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Autumn 2024
 Capsicum annuum Chile Tepin - Potato Family Great plant in all settings. This one is a volunteer and still growing strong after 5 years. We leave it alone and only water it if the leaves droop. Beautiful and valuable plant. |  Rhus lanceolata Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Sumac Family Beautiful plant for a natural landscape. It will spread by roots quickly in the right setting. Very valuable wildlife plant. Use the link for more informaiton. |  Salvia coccinea Scarlet Sage - Mint Family You can't go wrong with this plant. Very easy to grow from seed which will save money to buy more plants. |  Ptelea trifoliata Wafer Ash - Rue Family This is a valuable native small tree. Several have popped up around here over the last 2 years. The link provides more information. |
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 Anisacanthus quadrifidus Flame Acanthus - Acanthus Family This is the 2nd year for a 1 gal. plant. I'm glad I gave it room to grow. This one has given us more plants all around the patio. Will readily reseed. Easy to transplant volunteers. |  Cornus drummondii Roughleaf Dogwood Dogwood Family This one is wild and growing with live oak, prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) and Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). The soil limestone gravel with a thin layer of soil. |  Cornus drummondii Roughleaf Dogwood Dogwood Family We purchased this one from Native Gardeners in Euless (see link). A new bed for our woodland landscape using native plants. |  Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry Verbena Family Gorgeous plant in all seasons. Needs dappled shade and room to grow naturally. This one is 4 years old from a 3 gal pot. They need some attention in the summer. |
 The grasses around our Harvester ant bed. Every morning after it warms up, they run back and forth gathering seeds. |  Artemisia ludoviciana Prairie Sage - Aster Family This plant has many names. It's a fabulous one and very pretty at all stages in its growth. Very easy to spot when it is beginning to grow. |  Cornus drummondii Roughleaf Dogwood Dogwood Family We just discovered this patch of rough leaf dogwoods. They are amazing drought tolerant plants. |  Eriogonum longifolium Longleaf Buckwheat Buckwheat Family A very beautiful prairie flowering plant. A perennial that blooms from June to October. Valuable plant for Texas native bees and butterflies. |
 Eriogonum longifolium Longleaf Buckwheat Buckwheat Family The leaves will stay like this through winter. Valuable plant for Texas native bees and butterflies. |  Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem - Grass Family Sold commercially. We have not tried this a landscape setting. |  Verbesina virginica Frostweed - Aster Family This is our 3rd year for this group and they are spreading past this patch. We planted them in dappled shade under a grouping of young native trees. |  Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa Milkweed Family - Perennial |
 Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata Mint Family - Perennial |  Snow On The Prairie Euphorbia bicolor Spurge Family - Annual |  Mealy Blue Sage Salvia farinacea Mint Family - Perennial |  Awnless Bush Sunflower Simsia calva Aster Family - Perennial |
 Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani Aster Family - Perennial |  White Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides Aster Family - Perennial |  Texas Gayfeather Liatris punctata Aster Family - Perennial |  Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngium leavenworthii Carrot Family - Annual Also called False Purple Thistle. |
 Cowpen Daisy Verbesina encelioides Aster Family - Annual |  Maximilian Sunflower Cultivated Fall Aster in the background. |  Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Beech Family A member of the broad white oak group (white oak, bur, post, chinkapin and swamp white oaks). |  Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima Aster Family - Perennial |
 Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Beech Family A member of the broad white oak group (white oak, bur, post, chinkapin and swamp white oaks). |
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