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Recommended Reference Books:

Some of these books may have been updated or reprinted since our love of native plants goes back many years.


Native Texas Plants-Landscaping Region by Region, 2nd edition.
Sally Wasowski & Andy Wasowski
Lone Star Books, Copyright 1997

Wildflowers of Texas
Geyata Ajilvsgi
Shearer Publishing, Copyright 1984

Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country
Marshall Enquist
Lone Star Botanical, Copyright 1987

Texas Wildflowers, a Field Guide
Campbell & Lynn Loughmiller
University of Texas Press, 1985

Texans Love Their Land
A Guide to 76 Native TX. Hill Country Woody Plants
Jan Wrede
The Watercress Press, Copyright 1997

A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs
Richard B. Taylor, Jimmy Rutledge, Joe G. Herrera
Texas Parks & Wildlife Division, 1999

Trees, Shrubs & Cacti of South Texas
James H. Everitt, D. Lynn Drawe, and Robert I. Lonard
Texas Tech University Press, Copyright 2002

Native & Naturalized Woody Plants of Austin & the Hill Country
Brother Daniel Lynch, C.S.C.
Saint Edward's University, 4th Printing 1999
(A CD is also available with wonderful color photos of each plant)

Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest
George O. Miller
Voyageur Press, Copyright 1991

Landscaping with Native Texas Plants
Sally Wasowski and Julie Ryan
Texas Monthly Press, Copyright, 1985

Howard Garrett's Texas Trees
Howard Garrett
Lone Star Books, Copyright 2002

Native Texas Gardens
Sally Wasowski & Andy Wasowski
Gulf Publishing Company, Copyright 1997

Butterfly Gardening for the South
Geyata Ajilvsgi
Taylor Publishing Company, Copyright 1990