Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas

Native Plant Winter Garden

Understory Trees

Carolina Buckthorn - Rhamnus caroliniana - berries

Eve's Necklace &endash; Sophora affinis &endash; strings of black seeds

Flameleaf Sumac &endash; Rhus copallina - red berry clusters

Possumhaw Holly - Ilex decidua &endash;red berries

Wax Myrtle &endash; Myrica cerifera - evergreen

Yaupon Holly - Ilex vomitoria - evergreen, berries

Shrubs

Autumn Sage - Salvia greggii &endash; evergreen

Coralberry - Symphoricarpos orbiculatus &endash;pink berries

Eastern Red Cedar &endash; Juniperus virginiana - evergreen conifer

Pavonia - Pavonia lasiopetala &endash; semi-evergreen

Red Yucca - Hesperaloe parviflora -evergreen

White Honeysuckle Bush - Lonicera albiflora &endash; semi-evergreen, berries

 

Grasses &endash; foliage in colorful dormant stage;leave uncut through winter

Big Bluestem &endash; Andropogon gerardi

Bushy Bluestem &endash; Andropogon glomeratus

Canada Wildrye - Elymus canadensis var. Canadensis - evergreen

Eastern Gamagrass &endash; Tripsacum dactyloides

Hairy Grama &endash; Bouteloua hirsuta

Indiangrass - Sorghastrum nutans

Inland Seaoats - Chasmanthium latifolium

Little Bluestem &endash; Schizachyrium scoparium

Purple-top Grass &endash; Tridens flavus

Sideoats Grama - Bouteloua curtipendula

Splitbeard Bluestem &endash; Andropogon ternaries

Switchgrass &endash; Panicum virgatum

Groundcover

Golden Groundsel &endash; Packera obovata

Snake Herb - Dyschoriste linearis

Wood Violet - Viola missouriensis - evergreen

Vines

Carolina Jessamine - Gelsemium sempervirens - evergreen

Coral Honeysuckle - Lonicera sempervirens &endash; berries, semi-evergreen

Crossvine - Bignonia capreolata &endash; semi-evergreen

Snapdragon Vine - Maurandya antirrhiniflora - semi-evergreen

Cacti & Yucca

Various cacti native to the region &endash; Coryphantha, Echinocactus, Echinocereus, Escobaria & Mammillaria.

Prickly Pear &endash; Opuntia sp.

Arkansas Yucca &endash; Yucca arkansana

Manfreda - Manfreda virginica

Nolina &endash; Nolina lindheimeriana & texana

Pale Yucca - Yucca pallida

Red Yucca &endash; Hesperaloe parviflora

Spanish Dagger &endash; Yucca torreyi

Twist-leaf Yucca &endash; Yucca rupicola

Perennial wildflowers &endash; winter rosettes evergreen

Purple Aster or Fall Aster - Aster spp.

Barbara's Buttons - Marshallia caespitosa

Blackfoot Daisy - Melampodium leucanthum

Black Dalea &endash; Dalea frutescens

Blue Eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium ensigerum

Blue Mistflower - Eupatorium coelestinum

Calylophus - Calylophus spp.

Cedar Sage - Salvia roemariana

Cutleaf Daisy - Engelmannia peristenia

Dewberry &endash; Rubus sp.

Fall Obedient Plant - Physostegia virginiana

Fleabane - Erigeron spp.

Four Nerve Daisy - Tetraneuris scaposa

Foxglove - Penstemon cobaea

Fragrant Phlox - Phlox pilosa

Frostweed - Verbesina virginica &endash; ice crystals at first freezes

Goldenrod - Solidago canadensis

Gulf Coast Penstemon - Penstemon tennis

Hill Country Penstemon - Penstemon triflorus

Lanceleaf Coreopsis - Coreopsis lanceolata

Lyre-leaf Sage - Salvia lyrata

Mealy Blue Sage - Salvia farinacea

Mexican Hat - Ratibida columnaris

Palmleaf Eupatorium - Eupatorium greggii

Pink Evening Primrose - Oenothera speciosa

Prairie Celestial - Nemastylis geminiflora

Prairie Rose &endash; Rosa sp.

Prairie Verbena - Verbena bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida

Red Columbine - Aquilegia canadensis

Rock Penstemon - Penstemon baccharifolius

Shrubby Boneset - Eupatorium havanense

Spider Lily - Hymenocallis caroliniana & liriosme

Spiderwort - Tradescantia spp

Spring Obedient Plant - Physotegia angustifolia

Texas Gold Columbine - Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana

Wind-Flower - Anemone berlandieri

Winecup - Callirhoe digitata var. stipulata & involucrata

Annual Wildflowers &endash; Spring annuals appear as winter rosettes

Greenthread - Thelesperma filifolium

Indian Blanket - Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella

Mountain Pink - Centaurium beyrichii

Plains Coreopsis - Coreopsis tinctoria

Purple Horsemint - Monarda citriodora

Standing Cypress - Ipomopsis rubra

Stemless Evening Primrose - Oenothera triloba

Texas Bluebonnet - Lupinus texensis

Texas Groundsel - Senecio ampullaceus

Compiled for the Trinity Forks Chapter of NPSOT by Kathy Saucier, January 2005