Best Texas Native Plants

Best Texas Native Plants - Backyard Tour

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2 ай бұрын

Today we'll continue with my tour of the backyard, highlighting the Texas Native plants that are doing the best. Find out which perennial plants come back every year and can take the Texas heat, drought and cold.
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@healingbymakingyousmile5780 2 ай бұрын

You got to be the Best Gardener of Texas in KZbin !!!!! Pls Upload More of plant lists and Trees list. You’re so good at it

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will keep videoing the best plants and trees for our area!

@lindagrigsby3699 Ай бұрын

I just discovered your site and enjoyed the tour. I live in North/Central Texas and am dealing with herds of deer. It's challenging finding plants they won't destroy. I love your Cherry Laurels and want to try some. Photinias have all been hit with that virus, so have lost most of them, sadly. Thank you for sharing your beautiful landscape. I appreciate that you post the names of the plants on the screen too!

@therockyhillgardener Ай бұрын

Please let me know which plants you've found that stand up to deer munching.

@bridgetofczarzak5461 2 ай бұрын

Belinda’s Dream was a cultivar created by Dr. Basey from Texas A&M for our local veterinarian for his daughters birthday whose name was Belinda. Caldwell, TX

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Really! Thanks for sharing!

@mooreacrestxgardenening4979 2 ай бұрын

I have so many of the same plants. You are so correct about the blue mist flower. Butterflies 🦋 all over them. Amazing!!

@healingbymakingyousmile5780 2 ай бұрын

Passion Vine !!!

@robyn3349 24 күн бұрын

Thank you ❤! I am new to TX gardening and am learning so much from you! We are a bit north of you in 8a.

@therockyhillgardener 20 күн бұрын

Wonderful! Keep watching and your garden will be beautiful!

@healingbymakingyousmile5780 2 ай бұрын

Lovely Video :))

@kareninhtownmitchell9191 2 ай бұрын

Your Oakleaf Hydrangea is gorgeous! I am hoping to plant one in my garden. Everything looks lovely!

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Thank You!! I love it too!

@healingbymakingyousmile5780 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this ❤❤❤❤❤ you give out so much knowledge !!!!

@suesaur Ай бұрын

Thank you Cindy. Wow! I have lots of Carolina Jassmine as a foundation plant on the side of my house. Every few years I cut it back. Daylilies. Esparanza, Pride of Barbados, and knock out roses. I got a Belindas Dream rose for Christmas. Haven't decided the best spot for it yet. We use cactus as filler in several of my beds. Queens lace and lantana of course!

@therockyhillgardener 27 күн бұрын

Sounds like a lovely garden. Do you garden in Central Texas?

@sherryhudson9075 16 күн бұрын

I live in the DFW area and have tried star jasmine several times but I’ve always lost it. I have perennial phlox blooming right now. Also have needlepoint ivy in the ground as a ground cover. Creeping fig in other beds. Lots of wood fern and hostas, peony’s, but no roses. I had to remove every single rose, including knock outs due to rose rosette disease Clematis vines are still blooming, so pretty. Lantana, of course, as well as asparagus ferns that come back every year I have a huge oakleaf hydrangea plus other mophead hydrangeas. Nandinas, youpons, chrysanthemums. I have so many reliable perennials, filling in with a few annuals. I love gardening ❤

@therockyhillgardener 8 күн бұрын

Wow! Your garden sounds beautiful. I wish I could visit. I'm going to try the phlox next. I've had rose rosette too. I hope to keep the last few roses I have.

@marynielson1705 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoy watching your videos because you give a lot of tips on how to maintain and keep your plants growing. I had recently planted a new Mystic Spires salvia and it is not growing as fast as I thought it would. I'm going to try your tip on trimming it down to allow the plant to become more established.

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Try doing that and also sprinkle a little organic fertiliser around the base.

@marynielson1705 2 ай бұрын

@@therockyhillgardener Will do! Thank you.

@shadedfromreality 2 ай бұрын

It looks like a beautiful space back there ~ plenty of room for lots of different plants! Love all of the variety!

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, lots of space for trying out plants.

@elizabethcanales7170 7 күн бұрын

New subscriber here! Enjoyed your show... from Willis TX, North of Houston. 😊

@therockyhillgardener 6 күн бұрын

So glad you watched today! More great tips and tricks ahead!

@sgroudle1 2 ай бұрын

Love these videos for Austin gardening tips :) my four nerve daisies come back with more every year!

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

I've been meaning to plant some of those. Thanks for the reminder.

@JessieeA 2 ай бұрын

I just planted dianthus in my bed.

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

It will do great!

@MickF04 2 ай бұрын

You have a lot of space to work with. Very nice. Our nearly rectangular backyard is 70' wide by 32' deep off the patio. All Bermuda lawn (thanks, house builder!), with a fair slope downward toward the house. Same rocky soil as you here in Central Texas. I keep thinking I could just create some circular areas in the lawn with the Bermuda removed and plant some shrubs and perennials there. Not looking for style, but rather attraction for the pollinators. Biggest concerns are rain washout and watering.

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Definitely think about terracing the yard. You don't want to put in a lot of work to just watch it run off the side of the yard! It's easy to do, but does require a full day of hard labor.

@MickF04 2 ай бұрын

@@therockyhillgardener Our lot is not *that* sloped to require terracing, although I am not against the idea or having raised soil of some kind in the backyard. We have no intention of growing vegetables or plants for flowers, so any raised bed concept is probably a waste of time and cost.

@allisonkeith5106 2 ай бұрын

how many years have you been working on all these gardens? do you have help? how many hours a week do you spend in your beautiful yard? love these tours!

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

I've been gardening all my life. I'm not telling how old I am. HAHA!! I work 2-4 hours a day since I am retired. My wonderful husband helps me so much on the weekends.

@jeaniemcdaris8276 Ай бұрын

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@jacquelinelee9510 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for SUCH a beautiful inspiring garden of what we can do in tough conditions. We are in the clay soil of Bastrop county, Texas (NO sand, bad drainage). You have given me ideas of how to make our yard look more intentional. Our spongy clay soil takes days to dry during our seldom but tenacious rains then turns hard as a rock in summer. So I keep digging up native survivors here and there on our farm pasture and planting them around the house. How did you determine how to lay out your dry creek bed? We have a shallow ditch about 3'-5' from one side of our home we made to drain puddles that form during heavy rains. Maybe we should put a French drain there & cover it with rock like yours? I pine for a little arched bridge. How should we cut back our Mexican sage so it has a beautiful rounded shape like yours? We left ours alone when it died back in winter and cut off the dead stems as it budded out in spring but it is flopping over. Our firecracker bush next to it is doing the same thing so I staked the single thick stem with 2' wide foilage for this season until I find out how to prune it this winter. I can't wait to look through all of your videos to see what to do the other months of the year. I LOVE that you have the written labels on the screen as you tell about each plant so we understand the names correctly. We want to garden responsibly with natives for the pollinators and work with the natural inclinations of the land. It makes more sense to not fight it. Thank you again for sharing your wonderful native garden to inspire us how to carry it out beautifully!

@therockyhillgardener 6 күн бұрын

You sound like a wonderful gardener! For the dry creek, we first watched the natural pattern the water took when it rained. We followed that path when making our dry creek. I always chop my Mexican Sage Bush, Firecracker bush, and Salvias when they start to look leggy! You can also stake them up if you want to do that. You are so kind to compliment my garden! Thanks for all your comments.

@MissPiggyLilly 2 ай бұрын

Tonight (Friday) is beautiful outside..perfect for 🍷🍷

@MissPiggyLilly 2 ай бұрын

I'm in San Antonio TX Zone 8b /9a 🤠

@jacquelinelee9510 8 күн бұрын

Will you wait until winter to dig up parts of your Mexican sage to move them? Ours is that big so I probably should move some to bare spaces since it is surviving so well. Thank you for all of your tips!

@therockyhillgardener 6 күн бұрын

Yes, I will definitely wait till cooler weather.

@sherrieblake8674 2 ай бұрын

This is gorgeous! I have salvia greggi. Do you know how to propagate it? Thanks !

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Dig a nice big hole making sure the hole has good drainage. Then dig up a section of Salvia Greggi getting as much of the root system as possible. Pop it in the new hole, fill with soil and keep it watered for 2 weeks. It should take hold and start taking root. I've done this lots of times with great success.

@sherrieblake8674 2 ай бұрын

@@therockyhillgardener Thank you! I’ll give it a try. Your garden advice is exactly what I need for this dry Texas weather. Little by little I’m trying to transition to mostly Texas natives. Your experience is so helpful.

@annlafortune4380 6 күн бұрын

Where are you located? I'm in Schertz and hoping I can get my yard looking as good as yours! Thanks for the inspiration.

@therockyhillgardener 6 күн бұрын

I live in Leander, North of Austin

@marleneegan-hm7lr 2 ай бұрын

Hi Cindy! I just wanted to let you know that nandina is actually listed as an invasive plant to the United States. I think people have come to think of it as a native just because we see them everywhere. I read that the berries can actually be harmful ( even kill) some birds. I am not one to tell people what to plant and what not to, I just thought you would appreciate the information. Thanks for the great video!

@therockyhillgardener 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate the information! Thank You!

@MickF04 2 ай бұрын

@@therockyhillgardener What you have is not Obsession Nandina, as you stated in the video. Obsession is a completely sterile Nandina variety, as are several more modern Nandinas. Obsession will not set flowers or berries. By the look of the shrub, it appears to be the highly invasive "Heavenly Bamboo" or possibly Gulf Stream, although Gulf Stream doesn't flower that often in Central Texas. Obsession is a 3-4' tall and wide shrub. Edit: The master gardeners up in Tarrant County recommend three family of shrubs that can handle the Texas heat, are drought tolerant, and are cold hardy to at least Zone 6 (-10° F). They are Hollies, Abelias, and the sterile varieties of Nandina. Those include Obsession, Lemon Lime, Firepower, and Blush Pink.