Advancing the stewardship of our natural environment
Preliminary List!!!! Some of these plants may not be available at the time we place our order with our suppliers. There may be other plants available at the sale that are not listed below based on supplier stock at the time of order. We will publish a final list as soon as we have placed our orders with our suppliers. Please check back.
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The sale is being held on April 15th from 9 am to noon.
| Common Name/Scientific Name | Type | Plant Description | |
| AmericanBeautyberry | Callicarpa americana | Shrub | Great understory shrub. Best with dependable moisture & deep soil. Does not need pruning. Nectar source in spring. Showy fall berriesprovide food for birds. |
| Antelope HornMilkweed | Asclepias asperula | Perennial | Prefers dry, rocky, well drained soil; likes roadsides. Large taproot. Invariably has aphids;predators will control them. Larval hostMonarch, Queen, Skippers. |
| Autumn Sage -assorted colors | Salvia greggii varieties | Perennial | A hummingbird magnet! Ideal for hot dry well-drained alkaline soils. Many color varieties. Diseaseand insect free. Do not fertilize.Prune if too leggy. |
| Beargrass (BasketGrass) | Nolina texana | Succulent | Low-maintenance graceful evergreen garden accent. Likes well drained rocky slope withafternoon or dappled shade. Attractive hangingover wall or as ground cover. Deer eat blooms but not leaves. |
| Betony-leafMistflower | Conocliniumbetonicifolium | Perennial | A butterfly magnet! Blooms later than other mistflowers. Stems run close to ground, root at nodes.Freezes to ground in winter and re-emerges in spring. Suitable for containers. |
| Big Red Sage | Salviapenstemonoides | Perennial | RARE IN THE WILD AND IN NURSERIES Hummingbirds love it! Long bloom period. Easy to grow.Evergreen rosette in winter. Attractive,well behaved plant. Self-seeds. Likes well drained soil. |
| Black eyed susan | Rudbeckia sp. | Perennial | Easy and trouble-free. Self-sows and produces abundant offsets. Birds attracted to the seeds. |
| Blackfoot Daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | ||
| Blue Curls | Phacelia congesta | Annual/Biannual | |
| Blue Grama | Bouteloua gracilis | grass | |
| Brownfoot | Acourtia wrightii | Shrub | Fragrant ornamental rose-pink flowers attract butterflies and bees. Hardy plant native to WestTexas. Brown color leaves and dense hairsat foot of plant. Prefers gravelly well drained location. |
| Bush Sunflower | Simsia calva | Perennial | Blooms in spring and after summer rain. An extremely tough and drought tolerant plant. Likes welldrained limestone and caliche soils.Provides nectar for butterflies and seeds for songbirds. |
| Cedar sage | Salvia roemeriana | Perennial | |
| Chili Pequin | Capsicum annuumvar.glabriusculum | Perennial | |
| Chocolate Daisy | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| Columbine ‘TexasGold’ | Aquilegia chrysanthavar.hinckleyana | Perennial | Good spring color in shade gardens. Readily re-seeds. Likes moisture but needs well drained soil.Good nectar source in early spring. |
| Columbine, Red | Aquilegia canadensis | Perennial | Attracts hummingbirds! Good nectar source in early spring. Readily re-seeds. Likes moisture butmust be in well drained soil. |
| Common Bee-brush | Aloysia gratissima | Shrub | Easy to grow. Long bloom period. Fragrant flowers after summer rain. Can prune to hedge or smalltree. Xeric or moist rocky soils. Goodhoney plant and nectar source. |
| Compact Gold Calylophus | Calylophusdrummondii | Perennial | Bright showy blooms attract pollinators. Low maintenance. Xeric. Likes well drained soil. Roothardy to 0 degrees. |
| Copper CanyonDaisy | Tagetes lemmonii | Perennial | |
| Coral Honeysuckle | Lonicerasempervirens | Vine | Hummingbirds love it! Early spring nectary and butterfly larval food. Long bloom period. Likesmoist, well drained soil. Not aggressive.Suitable for smaller structures |
| Corona de Cristo Passionflower | Passiflora foetida | Vine | Easy to grow attractive vine. Important fritillary butterfly larval host. Caterpillars may defoliate plant,but it recovers. Tolerates mostsoils. |
| Crossvine | Bignonia capreolata | Vine | Grows fast once established. Not invasive or hard to control. Flourishes in part shade. Prefers moistwell drained soil. Showy flowersattract hummingbirds. |
| Crucita BluemistFlower | Chromolaena odorata | Shrub | Nectar source for butterflies & bees. Ornamental blooms. Aromatic. Good for arbor, mass planting,ground cover, or patio pot plant. Diesto roots in hard winter. |
| Dalea, Black | Dalea frutescens | Perennial | |
| Dalea, Gregg’s | Dalea greggii | Perennial | |
| Damianita | Chrysactiniamexicana | Perennial | Long bloom period. Very heat tolerant. Thrives in poor soil with good drainage. Great for rockgardens and dry borders. Nectar source forbees & butterflies. |
| Deer Muhly(Deergrass) | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | Deer grass looks like small pampas grass but without the bad leaf cuts and aggressive seeding.Much more useful because of its size.Good addition to native and wild garden for habitat. |
| Desert Mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Perennial | |
| Engelmann Daisy | Engelmanniaperistenia | Perennial | Tough showy wildflower that blooms most of the summer. Evergreen rosette in winter. Readily selfseeds. Flowers attract butterflies. |
| Fall Aster | Aster oblongifolius | Perennial | Dazzling fall bloom! Colonizes but easily controlled. Fall nectar source. Likes well drained soil.Lightly prune in June to keep compact. Cutto ground when dormant. |
| Flame Acanthus | Anisacanthusquadrifidusvar. wrightii | Shrub | Great hummingbird & butterfly plant. Larval host Crimson Patch and Texan Crescent. Rain triggersbloom. Seeds out readily. |
| Four-Nerve Daisy(Bitterweed) | Tetraneuris scaposa | Perennial | Very hardy, small and compact, highly deer resistant plant. Prefers dry well drained soil. Great forsunny rock gardens. Good nectarsource for bees and butterflies in early spring. |
| Fragrant (Aromatic)Sumac | Rhus aromatica | Shrub | Important wildlife plant. Flowers provide early nectar. Berries on female plants provide winterfood. |
| Gayfeather (TexasLiatris) | Liatris punctata var.mucr | Perennial | Important nectar source for fall migrating butterflies and hummingbirds. Attractive lavenderfuzzy flowers on stiff unbranched stems. |
| Globemallow | Sphaeralcea spp. | Perennial | |
| Golden groundsel | Packera obovata | Evergreen | |
| Gregg’s BlueMistflower | Conoclinium greggii | Perennial | A butterfly magnet! Spreads by runners, but easy to contain. Great groundcover. Lowmaintenance, long bloom. |
| Guadalupe Ironweed | Vernonia lindheimerixGuadalupensisbaldwinii | Perennial | Natural hybrid between Western & Wooly Ironweed. Not a colonizer, well behaved. Intensepurple flowers attract butterflies and bees.Great underused ornamental. |
| Gulf Coast Muhly | Muhlenbergiacapillaris | Grass | Stunning pink to lavender floral display in fall. Functions well in meadow gardens and as a generalgarden plant. |
| Heartleaf Skullcap | Scutellaria ovata | Perennial | Good ground cover under oaks. Disappears in drought, but comes back. Showy blue flowers bloomon spikes. Nectar source forbutterflies & hummingbirds. |
| Indigo Spires | S. longispicata X S. farinacea | Perennial | |
| Inland Sea Oats | Chasmanthiumlatifolium | Grass | Attractive grass for shade. Graceful drooping seed heads sway in breeze. Reseeds but easy toremove unwanted plants. Good containerplant. Good erosion control on streambanks. |
| Kidneywood | Eysenhardtia texana | shrub | |
| Lanceleaf coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | Perennial | Easy to grow. Tolerates heat, drought, humidity. Dies to ground in winter. Not reliably perennial butreadily reseeds. Good fornaturalizing. Nectar for pollinators. |
| Large Buttercup | Ranunculusmacranthus | Perennial | Largest flowered native buttercup. Tolerates variety of soils. Disappears in summer. Pretty basalrosette reappears in winter. Early springflowers provide bright color in garden and early nectar source. |
| Lindheimer or Big Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergialindheimeri | Grass | Elegant, large-scale specimen grass. Extremely hardy. Not an aggressive spreader. An alternative to non-native pampas grass. |
| Lindheimer’s Nolina | Nolina lindheimeriana | Succulent | Highly ornamental. Evergreen. Extremely drought tolerant. Bloom is tall spike that deer may eat.Leaves have sharp edges, notpedestrian friendly. |
| Little bluestem grass | Schizachyriumscoparium | Grass | Very ornamental well behaved native bunchgrass. Tolerates wide range of soils but not wetlandsand not repeated mowing. Larval hostfor skipper butterflies. |
| Lyreleaf sage | Salvia lyrata | Perennial | Great evergreen groundcover! Reseeds easily and can be mowed. Flowers are good nectarsource. |
| Maximilian Sunflower | Helianthusmaximiliani | Perennial | Great in sunny borders, native gardens, naturalized areas. Nectar for pollinators & seeds forwildlife. May spread aggressively. Flops overif grown in moist rich soil. |
| Mealy Blue Sage | Salvia farinacea | Perennial | Will grow in most soils. Attracts hummingbirds and bees. Not aggressive, but re-seeds. Blooms inspring and after rain. Cut back afterbloom to keep neat. |
| Mexican Bush Sage | Salvia leucantha | Shrub | |
| Missouri Primrose | Oenotheramacrocarpa | Perennial | Showy plant. Will grow in poor dryish soil. Good in rock gardens. Big fragrant flowers open inevening. Blooms for months. Attractshummingbird-moths. |
| Narrow-leaf Coneflower | Echinaceaangustifolia | Perennial | Nectar & seeds for wildlife. Good addition to prairie garden. Attractive in flower arrangements.Becoming rare in wild from loss of habitatand over-harvesting. |
| Native Plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Perennial | |
| Orange milkweed(ButterflyWeed) | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | Nectar and larval host for Monarch butterfly. Special value to native bees. Ornamental plant with brilliant, long-living flowers. No milkysap. Delightful cut flower. |
| Pearl milkweed vine | Matelea reticulata | vine | |
| Pigeonberry | Rivina humilis | Perennial | Nectar for pollinators, berries for birds. Bears flowers & fruit simultaneously. Good groundcover undertrees. Tolerates moist or dry soil.Good container plant. |
| Pine Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergia dubia | Grass | Excellent specimen grass. Nicely shaped evergreen bunchgrass that stays where you put it. Nomaintenance needed. |
| Pink EveningPrimrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | Important nectar source for pollinators. Blooms best in full sun. Can be dense foliage groundcover inshade. Some leaves red in autumn.Can be mowed. |
| Pink Gaura | Oenotheralindheimeri | Perennial | Easy to grow. Ornamental blooms. Good in the back of perennial border or bed. Tolerates high heat.May spread aggressively. Goodcontainer plant. |
| Possumhaw Holly | Ilex decidua | Shrub | |
| Prairie Phlox | Phlox pilosa | Perennial | Excellent for dry sunny locations. Excellent selection for rock gardens, cottage gardens, wildgardens, native plant gardens or prairie-typeareas. |
| Prairie Verbena | Glandulariabipinnatifida | Perennial | Likes dry to medium-moist well-drained sites. Drought tolerant, long blooming, sweet fragrance.Vivid purple blooms attract butterflies. |
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Perennial | Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Showy, easy to grow, spreads by seeds. Long lasting flowers.Cutting flower stalks after springbloom encourages second bloom period. |
| Purple Leatherflower | Clematis pitcheri | Vine | Very hardy delicate looking clematis with showy long lasting flowers and interesting foliage. Seedshave fluffy tails radiating out like a |
| Purple Milkweed Vine | Matelea biflora | Vine | Handsome plant often missed trailing along the ground in open grassy areas. Woody rootstock.Needs well drained location. Larval hostQueen and Monarch butterflies. |
| Purple Passion flower(akaMaypop) | Passiflora incarnata | Vine | Spectacular flowers. Loves heat, plant in west or south facing spot. Long bloom period. Importantlarval host for fritillary and longwingbutterflies. Dies back in winter, rebounds in spring. Climbing vine. |
| Purple Skullcap | Scutellaria wrightii | Perennial | Nectar for butterflies. Small plant. Evergreen. Needs good drainage. Use for rock gardens,xeriscaping. |
| Red Yucca | Hesperaloeparviflora | Succulent | Flowers attract hummingbirds. Deer eat blooms only. Dramatic specimen in dry garden. Adapts tovarious well drained soils. Great inlarge pots. |
| Redroot (New JerseyTea) | Ceanothusamericanus | Shrub | Special value to native bees & butterflies. Good landscape or shrubby ground cover for hard-to-growarea, rocky hillside. Deep nitrogen-fixing roots. Likes well drained site. |
| Rock Penstemon | Penstemon baccarifolius | Perennial | |
| Rock Rose (RosePavonia) | Pavonia lasiopetala | Perennial | Ornamental blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Easy to grow. Not picky about soil ormoisture. Cut back by 1/3 in late winter ifleggy. |
| Roemer’s False Indigo | Amorpha roemeriana | Shrub | FIRST TIME IN THE SALE. Endemic to Edwards Plateau. Showier than other Amorpha species.High deer resistance. Special value to nativebees and butterflies. |
| RoughstemRosinweed | Silphium radula | Perennial | Smaller stature than Simpson’s Rosinweed. Attractive 2-inch blooms special value to nativebees and butterflies. Larval host for BorderedPatch butterfly. |
| Scarlet Leatherflower | Clematis texensis | Vine | Very hardy delicate looking clematis. Showy flowers. Beautiful accent to shady area. Blooms bestwith half day of sun. Good nectar |
| Scarlet Penstemon(aka HillCountry Penstemon) | Penstemon triflorus | Perennial | Striking prairie or garden plant. Fabulous cut flower. Easy to grow. Readily reseeds. Provides nectarfor butterflies and hummingbirds. |
| Side Oats Grama | Boutelouacurtipendula (d | grass | |
| Silver ponyfoot | Dichondra argentea | Perennial | |
| Skeleton-leafGoldeneye | Viguiera stenoloba | Perennial | Huge native nectary! Must have good drainage. Hard frost tender but rebounds. Cut back to 6″ inwinter to encourage bushiness. |
| Snake Herb | Dyschoriste linearis | Perennial | Delicate leaves, lovely petite purple flowers. Prefers dry caliche soils. No pruning required. Droughttolerant. Sun or shade. Good in rockgarden and as erosion control. Attracts butterflies not snakes. |
| Square Bud Primrose(Sundrops) | Calylophusberlandieri | Perennial | Bright 2″ flowers liven up perennial borders and wildflower meadows. Great for rock garden or difficult location. If desired trim back inearly spring and deadhead after flowering to keep compact. |
| Standing Cypress | Ipomopsis rubra | Bienniel | |
| Sunflower Goldeneye | Viguiera dentata | Perennial | Extremely drought-tolerant. Grows 3 ft. in sun; up to 6 ft. in part shade. Great source for fall color.Let spent flower stalks stand in winterto provide seed for birds. Reseeds readily. Butterfly larval host. |
| Tall Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | Perennial | Attracts butterflies and native bees. Easy to grow. Does not cause hay fever. Flowers explode intobloom in late summer. Colonizes byrhizomes and self-seeding. Good in naturalized area. |
| Texas Betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | Aromatic foliage and tremendous spring bloom. Blooms into fall. Good in shady places. Great forborders, mixed beds and containers.Hummingbirds love it! |
| Texas Frogfruit | Phyla nodiflora | Perennial | Great groundcover. Butterfly nectar & larval host. Tolerates drought, flooding, and light foot traffic.Goes dormant in hard winter. |
| Texas Greeneyes | Berlandierabetonicifolia | Perennial | Striking yellow flower. Plant looks great surrounded by native grasses. Likes well drained soils.Provides nectar for butterflies and bees. |
| Texas Lantana | Lantana urticoides(akahorrida) | Shrub | Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Long bloom period. Deer may eat blooms but not foliage.Needs good drainage. Freezes in harshwinter but rebounds in spring. |
| Texas Milkweed(WhiteMilkweed) | Asclepias texana | Perennial | Conspicuous showy flowers provide nectar for butterflies. Special value to native bees. Easy togrow, blooms first year. Suitable forxeriscape. Larval host for Monarch and Queen butterflies. |
| Texas MountainLaurel | Sophora secundiflora | Shrub | |
| Texas Sage ‘GreenCloud’ | Leucophyllumfrutescens | Shrub | Profusion of purple flowers in summer. Makes a fine accent specimen or can be used in hedges andmass plantings. Does not do well withtoo much water or shade. |
| Texas WhiteHoneysuckle | Lonicera albiflora | Shrub | Special value to native bees and butterflies. Fall berries attract birds. Good choice for hot rockyplaces. |
| Tropical Sage | Salvia coccinea | Perennial | A showy plant for containers and borders. Easy to grow. Freezes to ground in winter. Butterflies &hummingbirds love it! |
| Turkscap | Malvaviscusarboreus vardrummondii | Perennial | Good ornamental for shady sites. Adaptable. Forms an expanding colony but easy to contain.Long bloom period. Great hummingbird &butterfly plant. |
| Twistleaf yucca | Yucca rupicola | Succulent | Great accent plant for dry shady spots and shaded rock gardens. Flower stalk 5-ft tall. Deer eatblooms but not foliage. Likes good |
| Velvet Leaf Senna(Lindheimer’s) | Senna lindheimeriana | Perennial | Good background or specimen plant. Likes dry, rocky locations. Reseeds but easy to control. Toxicto cattle and horses. Nectar forpollinators, seeds for birds. |
| White Gaura | Oenothera lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| White Mistflower (Shrubby Boneset) | Ageratina havanensis | Shrub | |
| White Winecup | Callirhoe involucratavar.lineariloba | Perennial | Butterflies attracted to its masses of flowers in spring. Good in hanging basket or trailing over a wall.Tolerates occasional mowing. Longlived, pretty, drought tolerant. Needs well-drained soil. |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Perennial | |
| Winecup (trailing red) | Callirhoe involucrata | Perennial | Ornamental blooms. Sprawling plant fills in spaces. Larval host for Gray Hairstreak butterfly. Looksnice in hanging basket or trailing overwall. Likes well-drained soil. |
| Winecup, Standing | Callirhoe digitata | Perennial | Easily grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Fits well into both formalgarden areas as well as wild grassy areas. |
| Woolly Bee-brush | Aloysia macrostachya | Shrub | Attractive shrub with long bloom season. Tolerates pruning/shearing. Needs well drained site. Mayfreeze to ground but will re-sprout.Attracts butterflies and bees. |
| Wooly Butterflybush | Buddleia marrubiifolia | Shrub | A pollinator favorite! Attracts many butterflies & bees. Silver foliage attractive when not blooming. Needs good drainage. |
| Wooly Ironweed | Stemodia lanata | Well behaved species. Not a colonizer. Good xeric companion for agave, yucca, cactus. Attractive form all through growing season. Tap root takes a couple years to get established and bulk up its crown. | |
| Yarrow, White | Achillea millefolium | Perennial | |
| Yellow Bells (Native) | Tecoma stans var. angustata | Shrub | Great accent shrub. Heat loving, freeze sensitive, recovers quickly in spring. Hardier than tropicals sold in nurseries. Good in large containers. Nectar source. |
| Zexmenia | Wedelia texana | Perennial | Tough plant, easy to grow, long-lived, not aggressive. Dies to ground in winter recovers in spring. Blooms after rain. Dormant in severe drought. Good nectar source. |
| Zizotes Milkweed | Asclepias oenotheroides | Perennial | Larval host for Monarch butterflies. Leafs out & flowers if rains follow dry period. Loves full sun. Prefers sandy, dry soil. Great for butterfly garden. |