Native Garden
The Native Garden is planted to highlight Texas native plants in a natural setting. These plants are drought tolerant and require little maintenance. The garden is designed to provide color and texture options throughout the year. Butterflies, birds and beneficial insects find sanctuary in this garden.
Rainwater harvesting is demonstrated in the garden by a 500 gallon cistern placed to collect water from the roof of the building. Drip irrigation tubing, located in the beds, is connected to the cistern for watering.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Growth Habit |
|---|---|---|
| American Beautyberry | Callicarpa americana | Shrub |
| Autumn Sage | Salvia greggii | Shrub |
| Baby’s Breath Aster | Aster subulatus | Perennial |
| Barbados Cherry | Malpighia glabra | Tree |
| Blue Indigo, False Indigo | Baptisia australis | Perennial |
| Blue Mistflower | Conoclinium coelestinum | Perennial |
| Cenizo, Texas Sage | Leucophyllum frutescens | Shrub |
| Chile Petin | Capiscum annuum | Perennial |
| Coneflower | Rudbeckia | Perennial |
| Dwarf Palmetto | Sabal minor | Palm |
| Fall Aster | Symphyotricum oblongifolium | Perennial |
| Gayfeather Liatris | Liatris pycnostachya | Perennial |
| Heart-leaved Skullcap | Scutellaria ovata | Perennial |
| Inland Sea Oats | Chasmanthium latifolium | Grass |
| Manfreda | Manfreda variegata | Succulent |
| Mealycup Sage | Salvia farinacea | Perennial |
| Pigeonberry | Rivina humilis | Perennial |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | Perennial |
| Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Perennial |
| Red/Pink/White Salvia | Salvia coccinea | Perennial |
| Rock Rose, Rose Mallow | Pavonia lasiopetala | Shrub |
| Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye | Viguiera stenoloba | Shrub |
| Texas Bluebonnet | Lupinus texensis | Annual |
| Texas Kidneywood | Eysenhardtia texana | Tree |
| Texas Lantana | Lantana urticoides Hayek | Shrub |
| Texas Mountain Laurel | Sophora secundiflora | Tree |
| Texas Onion | Allium texanum | Perennial |
| Texas Spiderwort | Tradescantia humilis Rose | Perennial |
| Turk’s Cap | Malvaviscus drummondii | Shrub |
| Twist-Leaf Yucca | Yucca rupicola | Perennial |
| Virginia Iris | Iris virginica | Perennial |
| Wedelia, Zexmenia | Wedelia hispida | Perennial |
| White Gaura | Oenothera lindheimeri | Perennial |
| Woolly Stemodia | Stemodia lanata | Perennial |
| Yellow Bells Esperanza | Tecoma stans v.angustata | Shrub |