Front yard
Structural evergeens: nolina, sotol, yuccas. All look great with boulders.
Contrast thin, spiky leaves with large, soft ones for texture.
A very small (10x10) area of a front yard devoted to wildflowers. They reseed themselves and the mix of plants changes every year. (Apr 2021)
Slightly different view of the same bed on the left in June 2020.
Backyard
These shaggy muhlys look stunning hugging this stone path.
Sedges for filling in negative space. Boulders and yuccas for contrast.
Recently visited this beautiful courtyard garden - ferns, sedges, and agapanthus.
Heartleaf skullcap at Zilker Botanical Garden. Grows grows in winter and spring and blooms in May, then goes dormant through the summer.
Parrot lily (Alstroemeria psittacina) at Zilker Botanical Garden. Barton Springs also has some planted in their parking lot. Another great summer dormant plant.