Well-Adapted Plants
Not native to Texas, but proven in North Texas heat and soil. These are the non-native plants we're comfortable recommending alongside our natives — each is labeled on its page so you always know which is which.
18 plants
Out of stock Agastache (Tutti Frutti)
Non-NativeAgastache 'Tutti Frutti' (A. rupestris × A. cana hybrid)
A hummingbird-mint hybrid valued for its raspberry-pink flower spikes that bloom continuously from midsummer into fall.
In stock Bicolor Salvia
Non-NativeSalvia sinaloensis
Bicolor salvia is a low, spreading sage with dark green leaves and deep blue-violet flowers from spring through fall. Bees and hummingbirds visit the blooms, and deer generally leave it alone.
Out of stock Blue Agave
Non-NativeAgave americana
Blue agave, or century plant, is a bold desert succulent that forms a giant rosette of blue-gray, sword-shaped leaves. It thrives in heat, drought, and poor soil and leaves behind offsets after it blooms.
In stock Copper Canyon Daisy
Non-NativeTagetes lemmonii
Copper Canyon Daisy is a fragrant, deer-resistant shrub with feathery foliage and golden daisy blooms through late summer and fall.
In stock Daylily
Non-NativeHemerocallis 'Stella de Oro’
Daylilies are tough, clump-forming perennials with arching foliage and trumpet-shaped blooms that open in daily succession from late spring through summer.
Out of stock Fig - Celeste
Non-NativeFicus carica 'Celeste'
The classic Southern heirloom fig — self-pollinating, honey-sweet, and famously resistant to summer souring.
Low stock Holy Basil
Non-NativeOcimum tenuiflorum
Holy Basil (Tulsi) is a fast-growing, fragrant culinary and medicinal herb with spicy, clove-scented leaves.
Low stock Mesa Azure Salvia
Non-NativeSalvia microphylla 'Mesa Azure'
Mesa Azure Salvia is a compact, hummingbird-friendly subshrub with lavender-purple blooms from spring through fall.
In stock Mexican Bush Sage
Non-NativeSalvia leucantha
Mexican Bush Sage is a heat-tolerant perennial with velvety purple flower spikes that put on their best show from late summer into fall.
In stock Mexican Mint Marigold
Non-NativeTagetes lucida
A fragrant, edible herb with golden marigold-like blooms from late summer through the first frost.
In stock New Gold Lantana
Non-NativeLantana x hybrida 'New Gold' (sterile hybrid cultivar)
A compact, non-spreading lantana with nonstop solid gold blooms from spring through the first frost.
In stock Pink Skullcap
Non-NativeScutellaria suffrutescens
Pink Skullcap is a tidy, drought-tolerant subshrub with vivid pink blooms nearly continuously from May through October.
Low stock Pride of Barbados
Non-NativeCaesalpinia pulcherrima
Pride of Barbados is a fast-growing tropical-look shrub with ruffled orange-red blooms that keep coming through the hottest summer months.
In stock Purple Heart
Non-NativeTradescantia pallida (syn. Setcreasea pallida)
Purple Heart is a fast-growing, nearly foolproof groundcover with vivid violet foliage that intensifies in full sun.
In stock Society Garlic
Non-NativeTulbaghia violacea
Society Garlic is a deer-resistant perennial with garlic-scented foliage and sweet, star-shaped lilac-pink blooms from early summer through fall.
In stock Spearmint
Non-NativeMentha spicata
Spearmint is a fast-spreading, fragrant culinary herb prized fresh for teas, cocktails, and cooking.
Low stock Variegated Yucca (Color Guard)
Non-NativeYucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' (or similar variegated cultivar)
Variegated Yucca 'Color Guard' is an extremely cold-hardy, low-maintenance accent plant with bold cream-and-green striped foliage year-round.
Low stock Vitex
Non-NativeVitex agnus-castus
A fast-growing, drought-tough flowering tree with long lavender-blue spikes that bloom right through the hottest part of summer.