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Plants of the Month

April 2024 Plant of the Month

This spring has been a very good time for our most common milkweed.
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Antelope Horn Milkweed

Asclepias asperula

December 2023 Plants of the Month

As winter begins these evergreens continue to show their beauty and resilience.
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Evergreen Sumac

Rhus virens

Live Oak

Quercus virginiana

Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata

Cedar Sedge

Carex planostachys

Cenizo

Leucophyllum frutescens

Autumn Sage

Salvia greggii

November 2023 Plants of the Month

Fall blooms just in time for migrating pollinators.
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Plateau Goldeneye

Viguiera dentata

Frostweed

Verbesina virginica

Shrubby Boneset

Ageratina havanensis

Late Boneset

Eupatorium serotinum

Autumn Sage

Salvia greggii

Fall Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Rio Grande Globe Amaranth

Gomphrena haageana

October 2023 Plants of the Month

Fall plants that feed migrating wildlife
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Black Dalea

Dalea frutescens

Tall Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Evergreen Sumac

Rhus virens

Maximilian Sunflower

Helianthus maximiliani

Wild Poinsettia

Euphorbia cyathophora

Big Red Sage

Salvia penstemonoides

September 2023 Plants of the Month

Beautiful and hardy natives that stand the test of time.

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Hoary False Goldenaster

Heterotheca canescens

Texas Lantana

Lantana horrida

Flameleaf Sumac

Rhus copallinum var. lanceolata

Cenizo

Leucophyllum frutescens

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

American Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

August 2023 Plants of the Month

Here are our hardy survivors this month.

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Rock Rose

Hoary False Goldenaster

Flameleaf Sumac

Snakeherb

Western Ironweed

Texas Lantana

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