Southwest Native Plants96 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Ebenopsis Ebano
The dense canopy of Texas ebony’s foliage adds a welcome touch of dark green to the Southwestern landscape
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cleome Serrulata
Beckon bees and other pollinators in for a drink of nectar from this western U.S. native’s late-summer flowers
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Nolina Microcarpa
Grass-like beargrass with its curlicue tips adds lovely texture to drought-tolerant Southwest gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Thalictrum Dasycarpum Dresses Up Shorelines
Plant tall meadow-rue on central U.S. shorelines and in moist gardens for its frilly cream flowers and blue-green softly lobed foliage
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Aesculus Parviflora
Just like July fireworks, bottlebrush buckeye will light up southeastern U.S. woodland gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cordia Boissieri
Texas wild olive adds beauty to the drought-tolerant garden with its white blossoms and dark green, leathery leaves
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Eragrostis Spectabilis
Purple lovegrass thrives in tough conditions. It’s a native grass with a wide range across the eastern U.S.
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Buddleja Marrubiifolia
Beautiful color, soft texture and the ability to thrive in the extreme temperatures of the Southwest make woolly butterfly bush a winner
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Helianthus Petiolaris
Short and stunning, prairie sunflower brightens the garden and helps butterflies, birds and more
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Penstemon Parryi
Drought-tolerant Parry’s penstemon greets spring with pink flowering spikes that delight passersby and hummingbirds alike
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Olneya Tesota Offers Desert Shade
This long-lived Southwestern native tree decorates the sky with its dusty gray-green foliage and lavender-colored blossoms
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