Wisteria frutescens (Texas Wisteria)

Wisteria frutescens (Texas Wisteria)Texas Wisteria grows in moist woods and along the edges of swamps in East and Southeast Texas. It is less aggressive than the non native Asian Wisteria. Unlike the non native counterpart, Texas Wisteria blooms after it has leafed out. It needs sturdy support and is best not to be planted near structures it can damage. It can be trained on arbors, walls, and columns. Texas Wisteria needs regular pruning to control size and shape and to encourage

layered look

It does best in good fertile garden soil

It prefers dry to medium moist soils that are well-draining and is drought tolerant

Toothache Tree is an aromatic

Its foliage is aromatic in a pleasant way and the leaves have a licorice smell and taste

brown thrasher and loggerhead shrike

Its blooms are nothing short of spectacular and are loved by bees

White Rosinweed is a slow growing

Fall Mature height 2-4 ft Mature spread 3-6 ft Attracts Moths Host plant Manducta secta Carolina Sphinx moth

Ashy Sunflower spreads through rhizomes and re-seeds if seed heads are allowed to mature

Deer resistant Yes

and is drought tolerant once established