Plant Inventory

This is a list of plants found in our garden. It's definitely not 100% exhaustive, but I'm going to try to keep track of them all, adding and subtracting as they come and go. I'll also update the list with Latin names and links as appropriate.


Native

Trees
Texas mountain laurel
Texas persimmon
Anacua
Lacey Oak
Cedar Elm
Pecan
Live Oak
Mexican plum
Mexican buckeye
Kidneywood
Retama
Yaupon
Redbud
Wax myrtle
Desert willow (West Texas)
Hackberry

Shrubs
Cenizo (native to West Texas)
Texas lantana
Barbados cherry
Coralberry
Beautyberry
Shrubby boneset (white mistflower)
Agarita
Gregg’s salvia

Perennials
Rock rose
Purple coneflower
Straggler daisy
Gregg’s misflower
Engelmann’s (cutleaf) daisy
Flame acanthus
Hill country penstemon
Red yucca
Pale-leaf yucca
Twist-leaf yucca
Prickly pear (2 varieties)
American germander
Gayfeather
Tall goldenrod
Giant coneflower
Damianita
Eastern columbine
Yellow columbine
Fall aster
Turk’s cap
Spiderwort
Heart-leaf skullcap
Gulf penstemon
Datura
Nolina
Woolly stemodia
Silver ponyfoot
Wild petunia, Ruellia nudiflora
Chile petin
Blue-eyed grass
Hymenoxis
Zexmenia
Esperanza (yellow bells)
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta
Bedstraw, Galium aparine 

Annuals
Texas bluebonnet

Vines
Coral honeysuckle
Crossvine
Virginia creeper

Grasses
Blue grama
Lindheimer’s muhly
Gulf muhly
Sedge (Carex retroflexa)
Buffalo grass
Inland sea oats
Cut-rice grass (Leersia monandra)
Mexican feathergrass (native to West Texas)

Non-native

Trees
Xylosma
Arizona ash
Loquat
Bay laurel
Pommegranate

Shrubs
Trailing lantana
Golden lantana
Lemon verbena
Mexican oregano
Greek myrtle
Jeruselum sage
White rose
Marjoram
Lavender
Rosemary
Culinary sage
Golden thyrallis
Greek oregano

Perennials
Indigo Spires Sage
Century plant (agave)
Squid agave
Tropical milkweed
Mexican petunia
Society garlic
Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule

Vines
Confederate jasmine

Grasses
Bamboo muhly (native to New Mexico)

2 comments:

Christy said...

Great blog. Just sent the link to my daughter in Austin. Her yard is a dead mess.

Hannah Bennett said...

What a great idea to keep track of your plants! Your photos are beautiful as well.