Growing Native: Texas Plants for Texas Gardens
Native Plants: Giving Wildlife a Place to Call Home
Want a garden that buzzes with life? See how North Texas native plants attract birds, pollinators, and helpful small mammals with little effort.
Designing With a Purpose
Paths to nowhere and plants with no purpose? Learn how to design a landscape that looks beautiful, solves problems, and supports wildlife.
Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly gardening is easy and rewarding. All it takes is providing a few simple things.
Create a Wildlife Habitat
Want a wildlife-friendly garden? These simple tips can help you turn your yard into a habitat.
What Not to Cut Back This Winter
Leave the stems, seed heads, and leaf litter. A guide to your native garden in the winter.
Fall Bloomers for Migrating Monarchs and Late Season Pollinators
Monarchs are moving through North Texas right now. These seven native plants give them, and plenty of other late-season pollinators, the nectar they need.
10 Top Plants for a North Texas Pollinator Garden
Native plants that feed monarchs, native bees, and hummingbirds all season. Here are 10 reliable, low-maintenance picks for North Texas pollinator gardens.
Native Plants for Cross Timbers Dry, Well-Draining Soils
Native Plants for Blackland Prairie Clay Soils
Plant This, Not That: Native Alternatives to Nandina, Bradford Pear, Vitex, Chinese Privet & Other Invasive Plants in North Texas
Trade invasive ornamentals for plants that actually feed North Texas wildlife. 8 common swaps, from Nandina to Bermudagrass, with native alternatives for each.
Best Native Shade Plants for Texas: 20 Picks for Under Oaks
Struggling with shady garden? Discover 20 native plants — from groundcovers to flowering shrubs — built for exactly these conditions.



















