Recommended Pollinator Landscape Plants

ANNUALS

Beebalm

Bluebonnet

Liatris

Mexican Hat

Indian Blanket

Prairie Verbena

Texas Thistle

FLOWERING PERENNIALS

Autumn Sage

Blackfoot Daisy

Blue Curls

Chile Pequin

Gregg’s Mistflower

Columbinse (Golden and Red)

Datura

Lanceleaf Coreopsis

Fall Aster

False Indigo

Flame Acanthus

Gaura

Global Mallow

Golden Groundsel

Goldenrod

Gregg’s Dalea

Gregg’s Mistflower

Gulf Coast Pentsamon

Huisache and Cutleaf Daisy

Indigo Spires Salvia

Lyre Leaf Sage

Maximilian Sunflower

Mealy Blue Sage

Antelope Horns Milkweed

Mealy Blue Sage

Pink Evening Primrose

Brazos Penstemon

Orange Zexmenia

Prairie Verbena

Purple Coneflower

Rock Rose

Spiderwort

Texas Betony

Texas (native) Lantana

Winecup

Yarrow, Common

GROUNDCOVERS

Heartleafl Skullcap

Horseherb

Lyreleaf Salvia

SHRUBS

Agarita

Cherry Laurel

Esperanza

Fragrant Mimosa

Texas Star Hibiscus

Kidneywood

Mexican Honeysuckle

Native Texas Prickly Pear

Pride of Barbados

Rock Rose

Sumac, Evergreen

Yellow Bells (Esperanza)

SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES

Mexican Buckeye

Mountain Laurel

Coral Berry

Black Willow

Desert Willow

Eve’s Necklace

Goldenball Leadtree

Honey Mesquite

Mesquite

Mexican Plums

Anacacho Orchid

Persimmon, Texas

Retama

Texas and Mexican Redbud Trees

Sumac, Flame Red

Yaupon Holly

VINES

Coral Honeysuckle

Crossvine

Native Grapevines

Passion Vine

Butterfly Plants

Note that many of the following are what might be considered weedy or nonornamental. But encourage them anyway!

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