Pollinators’ Paradise Plant List

QUICK FACTS!

WILDLIFE BENEFIT KEY:

+= Lepidoptera host plant (per NPSOT/LBJ WFC databases)

* = hummingbird attractor (per NPSOT/LBJ WFC databases)

% = food for birds - seeds, nuts, fruits (per NPSOT/LBJ WFC databases)

PLANTS BY LOCATION:

Front yard

Pocket Prairie

  • Grasses

    • Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) + %

    • Lovegrass, purple (Eragrostis spectabilis) + %

    • Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) + %

    • Muhly, white cloud (Muhlenbergia capillaris 'White Cloud')

    • Muhly, big (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri)

    • Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) +

    • Sedge, Webberville (Carex perdentata)

  • Wildflowers (seedlings)

    • Winecup, annual (Callirhoe involucrata) +

    • Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) +

  • Perennials

    • Lantana, Dallas red (Lantana × hybrida ‘Dallas Red’) *

    • Lantana, new gold (Lantana camara ‘New Gold’) *

    • Mistflower, giant blue (Chromolaena odorata)

    • Aster, drummund (Symphyotrichum drummondii)

    • Nolina texana (Nolina texana) * +

    • Mystic Spires salvia (Salvia longispicata × farinacea) *

  • Groundcovers

    • Frog fruit (Phyla nodiflora) +

South Sun beds outside fence

  • Shrubs

    • Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) * +

    • Palm, Mexican fan (Washingtonia robusta)

    • Rose, Dortmund

    • Rose, ‘Rise 'n' Shine

    • Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) *

    • Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) % +

  • Perennials

    • Calylophus (Calylophus berlandieri)

    • Canna * +

    • Coneflower, purple (Echinacea purpurea) % +

    • Esperanza (Tecoma stans)

    • Goldenrod, gray (Solidago nemoralis) +

    • Milkweed, Texas (Asclepias texana) +

    • Mountain pea (Orbexilum sp.)

    • Primrose, pink evening (Oenothera speciosa) +

    • Skeleton leaf goldeneye (Viguiera stenoloba) %

    • Skullcap, pink (Scutellaria suffrutescens)

    • Sunflower, Maximilian (Helianthus maximiliani) %

Driveway beds

  • Shrubs

    • Barbados cherry (Malpighia glabra) % +

    • Orchid tree, Mexican (Bauhinia mexicana)

    • Persimmon, Texas (Diospyros texana) %

  • Perennials/grasses

    • Honeysuckle, Mexican (Justicia spicigera)

    • Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis) +

    • Leersia (Leersia monandra)

    • Spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea)

Inside Fence

Terraced Garden

  • Trees/shrubs

    • Buckeye, Mexican (Ungnadia speciosa) % +

    • Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) * +

    • Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) * % +

    • Elbow bush, weeping (Forestiera pubescens 'Weeping') % +

    • Flame acanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus) * +

    • Orchid, anacacho (Bauhinia lunarioides)

    • Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) *

    • Yaupon, ‘Pride of Houston’ (llex vomitoria) % +

    • Yaupon, ‘Weeping’ (Ilex vomitoria 'pendula') % +

  • Grasses

    • Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) % +

    • Muhly, big (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri)

    • Muhly, gulf (Muhlenbergia capillaris)

    • Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) % +

    • Sedge, Webberville (Carex perdentata)

    • Switchgrass 'Heavy Metal' (Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal') % +

  • Perennials

    • Aster, drummund (Symphyotrichum drummondii)

    • Aster, fall (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) +

    • Canna *

    • Chile pequin (Capsicum annuum) %

    • Coneflower, purple (Echinacea purpurea) % +

    • Coneflower, upright prairie (Ratibida columnifera) %

    • Datura (Datura wrightii) +

    • Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) +

    • Goldenrod, tall (Solidago altissima) +

    • Iris germanica

    • Ironweed (Vernonia lindheimeri)

    • Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)

    • Mallow, velvet-leaf (Allowissadula holosericea) +

    • Mistflower, Gregg's (Conoclinium greggii) +

    • Mistflower, pink (Fleischmannia incarnata)

    • Oregano, Mexican (Poliomintha longiflora)

    • Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) +

    • Salvia, dwarf culinary (Salvia officinalis 'Minimus')

    • Salvia, forsythia (Salvia madrensis)

    • Salvia greggii (Salvia greggii) *

    • Salvia ‘Mystic spires’ (Salvia longispicata × farinacea) *

    • Salvia, tropical (Salvia coccinea) *

    • Skullcap, pink (Scutellaria suffrutescens)

    • Soft-hair marbleseed (Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense)

    • Turk’s cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) * +

    • Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

  • Groundcovers

    • Frog fruit (Phyla nodiflora) +

    • Missouri violet (Viola missouriensis) +

    • Mum, country girl (Chrysanthemum × morifolium ‘Country Girl’)

    • Oregano, hot & spicy (Origanum vulgare 'Hot & Spicy')

    • Ponyfoot, silver (Dichondra argentea)

    • Salvia, lyre-leaf (Salvia lyrata) *

    • Skullcap, heartleaf (Scutellaria ovata)

    • Snakeherb (Dyschoriste linearis)

    • White avens (Geum canadense)

    • Wooly stemodia (Stemodia lanata) +

  • Vines

    • Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) *

    • Flame vine, Mexican (Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides) *

  • Succulents

    • Agave (Agave americana)

    • Gopher plant (Euphorbia rigida)

    • Nolina lindheimeriana (Nolina lindheimeriana)

    • Tuberose (Agave Amica)

  • Annuals

    • Sunflower, Mexican (Tithonia rotundifolia)

    • Cosmos %

    • Chrysanthemum

    • Dusty miller (Jacobaea maritima)

    • Gomphrena %

    • Marigold (Tagetes erecta)

    • Penta

    • Snapdragon (Antirrhinum)

    • Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) [biennial] *

    • Stock (Matthiola)

    • Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) +

Woodland Garden

  • Trees/shrubs

    • Althea (Hibiscus syriacus)

    • Arroyo Sweetwood (Myrospernum sousanum)

    • Ash, green (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) % +

    • Bamboo, Alphonse Karr (Bambusa multiplex)

    • Beautyberry, American (Callicarpa americana) %

    • Bushy lippia (Lippia alba)

    • Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) % +

    • Cherry laurel (Prunus caroliniana) % +

    • Dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) %

    • Elbow bush (Forestiera pubescens) % +

    • Gum bumelia (Sideroxylon lanuginosum) % +

    • Hackberry (Celtis spp.) % +

    • Oak, live (Quercus fusiformis) % +

    • Oak, Shumard (Quercus shumardii) % +

    • Plum, Mexican (Prunus mexicana) % +

    • Soapberry, Western (Sapindus saponaria) % +

    • Toothache Tree (Zanthoxylum americanum) +

    • Wafer ash (Ptelea trifoliolata) +

    • Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) % +

  • Vines

    • Passion vine, yellow (Passiflora lutea) % +

    • Talayote (Cynanchum racemosum)

  • Perennials

    • Coreopsis, lance-leaf (Coreopsis lanceolata) %

    • Germander, American (Teucrium canadense)

    • Frostweed (Verbesina virginica)

    • Mullein (Verbascum)

    • Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis) % +

  • Grasses

    • Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) +

    • Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) % +

    • Inland sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) % +