Grasses

Full sun; will go dormant (brown) during winter and during hot summers. An easy turfgrass to grow, it can be established by sod or by seed. However, plan on regular maintenance to keep it [...]

Sun or partial shade, depending on variety. One of the most varied warm-season turfgrasses for Texas, with at least eleven species and multiple cultivars. Zoysia is considered more drought- and [...]

Full sun/part shade; a large nearly evergreen bunchgrass with very ornamental purple and orange flower spikes. It provides exceptional browse for livestock but like other native bunchgrasses it [...]

Sun or partial shade. Nearly evergreen, with a glossy, tousled texture and tiny seedheads. This ornamental native sedge superficially resembles turf, but outperforms most turf grasses in both dry [...]

Sun partial-shade; a very large dense deep-rooted clump grass with tall panicles of flowers in late summer and fall. Once one of the dominant tallgrasses of the Blackland prairie and throughout [...]

Standard turfgrass for shade or partial shade. Thick, lush and evergreen in ideal settings. The coarse, visibly folded blades are rounded at the tip. Established by sod or plugs, it spreads not [...]

The state grass of Texas! Dappled shade, part shade, full sun; a warm season bluish-green bunchgrass, purplish in autumn with distinctive oat-like seedheads on one side of the stem. Well-adapted [...]

Sun or shade. Evergreen, drought tolerant and tough as nails with long wire-like leaves resembling bunchgrass or liriope. Creamy flower clusters appear in mid-spring. This nolina doesn’t [...]

Sun or shade. Evergreen and long-lived, with ribbonlike, sawtoothed leaves that form compact ornamental mounds. 5 foot tall cream-colored flower stalks arise in late spring.\n\nA great, strongly [...]

Sun or light shade. Evergreen, with rosettes of 3-foot long thin bluish leaves, eventually growing a short treelike trunk similar to ponytail palm. The fine serrations along the leaves discourage [...]