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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 |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar sage | |
| Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata | Heartleaf skullcap Heart-leaf skullcap | |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's skullcap Bushy skullcap Shrubby skullcap | |
| Sisyrinchium minus | Dwarf blue-eyed grass Pink-Eyed Grass | |
| Stachys coccinea | Scarlet betony Scarlet hedge-nettle Texas betony | |
| Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve daisy Hymenoxys Stemmy four-nerve daisy Yellow daisy Bitterweed | |
| Thamnosma texana | Dutchman’s breeches Ruda del monte Rue of the mountains Texas desert-rue | |
| Tradescantia gigantea | Giant spiderwort | |
| Viola pedata | Birdfoot violet Bird’s-foot violet Bird-foot violet | |
| Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf yucca Twisted-leaf yucca Texas yucca | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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