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Hi 👋 TX Natives Perennial Landscaping. Resilient landscapes for Texas → more plants, less water, more life. Consultations · Design · Install

06/16/2026

Crape myrtles have their own beauty, no argument there. But here’s the question worth asking: why do we keep planting an Asiatic tree when there’s a native option that’s more drought tolerant, less disease-prone, lower maintenance, and a magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies?

Desert willow is that option. It’s native from far East Texas all the way to El Paso, which means it’s built for pretty much anywhere in this state.

There’s a cultivar called ‘Bubba’ with a more upright form and especially vivid blooms. But honestly, the straight species is hard to beat. That sprawling, architectural shape gives it a character all its own.

Sometimes the best specimen tree for your yard has been native this whole time.

06/12/2026

Sneak peek for tomorrow’s pond tour 👀

Just a quick whiteboard look at the pitless stream you’ll get to see in person.

Can’t wait to walk you through it tomorrow!

06/10/2026

Gayfeather. Blazing Star. The Dr. Seuss plant. Whatever you call it – liatris is one of the more underrated natives you can put in the ground.

It blooms when the heat cranks up, which is exactly when most plants tap out. And in larger drifts, the form is genuinely striking.

Two to know: Liatris punctata is your pick for drier areas – it grows wild from Texas all the way up to Montana. Liatris spicata is the one for those of you east of Texas where rainfall is more consistent. Both are widely available.

Quirky plant. Zero drama. High reward.

06/08/2026

Full sun, no grass — here are the two ground covers I keep coming back to.

First one is prairie verbena (glandularia bipinnatifida). It’s a wildflower that runs from Texas all the way up to South Dakota, and down here it’s evergreen year-round. We’ve filmed it covered in snow and ice, still blooming. That’s the kind of tough you want in a North Texas yard.

Second is woolly stemodia (temodia lanata). If you’ve been thinking about silver ponyfoot, plant this instead — it’s hardier, it pulls pollinators, and that blue-gray foliage creates real contrast in a planting bed. Little flowers, big personality.

Neither one is grass. Both will take the heat.

If you want to know which fits your space best, that’s exactly what our consultations are for.
Link in bio!

06/04/2026

Summer’s officially here, and if you’ve been thinking about adding a water feature to your yard, this is the moment to get serious about it.

The North Texas Water Garden Society Pond Tour is coming up June 13th, and it’s one of the best ways to see real, established water features up close, in real yards, maintained by real people. Not showroom displays. Actual living systems you can walk through and ask questions about.

We’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about water features, and we love it, because there’s a lot to think through before you commit. Ponds, fountains, streams. They each have their own personality, their own maintenance rhythm, and their own right and wrong situations for North Texas conditions.

And that maintenance piece? That’s where most people get surprised. We want to make sure you go in with clear expectations so whatever you choose actually fits your life, not just your yard.

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to break it all down. Our whole thing is helping you make decisions you’ll feel good about five years from now, not just on installation day.

If you’re curious about the pond tour, DM us and we’ll get you the details.

More coming soon.

06/03/2026

Good morning! Summer feels like it's pretty much here and all of the vignette show-offs are bursting into life with the heat in our native garden beds, which we do not use sprinklers on.

(Not seen in these shots is all of the detailed earth-work below the canopies of these forbs that feature micro-swales and other structures to manage and thoughtfully retain storm-water to help beds like these thrive. Visit us at txnatives.com if you want to explore doing something similar. ✌️)

06/02/2026

The part nobody photographs but everybody needs.

This corner of the yard was a mud problem every time it rained. We solved it with a combination of native plants with deep root systems, micro swales, and natural stone that allows water to soak in instead of sending a river of mud to the street.

Just plants and materials working the way they were meant to.

This is the kind of detail that makes a native landscape actually function long-term, not just look good on install day.

If your yard has a problem area nobody’s been able to solve, that’s usually where we start.

DM us or hit the link in bio to book a consultation. Based in Plano, serving DFW.

05/29/2026

Here’s what actually goes into a native yard design that nobody talks about.

Circulation. Gathering spaces. Kid-friendly pathways. Seasonal color that shifts through the year. Texture that holds interest even when nothing is blooming.

25 species in the ground, from Inland Sea Oats and Dwarf Palmetto to Liatris and Butterfly W**d.

Share this with someone who thinks native plants means scraggly and brown.

Part 3 soon 🤙

05/28/2026

I can’t help but pull over when I see an undisturbed native area. They’re stunning in person (photos never really do them justice), and for better or worse, they’re disappearing quickly here in DFW.

The more we document and observe these places now, the better we can shape our own landscapes around the patterns and hints nature already gives us.

These shots were taken out in Aledo, TX, southwest of Fort Worth. Areas like this are incredibly valuable for understanding native soil depth, plant communities, plant sociability, structure and composition, pollinator activity, and wildlife relationships.

Personally, I was most excited to see standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) standing tall on the hilltop in some pretty tortured soil conditions. The mealy blue sage (Salvia farinacea) was also a delight. So often we only see the ‘Henry Duelberg’ selections in landscapes, so it was refreshing to see what I feel to be much closer to the true native form out in the wild.

05/27/2026

730 plants. Zero St. Augustine.

This Dallas yard had the same problem we see across Plano, Richardson, and most of North Texas: mature live oaks making it nearly impossible to keep traditional turfgrass alive.

So we stopped fighting the conditions and built around them.

Layered natives. Deep shade species. A yard designed to thrive on its own terms.
Save this if you’ve got a shady yard that won’t cooperate.

Part 2 dropping soon.

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