A new garden

 Big red sage. (Native)Salvia penstemonoides 2’x2’  Sun to part shade.  Uncommon Texas native with glossy evergreen foliage and magenta flowers on tall spikes for 3-4 months in summer.  Prefers well drained soil. Very drought tolerant once established.  Attracts hummingbirds

Lewis Blue flax. Linux Lewisii  12” x 12” Sun or part shadeAiry perennial with very vertical, delicate green foliage topped with sky blue, cup shaped blooms with bright yellow centers mostly in the spring.  Often reseeds

Pink Gaura (Native) Guara lindheimer 2 x 2 Sun or Part Shade. Lovely reseeding native perennial

Lyre leaf sage. (Native) 

Autumn sage white

Pot. 2 Citharexylum berlandieri (Berlandier's fiddlewood) - 

part shade Up to 18 feet tall grows in well drained clay and clay-loam soil. It is found in thickets, flats, hillsides, and semi-desert roadsides in the Rio Grande Plains.

2 Verbesina virginica  Frost weed - National Butterfly center Up to 4 feet tall part shade to shade  Good as understory in landscape restorations within its range. Also useful as a transitional plant between manicured and wild areas.

Pot Mexican Olive Cordia boissieri - Sun, part shade    It is native no farther north than south Texas because it can't tolerate cold winters, but it has been successfully tried as far north as Austin, where cold winters are likely to cause some die-back

Tree front yard 1 Western Soapberry Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii   Sun, part shade  High drough tolderance 10 foot tree An attractive and hardy tree, useful as a specimen or in groves. Can become a large tree in deep soil. In shallow soil it often remains a small tree. The fruits are considered to be poisonous to humans although they produce a good lather in water and are used in Mexico as a laundry soap. Soapberry often suckers and form groves. Tolerant of drought, wind, heat, poor soil, air pollution and other city conditions. Not affected by disease or insects. Currently difficult to find in the nursery trade.

2 crucita Blue mist flower - part shade

1 pigeon berry soil moisture:  moist

1 huisache - A 15-20 ft., multi-trunked tree or shrub  Full sun high drought tolerance  This beautiful tree casts a soft filtered light but be careful when planting it, because it has sharp, needle-like thorns on the trunk and branches.

Benefit

1 low croton  Not sure which one  Berlandieri? It needs well-drained soil and part shade to do its best, but otherwise it is an adaptable and very drought-tolerant plant.