This book provides practical information about growing native plants in Texas and the Southwest. It offers strategies for making and maintaining a diverse, layered landscape that provides outdoor rooms and turf areas for children and pets, incorporates fragrance and edible plants, and provides cover, shelter, and sustenance for wildlife. The book is richly illustrated and informed by both a keen eye for design and an understanding of how healthy ecologies work. It includes in-depth profiles of over 350 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines, and provides propagation and care information for each species.