. Not a complete list, but it's all I can recall at the moment...

Side Oats Grama
Little Bluestem
Inland Sea Oats
Yaupon
Turks Cap
Autumn Sage
*****ly Pear (thorn less varieties, so not sure that still counts)
Sage brush
Cypress
Windmill Palm
Salvia

I wish it were easier to find native varieties in the Houston area. They are out there, but, it takes some searching to find them.

Sounds awesome... post some pics if you get a chance. Also where did you get the Nolina?

Maverick - - - Did you buy your Yaupon or transplant native shoots?

I attempted the transplant method this spring, and my plants failed. I can only assume I tried to get too big of a shoot, and I didn't get enough of the root. Those run deep!

If anyone comes to San Antonio, Rainbow Gardens near Helotes has a great selection of natives. In the past year, I have picked up Pink Muhly Grass, Mexican Plum, and Possomhaw Holly. I've transplanted lantana, turk's cap, salvia, blue sage, and mountain laurel from our ranch in Goliad. The folks who built our house already had a nice stand of plumbago and red sage established.

Anyone know where I could snag a sycamore or bald cypress tree or two? Those are two species I'd like to add.

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Sounds awesome... post some pics if you get a chance. Also where did you get the Nolina?

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Got my nolina from Wright's Nursery outside of Briggs. It's a mom and pop type hole in the wall but they have some great natives. Call ahead and schedule your visit/ask about availability.

Twelfthman99 said:

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If anyone comes to San Antonio, Rainbow Gardens near Helotes has a great selection of natives. In the past year, I have picked up Pink Muhly Grass, Mexican Plum, and Possomhaw Holly. I've transplanted lantana, turk's cap, salvia, blue sage, and mountain laurel from our ranch in Goliad. The folks who built our house already had a nice stand of plumbago and red sage established.

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Plumbago is beautiful and well adapted but it's a South African native.

Edit: you may be referring to the native white plumbago that sticks to everything it touches. In that case, carry on!

I got a lot of my plants from there, but I was under the impression they had closed to the public after an altercation with a customer regarding not letting their dog into the nursery.

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Anyone know where I could snag a sycamore or bald cypress tree or two? Those are two species I'd like to add.

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Don't know what size you're looking for but try The Natural Gardener just outside of Austin.

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I got a lot of my plants from there, but I was under the impression they had closed to the public after an altercation with a customer regarding not letting their dog into the nursery.

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Unless it happened within the past 3 or 4 months, they're still open....but definitely call ahead first.

Happened in April, but I just checked her page and she is now back open by appointment only.

Most of the Yaupon in our yard volunteered in good spots so I let them go. We have one decent size clump and a few single plants/small clumps scattered around. I did buy one about a year ago for planting. It looks good, but I don't think it's grown much, if any.