True patriotic plants are native plants — ones that have been growing here since the beginning. And there are several that flaunt Fourth of July color.
The Fourth of July may be behind us, but your landscape can still burst with blooms of red, white and blue.
To show your true American (and Texan) pride, think beyond just the color scheme. True patriotic plants are native plants — the ones that have been growing here since the beginning.
Because these plants are native to Texas, periods of drought and intense heat don’t impact them. They don’t need any more water than what Mother Nature provides. Additionally, native plants have deep roots that help remove some of the pollutants from runoff before it percolates deep into the ground to reach the aquifer.
If you still prefer to keep with the red, white and blue color scheme, go for it!
- Red plants include devil’s bouquet, red yucca, scarlet clematis, scarlet sage and Turk’s cap.
- White flower options are blackfoot daisy, desert zinnia, lazy daisy and prickly poppy.
- The only blue native July bloomer is mealy cup sage or its many selections ‘Victoria’, ‘Henry Duelberg’ and ‘Mystic Spires’.
So when you plant for the Fourth of July, ask not what your landscape can do for you, but what you can do for your landscape.
