Native Plant Society of Texas

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Everyone seems to like the winecup. This Texas native is a favorite along highway rights-of-way and on wildflower trails, as well as in home gardens.

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A happy surprise for me several years ago when I began paying more attention to the trees of the Hill Country was “discovering” the Lacey oak (Quercus laceyi).  I especially was struck by the graygreen foliage, which in some lights has a bluish cast. In fact, many people refer to this tree as “blue oak.”  Blue is my favorite color for anything; so Lacey oak is one of my favorite native trees.

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Delve into all the research and you’ll find at least a dozen reasons why mistletoe is associated with the Yule season. Most of them have been clouded by time, myth and superstition. Nowadays most plant people know that mistletoe (Phoeradendron tomentosum) is a parasitic, native, mildly poisonous plant that we’d like never to see.

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Mealy sage (Salvia farinacea) is a long-blooming, drought-tolerant, deer-resistant perennial, widely available in nurseries. Now that blue bonnets have gone to seed, it provides a welcome patch of blue in the landscape.

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It is the flexible wavy leaves, some with a helical twist, that make twist-leaf yucca (Yucca rupicola) an attractive landscape plant.

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Texas betony might be called Texas tough. In my yard it survives dry periods, poor soil, deer browsing, and general neglect. Its scarlet-red blooms look good among the bluebonnets in our front yard.

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