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Eric’s advice: What native plans to plant for winter (with our feathered friends in mind)

January 11, 2023 by Charlotte Aguilar

Red mulberry

If you are planting these plants to feed wildlife, you want to get as close to the wild native form as possible. Differently colored or shaped cultivars are less likely to attract and feed native Texas animals.

  • American Holly (Ilex opaca)
  • Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)
  • Possomhaw Holly (Ilex decidua)

  • American Black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
  • Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)

  • American Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
  • Carolina Laurel Cherry (Prunus caroliniana)
  • American Plum (Prunus americana)
  • Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
    Mexican plum

  • Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshalli)
  • Green Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis)
  • Littlehip Hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata)

  • American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
  • Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
  • Southern Dewberry (Rubus trivialis)
  • Highbush Blackberry (Rubus argatus)

  • Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondi)
  • Rusty Blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum)
  • Spicebush (Lindera bezoin)
Jan 11, 2023Charlotte Aguilar

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