Texas wildflower garden

Looking to add some beauty to your Texas garden?

Native plant gardens—gardens created with wildlife indigenous to a specific region—are a great way to be more environmentally friendly. These gardens beautify the landscape while using less water and fewer pesticides. You can rebuild local ecosystems and habitats right in your yard! Here’s a guide on how to create a native plant garden of your own.

Here is our list of 10 Texas drought-tolerant plants that any garden lover would be happy to have in their garden.

Now that the record-breaking summer of 2011 is safely behind us, I got to thinking....if gardening during a Texas summer were a TV reality show, could you bear to watch? Oh, there would be plenty of drama, that's for sure, with lots of whining and crying and pouting. Sadly, though, there wouldn't be much singing or dancing. In fact, most episodes would seem rather dry. Everything would be in need of an Extreme Makeover, and you'd end up feeling like the Biggest Loser. But one thing you could…

We want our wildflowers the way we want a lot of things: to be made in Texas. That requires native seeds.

Learn the steps to grow an eco-friendly wildflower garden from seed paper.

If you're looking for a colorful and unique addition to your home garden, consider adding some native Texas flowers. These beautiful blooms are perfect for creating a one-of-a-kind space that is sure to impress your neighbors and friends. Texas native flowers come in a wide range of colors, shapes, and sizes, so you're sure to find the perfect match for your garden. Keep reading to learn more about some of the best Texas native flowers for your garden.

Many of us have a love-hate relationship with our lawns. Although we enjoy the cool carpet of green grass to lie on and play on in summer, no one wants to spend hours every weekend mowing and trimming—not to mention battling weeds, insects, and fungus, and aerating, feeding, watering, and seeding. Turf lawns take a lot of time and money to maintain. They require the use of precious water resources to keep them alive, and the pesticides and herbicides we apply to them can damage the…