Native Plants for Container Gardens in Central TexasNative Plants for Container Gardens in Central Texas by Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. These plants are all native to the Central Texas region and are especially useful in container gardens. If you live outside of Central Texas, these may or may not be native to your area. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's Golden Columbine, Yellow Columbine, Hinckley Columbine, Capote Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace, Water Hyssop, Coastal Water-hyssop | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow, Standing Winecup, Finger Poppymallow, Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Capsicum annuum | Chile Tepin, Chile Pequin, Chiltepin, Chile Petin, Bird Pepper, Turkey Pepper , Cayenne Pepper | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily, Evening Star Rain Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily, Prairie Lily, Rain Lily, Flor De Mayo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea, Gregg's Prairie Clover, Trailing Indigo Bush, Indigo Bush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb, Polkadots, Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping Burhead, Lance-leaf Burhead, Radican Sword, Burhead, Creeping Water-plantain | Annual | Herb | Shade | Wet |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Canuela | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Geum canadense | White Avens | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Giliastrum rigidulum | Bluebowls, Blue Gilia | Annual | Subshrub | Sun | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain, Moradilla, Alfombrilla | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster, Gray Golden-aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort, Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort, Marsh Pennywort, Water Pennywort, Money Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hymenocallis liriosme | Texas Spiderlily, Spring Spiderlily, Spiderlily, Louisiana Spiderlily, Western Marsh Spiderlily | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Iris virginica | Virginia Iris, Great Blue Flag, Southern Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow, Water-willow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar, Texas Star, Texas Yellow-star, Lindheimer Daisy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow, Narrow-leaf Water Primrose, Seedbox, Mexican Primrose Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas Lupine, Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe, Spice Lily, Spice-lily | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons, Puffballs, White Barbara's-buttons, Barbara's Buttons | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover, Water-clover, Clover-fern, Largefoot Pepperwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover, Hairy Waterclover, Hairy Water Clover, Clover Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Wet |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy, Plains Blackfoot, Arnica | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes, Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes, Baby Blue-eyes, Flannel Breeches | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring, Devil's-shoestring, Ribbon Grass | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista, Texas Beargrass, Basket Grass, Sacahuista, Bunchgrass, Texas Bear-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Big-fruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Primrose, Bigfruit Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel, Roundleaf Groundsel, Roundleaf Ragwort | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon, Rock Beardtongue, Cut-leaf Penstemon, Cut-leaf Beardtongue, Baccharis-leaf Penstemon, Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon, Brazos Beardtongue, Gulf Penstemon, Gulf Beardtongue, Gulf Coast Penstemon, Gulf Coast Beardtongue, Sharp-sepal Penstemon, Sharp-sepal Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox, Drummond Phlox, Pride-of-Texas, Texas Pride | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Frogfruit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry, Rouge Plant, Baby-peppers, Bloodberry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage, Red Sage, Indian Fire | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg Salvia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage, Penstemon Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata | Heartleaf Skullcap, Heart-leaf Skullcap | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap, Bushy Skullcap, Shrubby Skullcap | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sisyrinchium minus | Dwarf Blue-eyed-grass, Pink-eyed-grass, Pink Blue-eyed-grass | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Stachys coccinea | Scarlet Betony, Texas Betony, Scarlet Hedgenettle, Scarlet Hedge-nettle | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve Daisy, Hymenoxys, Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Bitterweed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Thamnosma texana | Texas Desert-rue, Dutchman's Breeches, Rue Of The Mountains, Ruda Del Monte | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Tradescantia gigantea | Giant Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Viola pedata | Birdfoot Violet, Bird's-foot Violet, Bird-foot Violet | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Texas Yucca, Spanish Dagger | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |