Our first plantings on the south side of the Biology-Earth Science Building. At the time this picture was taken, this garden had not been watered in two months and 9 different species are in bloom. November 1999. Plant List

Biology Wildscape and Teaching Gardens These gardens will serve the multiple purposes of improving the esthetic beauty of the Texas A&M-Kingsville campus, as teaching resource for the Biology Department and providing habitat and food for wildlife, such as birds and butterflies.

The gardens highlight native South Texas plants that can be easily grown in a home or commercial landscape. We also have other Texas and Northern Mexico natives that will do well in this area.  Once established these plants will do well without extra watering and generally are more disease and insect resistant than exotic plants. Once we add water to our garden, another necessity for the wildlife that has already begun visiting, the Biology Department will register the garden with Texas Parks and Wildlife as a Texas Wildscape.

To learn more about using native plants in the landscape and sources see our page on Native Plant Gardening.

For a list of good books and other references on South Texas plants,  look at our reference page.