Each season brings new life to Texas landscapes. From month-to-month, Texas native plants are blooming and attracting different pollinators along the way. Discover what you are likely to find blooming and buzzing throughout the year in this helpful guide.
January
Agarita (Mahonia trifoliolata)
Blooming Time: January-April
Plant Size: Up to 10 ft tall, often shorter
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
Blooming Time: January–May; December
Plant Size: Climbing stems up to 20 ft long
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
February
Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora)
Blooming Time: February–April
Plant Size: Up to 30 ft tall, often shorter at 15–20 ft
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Texas Spiderlily (Hymenocallis liriosme)
Blooming Time: February–September
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae)
Lady Beetle (Coccinellidae)
March
Texas Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis)
Blooming Time: March-April
Plant Size: Up to 20 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low, Medium
Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
Blooming Time: March-May
Plant Size: Up to 2 ft tall, usually shorter
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Texas Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa)
Blooming Time: March-May
Plant Size: Up to 18 in tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Prairie Spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis)
Blooming Time: March-April
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
April
Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata)
Blooming Time: March-May
Plant Size: Climb up to 36-50 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low, Medium
Winecup (Callirhoe involucrata)
Blooming Time: March-June
Plant Size: 8-12 in tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Blooming Time: Spring – Fall
Plant Size: 1-2 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Blooming Time: April-June
Plant Size: Up to 2 ft tall
Light Requirement: Part Shade to Full Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
May
Twistleaf Yucca (Yucca rupicola)
Blooming Time: April-June
Plant Size: Usually 2 ft tall; Up to 6 ft in bloom
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora)
Blooming Time: May-July
Plant Size: 1-2.5 ft tall.
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Prairie Penstemon (Penstemon cobaea)
Blooming Time: April-May
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
Blooming Time: May-August
Plant Size: Up to 2 ft tall, often shorter
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)
Hornworm (Manduca sexta)
June
Butterfly Gaura (Oenothera lindheimeri)
Blooming Time: April-July
Plant Size: Up to 5 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Flame Acanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus)
Blooming Time: June-October
Plant Size: Up to 5 ft tall, generally 3 ft or shorter
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
Blooming Time: May-October
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
Blooming Time: May-July
Plant Size: Up to 6 ft tall, often shorter
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
July
Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea)
Blooming Time: April-October
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Blooming Time: June-September
Plant Size: 2-4 ft tall
Light Requirement: Shade, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Blooming Time: April-September
Plant Size: Up to 4 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Blooming Time: June-October
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris)
August
Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
Blooming Time: March-November
Plant Size: Climber, up to 25 ft long
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Texas Bluebell (Eustoma exaltatum ssp. Russellianum)
Blooming Time: June-September
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Blooming Time: June-October
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Purple Leatherflower (Clematis pitcheri)
Blooming Time: May-September
Plant Size: Stems up to 12 ft long
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
September
Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides)
Blooming Time: April-October
Plant Size: 3-6 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii)
Blooming Time: March-November
Plant Size: Up to 5 ft tall, but usually 2-3 ft
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)
Blooming Time: August-November
Plant Size: Up to 6 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Blooming Time: June-November
Plant Size: 1-3 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
October
Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala)
Blooming Time: April-November
Plant Size: Up to 4 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
Blooming Time: May-July
Plant Size: 3-6 ft tall
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus)
Blooming Time: May-November
Plant Size: Up to 10 ft tall, often shorter
Light Requirement: Shade to Full Sun
Water Requirement: Low to Medium
Gregg’s Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii)
Blooming Time: March-November
Plant Size: Up to 2 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile)
Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
November
Fall Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
Blooming Time: September-November
Plant Size: Up to 3 ft tall, often shorter
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
Blooming Time: August-November
Plant Size: 2-5 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: High
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)
Blooming Time: August-November
Plant Size: Up to 10 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Western Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)
Blooming Time: July-November
Plant Size: Up to 5 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
Common Checkered Skipper (Burnsius communis)
December
White Mistflower (Ageratina havanensis)
Blooming Time: April-December
Plant Size: Up to 6 ft tall
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
Blooming Time: January-December
Plant Size: Up to 10 ft tall, often shorter
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Water Requirement: Low
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
