Selecting plants that are native to Texas -- especially Northeast Texas -- is an important part of successful landscape design. Native plants provide several advantages including lower maintenance; better adaptation; healthier, hardier plants; wildlife food and shelter; reduced watering requirements; disease and pest resistance; and lower fertilization requirements. The following is a list of many of the most popular and common plants native to our area:

ANNUALS | EDIBLES (Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Berries) | GRASSES | GROUNDCOVER |
HERBS | PERENNIALS | SHRUBS | TREES | VINES | WILDFLOWERS

ANNUALS
Begonia, Copperleaf, Cosmos, Dianthus, Flowering Kale, Geranium, Impatiens, Lantana, Marigold, Melampodium, Pansy, Penta, Petunia, Poppy, Portulaca, Purslane, Snapdragon, Verbena, Zinnia.

EDIBLES
Berries: Blackberries, Blueberries, Grapes, Persimmons, Strawberries.
Vegetables: Asparagus, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Bush Beans, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Cherry Tomatoes, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, English Peas, Garlic, Horseradish, Hot Peppers, Jerusalem Artichoke, Kale, Lettuce, Lima Beans, Mustard, Okra, Onion, Parsnips, Pinto Beans, Pole Beans, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Radishes, Rutabagas, Snap Peas, Southern Peas, Spinach, Squash, Sweet Peppers, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watermelons, Yellow Bush Beans, Zucchini Squash.
Fruits: Apples, Apricots, Calamondin, Figs, Grapes, Kumquat, Lemon, Limequat, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Satsuma, Sour Cherries, Tangerine.
Nuts: Pecans, Walnuts.

GRASSES
Bermuda, Big Bluestem, Blue Grama, Buffalo, Bushy Bluestem, Canada Wildrye, Coastal Muhly, Eastern Gamagrass, Fescue, Indiangrass, Inland Seaoats, Lindheimer's Muhly, Little Bluestem, Longspike Silver Bluestem, Sand Lovegrass, Sea-Oats, Sideoats Gramagrass, St. Augustine, Switchgrass, Texas Bluegrass, Zoysia.

GROUNDCOVER
Asian Jasmine, Creeping Thyme, Gill Ivy, Horseherb, Houttuynia, Liriope, Ophiopogon, Purple Winter Creeper, White Clover, Wood Fern.

HERBS
Basil, Bay, Borage, Catnip, Chives, Comfrey, Coriander, Dittany of Crete, Elderberry, Epazote, Garlic, Ginger, Lamb's Ear, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Lemon Verbena, Lemongrass, Marjoram, Mexican Mint Marigold, Mint, Mullein, Oregano, Parsley, Perilla, Pineapple Sage, Rosemary, Saffron, Sage, Salad Burnet, Savory, Scented Geraniums, Sorrel, Southernwood, Stevia, Sweet Marigold, Tansy, Tarragon, Thyme, Yarrow.

PERENNIALS
Aster, Butterfly Weed, Chrysanthemum, Columbine, Coreopsis, Daylilly, Iris, Liatris, Narcissus, Nierembergia, Obedient Plant (Lionheart), Oxalis, Oxeye Daisy, Phlox, Purple Coneflower, Roses, Salvia, Thrift, Turk's Cap, Wild Petunia, Yarrow.

SHRUBS
Abelia, Agarita, Althaea, American Beautyberry, Burford Holly, Carolina Buckthorn, Chinese Photinia, Compact Nandina, Coralberry, Dwarf Burford Holly, Dwarf Chinese Holly, Dwarf Yaupon Holly, Flameleaf Euonymus, Flameleaf Sumac, Forsythia, Fountain Grass, Hypericum, Leatherleaf Mahonia, Nandina, Nellie R. Stevens Holly, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Red Yucca, Smoke Tree, Spirea, Texas Sage, Viburnum, Willow Leaf Holly.

TREES (non-fruit-bearing)
Bald Cypress, Bur Oak, Chinese Pistachio, Chinkapin Oak, Deciduous Yaupon Holly, Eastern Red Cedar, Eldarica Pine, Eve's Necklace, Ginkgo, Lacebark Elm, Live Oak, Mexican Plum, Red Oak, Scarlet Buckeye, Texas Ash, and Yaupon Holly.
(Avoid: Arizona Ash, Chinese Tallow, Cottonwood, Fruitless Mulberry, Hackberry, Honeylocust, Italian Cypress, Mimosa, Pin Oak, Poplar, Siberian Elm, Silver Maple, and Sycamore.)

VINES
Boston Ivy, Bougainvillea, Carolina Jessamine, Coral Honeysuckle, Cross Vine, Fall Clematis, Grapes, Hyacinth Bean, Passionflower, Trumpet Vine, Wisteria.

WILDFLOWERS
Black-Eyed Susan, Bluebonnet, Butterfly Weed, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Crimson Clover, Engelmann Daisy, Evening Primrose, Gayfeather, Horsemint, Indian Blanket, Indian Paintbrush, Maximilian Sunflower, Mexican Hat, Oxeye Daisy, Purple Coneflower, Snow on the Mountain, Tahoka Daisy, Verbena, White Dutch Clover, Yarrow.