Friendly Natives

10/14/2026

In full swing for fall planting! Tons of blooms and variety. This is the tiniest sampling! Texas sage, including dwarf varieties, grasses starting to plume, beautiful shade trees, flowering perennials, etc., etc.!

10/05/2026

As we go into the fall planting season (yes, it’s a great time to plant!), here’s a teaser of some of the beauties available.

09/28/2026

The Texas hummingbird feeder, flame acanthus.

09/19/2026

Texas Kidneywood. Come and smell for yourself.

09/16/2026

Here’s our current stock- multiple varieties of each kind, all well-researched and confidently selected for Central Texas.
Apple
Apricot
Blackberry
Blueberry
Elderberry
Fig
Goji berry
Goumi berry
Grape
Lemon (improved meyer)
Lime (thornless key)
Peach
Pear (European and Asian types)
Pecan
Persimmon
Plum
Pomegranate

Plus some other really neat edible plants like moringa and roselle hibiscus.

09/06/2026

Gregg's Blue Mistflower remains a top contender for "best butterfly plant" in early September.

09/05/2026

Lots of color available now!

08/26/2026

We just restocked a huge amount of really sweet plants! This round is full of hardy perennials, ramping up for Fall! We’re excited to see all these!

08/18/2026

https://www.friendlynatives.com/friendly-notes/sage-is-a-naughty-word

The name SAGE comes from the Latin word salvia. The salvia genus belongs to the mint family, Lamiaceae, and includes a huge diversity of plants. Culinary sage is Salvia officinalis . Autumn sage is the common name for Salvia greggii, the brightly colored, semi-evergreen shrub that’s com