Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas

SHRUBS (CONTINUED)
NATIVE PLANTS SUGGESTED FOR USE AS ORNAMENTALS/APPENDIX FIFTEEN 1237
PLANT (CONTINUED) CONCERNS ORNAMENTAL FEATURES NOTES
Salvia greggii None Flowers, form Showy, common, can be heavily
pruned
Styrax americanus None Flowers, form Showy, underutilized, good
woodland plant
Viburnum dentatum None Foliage, flowers, form Durable, screening, berries
Viburnum rufidulum None Foliage, fall color, form Durable, underutilized, showy
flowers
VINES (CONTINUED)
Bignonia capreolata Not utilized enough, Flowers, foliage Highly recommended
aggressive
Campsis radicans Overly aggressive Flowers Many cultivars
in the landscape
Gelsemium sempervirens None Flowers, foliage, form Many cultivars
Lonicera sempervirens Vigor Flowers, foliage Many cultivars, attracts
hummingbirds
Wisteria frutescens Suckers Flowers, foliage Underutilized
GRASSES (CONTINUED)
Chasmanthium latifolium None Form, seed Underutilized
Muhlenbergia capillaris None Form, seed, pink fall color Showy, durable
Panicum virgatum None Form, seed Many cultivars
Schizachyrium scoparium None Form, seed Many cultivars
WILDFLOWERS (CONTINUED)
Aquilegia chrysantha Leaf Miner Spurred yellow flowers Flowers and seed pods used as
cut flowers
Arisaema triphyllum Corms possess Large leaves consist of three This spring ephemeral usually
a skin irritant leaflets. Pitcher-shaped disappears by early summer
flowers are striped and give
way to clusters of red fruit
Asclepias tuberosa Aphids Large, flat heads of Larval host plant for monarch
bright orange flowers
Baptisia alba None Long spikes of white, Flowers and seed pods are good
pea-like flowers cut flowers
Callirhoe papaver None Low growing plant with Use as a groundcover or in a
glowing purple flowers rock garden
Coreopsis lanceolata None Large, bright yellow Nectar source for pollinators
flowers
Crinum americanum None Succulent foliage with Prefers wet soils, excellent margin
fragrant white flowers plant
Echinacea pallida None Thin lavender petals hang Exceptional butterfly nectar source
from bright orange “seed
cones”