Find information on what to plant in your own gardens this fall (or any time of the year) as well as learn about local events, volunteer opportunities, native plant presentations, local online resources and more!
There are so many different ways you can be involved – find the information you are looking for here to participate in Native Plant Week in South Texas, Corpus Christi and the Valley.
EVENTS
Butterfly and Bird Walks at the World Birding Center Locations.
Additional Rio Grande Valley Native Events
TRIED AND TRUE NATIVE PLANTS
Blue Mistflower (Eupatorium sp.)
Desert Lantana (Lantana achyranthifolia)
Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha)
Violet Wild Petunia (Ruellia nudiflora)
White Plumbago (Plumbago scandens)
Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinnea)
Mexican Trixis (Trixis inula)
Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides)
Frogfruit (Phyla incisa)
Buffalo Grass (Bouteloua dactyloides)
Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis)
Cacti:
Tasajillo (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis)
Night-blooming Cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
Rough Agave/ Century Plant (Agave parryi ssp. parryi)
Shrubs:
Granjeno (Celtis ehrenbergiana)
Tamaulipan Fiddlewood (Citharexylum berlandieri)
Whitebrush (Aloysia gratissima)
Kidneywood (Eysenhardtia texana)
Yellow Sophora (Sophora tomentosa)
Guayacan/ Soapbush (Guajacum augustifolium)
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye (Viguiera stenoloba)
Trees:
Texas Ebony (Pithecellobium ebano)
Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri)
Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana)
Sabal Palm (Sabal palmetto)
Tepaguaje (Leucaena pulverulenta)
Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia)
Brasil (Condalia hookeri)
LOCAL DEMONSTRATION GARDENS
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and World Birding Center, Mission
Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (714 Raul Longoria Rd., Edinburg TX 78540), – Shows trees, shrubs, cacti, vines and wetland plants for birds and butterflies.
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco
Frontera Audubon, Weslaco
Harlingen Arroyo Colorado (Hugh Ramsey Park), Harlingen
Old Hidalgo Pumphouse, Hidalgo
Quinta Mazatlan, McAllen
Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, South Padre Island
South Texas Botanical Gardens, Corpus Christi, has quiet trails and boardwalk through identified native habitat and natural wetlands
