About Texas Superstars®
Tested landscape ornamentals suitable for the Texas environment
Texas Superstar® Plants
Over 90 time-tested plants for your yard and garden from which to choose.
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Availability of Superstars®
Look for the trademarked Texas Superstar® brand on the label or container at your favorite retail garden center or home supply store.
Texas Superstars® are tested extensively in locations representing the many Texas ecoregions that vary in winter cold, summer heat, and various rainfall amounts. Plant experts from Texas A&M Agrilife, Texas Tech University, county Agrilife Extension horticulturists, the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association and their member plant producers, and the Texas Department of Agriculture all cooperate in evaluating the adaptability of potential Texas Superstars®.
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Texas Superstar® Plants
Annuals
Replant yearly for seasonal color in the landscape. Warm season annuals perform best in summer. Cool season annuals perform best in spring and fall.
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Perennials
Perennials live for many years if they are cold or heat tolerant in the zone in which they are planted. Some may die to the ground each year and regrow from underground structures such as crowns, bulbs, rhizomes or tubers.
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Per-Annuals
"Per-annuals" are a special group of plants which may be perennial in a warmer zone, but are planted outside their hardiness zone expecting them to die and be replaced each year.
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Trees
A wide variety of trees have been evaluated as Texas Superstars® but the focus has been on species that are widely adaptable and quite ornamental.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Several specialty plants, typically fruits and vegetables adapted to the harsh Texas environment, have been evaluated by the Superstar® team. Some recommended varieties may be difficult to find as seed and liner producers change varieties often.
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Woody Shrubs
Shrubs are perennial, hardy ornamentals that are lower growing than trees. They usually are highly branched and serve mainly as foundation plantings in the home landscape.
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