Central Texas Garden Tour-Native versus Nonnative 

I found the name to the mystery plant in the video! It is Nolina lindheimeriana www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=13879

The “Or Dead” comment made me chuckle - know the feeling!

Wow ~ so many interesting plants! That Goldenball Lead Tree is exquisite...I've never seen that before. I can't wait to watch yours grow!

You take amazing care of that Greggs. It's also amazingly upright! I have one in a one spot and it's just going crazy.

Nice!! The nasturtiums also are tasty. Peppery. Watch for caterpillars on your Mtn Laurel. They are already on our three. I use Bonide Thuricide BT Concentrate and usually have to treat 2x a year. I lightly whack the webbing open first with a broom and then spray. We're waiting for the wind to die down as I type to treat then one out front. My Greg's Mist died over the Winter. Need to get to Grizzly's.

New subscriber here! I’m in west Tx (Midland/Odessa) which is also zone 8b. Loved seeing ur native plants which gave me some great ideas! Our house faces west which gets brutal hot afternoon sun. I always start gomphrena from seed (it comes in many different colors), and put it in my mail box bed which faces west, and also in a bed on the south side of my house. It THRIVES (gets huge 2’ x 2’ by the end of fall) in both beds bc it seems to really love the heat, and ppl stop all the time when I’m outside and ask me what it is. Pollinators LOVE it! It’s constantly full of bees and butterflies that fly up every day when I go check the mail. I also have a weeping golden redbud tree on one side of my house which faces south. I planted it last fall, and it made it thru the winter, budded out, and now has beautiful yellowish green leaves. I’m literally so excited that it made it, and I look so fwd to watching it evolve in my garden! I really want to plant a Japanese Maple tree in my backyard which faces east so it will go into shade between 1pm-2pm. I’ve been hesitant bc I was told they don’t do well in Tx, but seeing urs makes me think I will try planting one in a new bed I just created in the backyard. I also have several sage plants (salvia) that I grew from seed last yr in the landscape, and I’m growing more from seed to go outside this yr. My tomatoes aren’t as far along as urs r (grew them from seed), but my potatoes look very similar to urs. I started my cucumbers and zucchini from seed inside and transplanted them out, and they look about as far along as the ones u started from seed inside. Tyfs! Happy gardening!! 💐💐💐

I’m waiting to find out if my Esperanza and bougainvillea plants made it. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

You know what I have two Camellias and I never thought about potting them up I just might do that because my flowers did not do what I thought they would. Thanks for saying that out loud I might try that too

Looks so beautiful!!

My Turks cap in Houston has been growing back for probably 3 weeks. Are you still getting some cold temps? Maybe they just aren’t ready