When it comes to planting native Texas plants, some are more user friendly than others. ... Its flowers are brilliant golden yellow in late winter, and its berries are bright red in the spring.

Texas' redbud trees have pink to magenta pea-like flowers nestled in clusters along limbs in late winter to early spring, ... and it is also unique: There are not many small, native flowering trees.

So far, its freezer holds the live seeds of 40 rare and threatened Texas native plants, such as white rosinweed, ... Collect plants when they’re flowering or fruiting for visual appeal. Pressing.

And while flowering trees offer beauty and a bit of shade, it never hurts to also plant nonflowering native trees — live oaks, red oaks, bur oaks — for extra cooling coverage. Related: The 5 ...

Trees provide essential structure while adding their own unique beauty to the landscape. Discover gorgeous flowering trees ...

Select native small trees and shrubs for shade, screening, and seasonal flowers and fruits. Discover how to forage wild plants, even in your backyard, including those so-called “weeds!” 09/24 ...

Her urban oasis exists thanks to native plants—flowers, trees, grasses, and vines that spent years coevolving with the local fauna of south central Texas. ( Which houseplants should you buy to ...

Native to the southcentral U.S., ranging from Louisiana and Texas to Kentucky and Oklahoma, Wisteria macrostachya is a tough North American vine that can grow almost anywhere. Hardy down to zone 3 ...

Research has shown that native oak trees support over 500 species of caterpillars, whereas many other non-native trees, such as ginkgo, host only five species of caterpillars. Now, let’s put ...

AUSTIN, Texas — You've probably seen it: a collection of small, bright yellow flowers that could be mistaken as one of our beloved Texas wildflowers. But actually, bastard cabbage poses a threat ...

The Carolina Silverbell is a small understory tree maturing at 25-30 feet that is native to the Southeast. In the spring, dainty bell-shaped flowers appear on last year’s branches. It prefers ...