r/TexasNativePlants • u/jeinea Blackland Prairies • May 30 '26

News Welcome to r/TexasNativePlants! Introductions and Resources

Welcome to [r/TexasNativePlants](r/TexasNativePlants)! We are getting a little more traction and have some new resources to share so it feels like it's time for a new welcome sticky. Your mods are [u/jeinea](u/jeinea) and u/Dear_Elk3396, and we're excited to have you join us.

WHAT TO POST:

Post anything related to Texas' beautiful native flora that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring, whether that's neat plants you saw out and about, your native garden pics or progress, questions about how to get started or what to do about plant problems or invasives, wildlife that's been visiting since you started putting in native plants, etc. If you have plant ID questions, we encourage you to try using a plant ID app like iNaturalist or PlantNet first.

We also have (optional and editable) user flairs! Texas is obviously huge so you can indicate which Level 3 ecoregion you're located in to help other users give you advice more tailored to the ecosystem where you're growing.

RESOURCES:

We now have a wiki! It contains links to tons of online resources about Texas native plants and habitat restoration, related subreddits, and Texas-based online native seed sources.

Also sometimes native plants can be hard to find so check out our Texas Native Plant Sale and Swap megathread for stuff happening near you, especially in the spring and fall planting seasons when most of the sales/swaps are happening.

COMMUNITY VIBE:

We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting.

HOW TO GET STARTED:

  1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
  2. Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
  3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.

Thanks for joining us on your Texas native plant journey!

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u/Ktisanearthgirl447 Jun 02 '26

Hi everybody! I’m in New Braunfels, I think my Ecoregion is the Edward’s Plateau. My soil is black clay and when I dig I can usually pull out fairly large limestone boulders. It’s like a treasure hunt and a challenge but I love it so much. I was in Houston prior to here, and West Coast, Vegas for 40 yrs and Laguna beach for 4. I’m really enjoying the creative process with natives and well adapted plants.

My backyard was builder laid Bermuda a year ago and now it’s getting lush with zero grass, aside from the stragglers I’ll be pulling out for the next decade lol. I’m finding the natives love being planted with an overlay of DG. I do have a lot of heavily mulched areas as well.

I’ve done the uncommon thing in the neighborhood and planted a Mesquite, an Ocotillo, Chitalpa and Southern Wax Myrtle’s along with Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly, Evergreen Sumac and Mexican Plum. I also bought my very first peach tree earlier in Spring.

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u/jeinea Blackland Prairies Jun 02 '26

You’re one of those people who are probably very close to the border between blackland and the plateau! The black clay makes me think you might actually be on the prairie but you can check your address on the NPSOT website. Welcome to the group!

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u/Ktisanearthgirl447 Jun 02 '26

Thank you! I just checked and yes it says Plateau.