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Native Plants for Container Gardens in Central Texas
Native 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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Heterotheca canescens | Gray golden-aster Hoary false goldenaster | |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Spider Lily Spring Spider Lily Spring spiderlily | |
| Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower marshpennywort Water-pennywort Money-plant | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia iris Great Blue Flag | |
| Justicia americana | American water-willow Water-willow | |
| Lindheimera texana | Texas yellowstar Texas star Lindheimer daisy Texas yellow star | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas lupine Buffalo clover Wolf-flower | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara’s-buttons | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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