Native Plants

Late Boneset, known to science as Eupatorium serotinum, is one of those unremarkable remarkable plants known to most Texans as a “weed.”  Yet in the midst of this record-shattering summer of heat and drought, the plant still manages to send out life-giving blooms that so many pollinator species depend on.

Snow-on-the-mountain, known to science as Euphorbia marginata, is another one of those oft-maligned “weeds” that Texans find in their backyards and pastures. The stems produce a milky, toxic latex—and yet the plant is so well adapted to heat and drought that it reliably sends out blooms in the worst droughts. These blooms are not just a welcome flash of color during these drab days of drought, they are a fantastic fuel for migrating monarchs and other pollinators.