25 Plants That’ll Transform Your Dallas Garden

Its tubular purple blooms tend to blossom a few days ahead of precipitation. That’s why it is aptly nicknamed “barometer bush.”

Attention-grabbing golden bells appear in late spring and last through first frost. 

A hardy plant in the hibiscus family with red, twisted, mallow-like flowers that flourishes in both full sun and shade.

Long bred by horticulturists and gardening enthusiasts for its attractive flowers, daylily flower buds are also incredibly tasty, notes Forehand.

Hark recommends this vibrant flowering succulent that looks especially eye-catching around flagstone and pools.

While ‘Knock Out’ are most popular, Ruibal says old-fashioned varieties (such as ‘Drift’), which have a more traditional rose shape, are better for your floral designs.

Tall stalks of regal flowers make this a beloved annual in North Texas and help add vertical height to your garden and arrangements.

Alkaline* in Dallas’ clay-rich soil means these elegant blooms often need acidity added (like sprinkling coffee grounds!) to encourage their signature dark blue hue.

With creamy white flowers and a sweet scent, magnolia branches, Street says, effortlessly add structure and depth to spaces.

Trim a leaf from this shiny, dark green plant and stand it upright in a vase to give off “all the tropical vibes,” Mieth says.

“The go-to, number one choice for adding privacy to your landscape,” Hark says.

Perfect for screening something in your yard at ground level, like that unsightly air conditioner unit.

Tall grasses like Gracillimus (and the smaller Adagio) provide privacy—but steer clear of Pampas grass, Hark says, which attracts mice and other unwanted critters.

This evergreen shrub can handle even the hottest days of summer and adds a pop of year-long golden color to your garden.

Vines, like coral honeysuckle, when separated by about 10 feet and given ample room to grow, can provide both color and privacy to a landscape.

These perennials, with their deep blue blooms and onyx calyces, is effective as a border, bedding, or container plant.

Carolina Jasmine vines are covered in clusters of fragrant, yellow flowers in early spring that attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.

Its copious nectar production not only smells heavenly but also attracts many varieties of butterflies.

Add these to your vegetable garden, as their nectar attracts “good insects” to help boost yields of tomatoes, squash, and other pollinator-relying plants. 

These fabulous star-shaped flowers come in a profusion of colors and will add rich jewel tones to your garden.

Tall and stately foxgloves are commonplace in some local gardens, but ingesting just two grams, Forehand says, can be toxic for humans.

Bold and beautiful Lantana blooms are irresistible to hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators; however, ‘Dallas Red’ and other varieties are poisonous if ingested.

Swallowing leaves from beautiful azaleas is toxic for humans and pets.

These happy springtime flowers contain calcium acetate crystals that can stick to your throat and cause severe vomiting if ingested.

More commonly found nearer to the Gulf Coast, just one leaf can be enough to poison a small child, Forehand says.