Plants of the Month
Every month we feature a different Houston native plant. Click on the links for more information such as growing conditions, benefits to wildlife, medicinal properties…
Plant of the Month August 2023 – Chrysopsis pilosa
August 11, 2023
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The soft golden aster is an erect annual that grows in rocky dry prairies, fields, glades, and roadsides. It can bloom from May through October.
Plant of the Month June 2023 – Coreopsis tinctoria
June 14, 2023
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Plains coreopsis, also known as goldenwave, is a common wildflower across the state.
February 2023
April 15, 2023
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mrostrowski, iNaturalist app Mead’s SedgeCarex meadii
January 2023
April 15, 2023
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photographer Alan Cressler Green DragonArisaema dracontium
December 2022
April 15, 2023
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photographer Lee Page Native PoinsettiasEuphorbia dentata and Euphorbia cyathophora
November 2022
April 15, 2023
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JMKosanovich, iNaturalist app Spanish MossTillandsia usneoides