Rewilding My Lot

We moved to Seguin, TX in February 2023, and that’s when I started the process of transforming our bare builder’s lot into a nature garden with priority given to native or adapted plants.

This is a multi-year project, but I am pleased with what has been achieved so far. For reference, here is a list of plants that have been introduced this year. For now, I am keeping separate a list of seeds that have been sown since I don’t know yet if they will germinate (which in some cases might take longer than one year). Next spring will be an exciting time as I watch how the garden wakes up.

Trees:

• Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis)
• Live Oak, unknown variety, planted by builder
• Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri)
• Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
• Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora)

Shrubs:

• American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
• Barbados Cherry, dwarf (Malpighia glabra)
• Chile Pequin (Capsicum annuum)
• Flame Acanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii)
• Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala)
• Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye (Viguiera stenoloba)
• Texas Barometer Bush aka Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
• Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides)
• Threelobe False Mallow (Malvastrum coromandelianum) – not native
• Turks Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii)

Flowers, Herbs, & Succulents:

• Black & Blue Salvia (Salvia guaranitica) – not native
• Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
• Fall Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
• Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
• Gregg’s Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii)
• Horseherb aka Straggler Daisy (Calyptocarpus vialis)
• Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
• Lyreleaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)
• Moss Verbena (Verbena tenuisecta) – not native
• Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
• Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea)
• Silver Ponyfoot (Dichondra argentea)

Grasses:

• Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
• Buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides)
• Curly Mesquite (Hilaria belangeri)
• Gulf Muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
• Lemongrass, unknown variety – not native
• Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Seeds sown, no recognizable growth yet:

• American Basket-Flower (Centaurea americana)
• Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
• Cowpen Daisy (Verbesina encelioides)
• Firewheel aka Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
• Giant Milkweed (Calotropis gigantea) – not native
• Leavenworth’s Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii)
• Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea)
• Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
• Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata)
• Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
• Waco Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
• White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)