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Traditional Homeowner Inspiration Garden
This traditional design combines elements of naturalistic styles using free form plants and formal styles incorporating a geometric layout and symmetrical organization. Such gardens are popular in residential landscapes, providing a balance between control and informality. Download designPrinter Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg dalea Gregg's prairie clover Trailing indigo bush Indigo bush | |
| Datura wrightii | Sacred thorn-apple Jimsonweed Thorn apple Datura Angel Trumpet Sacred datura | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap lily | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf muhly Hair-awn muhly Hairy-awn muhly Hair grass Pink muhly | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn sage Cherry sage Gregg salvia | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
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