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Native Landscaping

Water restrictions and drought don’t have to leave you with a lifeless dried up landscape. You can revitalize your yard with a well-planned, sustainable Texas native landscape for a thriving and green outdoor space with year-round color and life without the standard upkeep and water requirements.

Native Landscaping Plants

North Texas Native Landscaping

Native landscaping in tough North Texas conditions just makes sense, and it’s as simple as taking cues from what works in nature – working with the local climate, soil, and proven plants.

Going native holds a number of advantages over a conventional, builder grade landscape.

Low Maintenance

Reduced need for soil amendments and fertilizers simplify installation and maintenance
Plants are virtually carefree – low water needs, fewer pests and disease
Less mowing, fewer power tools, and less pruning

Eco-friendly & Sustainable

Conserve water, cut chemical use, and improve air quality
Provide habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife
Preserve regional ecosystems for plants, animals, and future generations

Added Value

Enjoy one-of-a-kind naturalistic beauty, vibrant through heat and drought
Grow food not lawns for more productive use of your green spaces
Teach children about nature

Ready to plan your Native Landscape?

Dubberley Landscape is a Texas Natives pioneer in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Our expertise is earth-friendly natives and well-adapted plants, including herbs and edibles. Contact Carrie Dubberley to discuss creating a water efficient North Texas native landscape to suit your needs.

We offer horticultural consultation and landscape design and garden coaching for a more hands-on, learning experience.

Learn More About Native Landscaping

Read the Native Landscaping FAQ below and be sure to visit the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website where you can explore natives and search the database for plants perfect for your own North Texas garden.

Carrie is available for lectures and seminars for your group or organization.

Native Landscapes and Rain Gardens

You can improve your native landscape’s water conservation by adding a rain garden to capture and hold rain on your property to help irrigate your native and well-adapted plants. Dubberley Landscape specializes in custom Rain Gardens for your North Texas native landscape.

Native Landscapes FAQ

What are native plants?

Native plants are naturalized, or adapted to conditions that are present in a geological location. They are suited to the local climate and soil conditions.

In North America, a plant is considered native if it existed in a location pre-colonization. So for hundreds of years, native plants have flourished without help from people; without sprinkler systems, fertilizers, and pesticides. Texas native plants are adapted to our hot, dry summers, so in your landscape they can thrive in these conditions with little input from you.

Why landscape with natives?

Native plants work with nature to create eye-catching landscapes and wildlife habitats without all the fuss of adapting a plant to your conditions.

Take azaleas in Dallas. They need the climate and soils of East Texas – more rain and acidic, sandy loam soils. Azaleas can grow in North Texas if you amend the soil with peat moss (harvested from peat bogs in Canada), fertilize with acidic fertilizers, and then water more often than you would a native plant. All this adds up to more impact on ecosystems.

Texas native plants, suited to our soil and climate, need no exotic amendments or special fertilizers. Once established, natives also need little to no municipal water as most can survive on rainfall alone.

Do I have to use only native plants?

Though there’s a great variety of native plant choices, you’re not limited to only native plants if you want a sustainable, water-wise landscape.

Well-adapted plants are not native but have adapted to the area. They do well in the local soil type (clay, sand, silt, loam) and pH level (alkaline or acidic). They do well with the high and low temperatures of our region. Often, they come from the same climate and soil type but from the other side of the world.

Well-adapted plants thrive like natives and are not invasive, so they can have a place in a smart North Texas landscape.