When it comes to planting native Texas plants, some are more user friendly than others. ... Native to Southwest Texas, they’ve suffered the same frequent dieback and loss to cold winters here.

The past 30 years have seen a surge of interest in native Texas plants. They would seem to be a great choice for landscaping, but some are more user-friendly than others. Let me give some details ...

More Texas gardeners are choosing native plants after 2023’s brutal weather—attracting bees, butterflies, and lower water bills.

Texas mountain laurel is a popular tree or large shrub in the Southwest. In the pea family, its clusters of fragrant violet flowers are followed by hanging seed pods. It can grow up to 25 feet ...

Plants they had learned as college-age botanists in the cold Midwest were entirely different from what they saw and knew in Brazos County just 120 miles in from the Texas Gulf Coast.

Native to south Texas and growing in zones 8 to 10, Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens), also known as Texas barometer bush, is a drought-tolerant shrub that thrives in the intense southwestern heat.

The olive is an exotic fruit crop in Texas. Olives are native to the Mediterranean Basin, which usually has mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. In contrast, Texas sometimes ...

In "How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest" (University of Texas Press), Austin super-gardener Jill Nokes identifies 12 types of Texas grapes, including the muscadine, also known as ...

Question: The back of the house we are purchasing faces southwest and is completely devoid of large shade trees. I have been told that the previously existing trees were destroyed by oak wilt. I ...