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Water-Saving Native Plant of The Week by Bob Dailey: Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis). Pigeonberry is a low-growing native perennial herb. It generally grows between a foot and a foot and a half tall, but it has been known to exceed three feet if co...

Water-Saving Native Plant of The Week by Bob Dailey: Flame Leaf Sumac (Rhus lanceolata). Prairie Flameleaf Sumac is a thicket forming, small, deciduous tree to 30 ft. in height, but usually no taller than 20 ft that prefers full sun. Pyramidal p...

Water-saving Native Plant of the Week by Bob Dailey: Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). Requirements: any soil from deep moist acid clay to limey soils and afternoon shade when young. This tree grows in bottomlands and is drought tolerant...

Freeze Warning for Woodlands Residents

Small Trees - Late fall and winter are the times to plant trees. For the next few months, we'll be highlighting trees.

Water-saving Native Plant of the Week by Bob Dailey: Eve's Necklace (Sophora affinis or Styphnolobium affine). The dark lustrous green leaves are borne in a rounded to upright oval crown. In spring it produces rosy-pink, one-inch flowers that ha...

Water-Saving Native Plant of the Week by Bob Dailey: Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum). Tree farkle-berry is a coarse, spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree. It usually grows 12-15 ft., but can reach 25 ft. Farkleberry does best in well draine...

Water-Saving Native Plant of the Week by Bob Dailey: Rusty Black-haw Viburnum (Viburnum rufidulum). Native to open woodlands from East to Central Texas.

This small tree will grow in full sun but does better in partial shade or as a understory tree

Water-Saving Native Plant of the Week by Bob Dailey: Laurel Cherry (Prunus caroliniana). This small tree grows from the East Coast to central Texas.

Small Trees - Late fall and winter are the times to plant trees. For the next few months, we'll be highlighting trees that are native, have low water needs and are particularly attractive to our area.

This is a native perennial vine common in Central Texas and Edwards plateau. It likes hot summers,

Muscadine Grape(Vitas rotundifolia) - Last week, we featured Mustang Grapes, a wild cousin of the equally wild muscadine grape.

Water-saving Native Plant of The Week, by Bob Dailey: Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens). This plant is native from Virginia to Florida and west to Arkansas and east.

Water-saving Native Plant of The Week by Bob Dailey: Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens). A beautiful perennial native vine that is high-climbing, twining vine

Water-saving Native Plant of The Week by Bob Dailey: Wild Passionflower (Passiflora edula - formerly P. incarnata). 'Wild Passion Flower' or 'Maypop' is a perennial vine, native to much of the USA, and is Tennessee's state flower.

Water-saving Native Plant of The Week by Bob Dailey: Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium). Native, shade-loving perennial grass that has a beautiful form often found in woodland settings

Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus) - This native perennial is an airy, deciduous shrub which grows 6-12 ft. tall.

Water-saving Native Plant of The Week, by Bob Dailey... Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii). This beautiful plant is a native perennial and is uses both as a spreading shrub or a tall ground cover.