Botanical Name

Common Name

Native To

Description

Type of Plant

Acer negundo

Box Elder

AZ NM OK TX

Tree

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple

Tree

Aesculus arguta

Texas Buckeye

OK TX

Tree

Alnus maritima

Seaside Alder

OK

Shrub

Andropogon gerardii

Big Bluestem

OK TX

3-8', Sun, fall color.

Grass

Andropogon glomeratus

Bushy Bluestem

OK TX

3', Sun, pink seed heads.

Grass

Anisacanthus wrightii

Flame Acanthus

TX

Perennial

Asclepias Incarnata

Swamp Milkweed

A 2-4' tall Oklahoma native which blooms dusty pink flowers in summer. Sun. Zone 6.

Perennial

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Weed

This Oklahoma native has showy orange flowers in late spring and early summer and attracts butterflies. It reaches 2-3' and thrives in poor, dry soils. Sun. Zone 6.

Perennial

Baptisia australis

Wild Indigo, False Indigo

OK

This Oklahoma native has blue pea-like flowers over grayish-green coarse foliage. 3-4' tall. Sun to part shade. Zone 6.

Perennial

Bignonia capreolata

'Tangerine Beauty Cross Vine

Evergreen vine native to the southwest. Red-orange trumpet flowers in April and May. Climbs with tendrils. Zone 6.

Vine

Bumelia lanuginosa

Chittamwood

AZ NM OK TX

Tree

Callicarpa americana

American Beautyberry

OK TX

A large native shrub with beautiful purple berries in fall. Reaches 4-5' tall. Part sun/part shade. Zone 6.

Shrub

Callicarpa americana 'Alba'

White Beautyberry

OK TX

Reaches 4-5' and has white berries in the fall. Part sun/part shade.

Shrub

Callirhoe alcaeoides 'Logan Calhoun'

White Poppy Mallow

OK TX

Mounding habit 12-24". Covered in white cups in spring. Sun. Zone 4.

Perennial

Callirhoe involucrata

Wine Cups

NM OK TX

Trailing stems with bright wine colored cupped flowers in spring. Sun. Zone 4.

Perennial

Campsis radicans

Trumpet Vine

OK TX

Native vine with showy orange trumpet shaped flowers from June to September. A favorite of hummingbirds. Sun. Zone 6.

Vine

Campsis radicans 'Madam Galen'

Madam Galen Trumpet Vine

This selection of Trumpet Vine has larger flowers that are a deep coral red. Sun. Zone 6.

Vine

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey Tea

OK TX

3', Sun to partial shade, white flowers.

Shrub

Ceanothus ovatus

2-3' shrub with glossy leaves and white flowers in summer.

Shrub

Celastrus scandens

Bittersweet Vine

OK TX

30' climbing vine with orange berries in fall. Sun to shade.

Vine

Celtis occidentalis

Hackberry

OK TX

60-100', Sun.

Tree

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Button Bush

OK TX

6-10', Sun to part shade, glossy leaves, summer flowers white.

Shrub

Cercis canadensis

Redbud

OK TX

15-30' Shade to part sun, purplish-pink flowers.

Tree

Cercis canadensis texensis

Texas Redbud

OK TX

Tree

Chasmanthium latifolium

Inland Sea Oats

OK TX

2', Sun to part shade, fall color.

Grass

Chilopsis linearis

Desert Willow

AZ NM TX

15-30', Pink flowers in summer.

Tree

Chilopsis linearis 'Alba'

Desert Willow

white flowering

Tree

Chilopsis linearis 'Paradise'

Desert Willow

selected for large flower clusters and good form

Tree

Chionanthus viginicus

Fringe Tree

OK TX

15-25', Sun to part shade, white flowers.

Tree

Cladrastis lutea

Yellowwood

OK

Tree

Cooperia drummondii

Rain Lily

NM OK TX

Perennial

Cornus drummondii

Rough Leaf Dogwood

OK TX

Tree

Cupressus arizonica

Arizona Cypress

AZ NM TX

Tree/Conifer

Diospyros texana

Texas Persimmon

TX

Tree

Diospyros virginiana

Persimmon

OK TX

40-70', Orange edible fruit, fall color.

Tree

Echinacea paradoxa

Yellow Cone Flower

OK

Perennial

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Cone Flower

OK TX

2-5', Sun to part shade, purplish-pink flowers.

Perennial

Euonymus americanus

Strawberry Bush