Daniel Cunningham | Rooted In

Inventory Update 11/14/25

#InventoryUpdate 11-14-25 Now is truly the perfect time to plant. Cooler temperatures and warm soil create ideal conditions for establishing cold-hardy trees, shrubs, perennials, and cool-season veggies and annuals. Plants […]

#InventoryUpdate 10/31

#InventoryUpdate 10/31 This weekend’s fresh plant inventory has arrived — just in time for Halloween planting! Whether you’re conjuring up a pollinator haven, a shady retreat, or a spellbinding fall […]

Things That Go Bump in the Landscape

Common Fears in the Garden — and Why You Can Let Them Go Halloween feels like the perfect time to confront what really scares us — at least in our […]

Halloween Is the Best Time to Plant These Seven Plants!

By late October, Texans are finally coming back to life—and so are their landscapes. The air turns crisp, the mosquitoes begin their slow retreat, and gardeners emerge from summer’s long, […]

How to Create a Practical Magic Garden in Texas

Written under the moonlight by Madeleine Stanford Every fall, without fail, I rewatch Practical Magic. It was (is?) an absolutely top tier sleepover movie as a kid, but if […]

Inventory Update – October 24

Hooray for rain! ️ Nothing refreshes Texas gardeners and plants quite like a good fall soak. Fall is actually the very best time to plant in North Texas — even […]

Garlic is So easy to Grow and Now is the Time to Plant!

When October arrives in North Texas, bats start appearing in the rafters of neighborhood décor and caped figures with plastic fangs take up residence on front lawns. Their seasonal return […]

It’s Time for Texas HOAs to Let Go of the 1950s Lawn Dream

Across Texas, countless homeowners’ associations are still clinging to a landscape aesthetic born in the 1950s. Endless stretches of manicured turf, a few token shrubs, and maybe a pair of […]

Fall-blooming Perennials to Plant NOW!

15 Fall-Blooming Perennials for North Texas Gardens As fall settles into North Texas, (and the heat subsides) resilient Texas gardens transform with a vibrant display of hardy flowing perennials– that […]

Coming Home to the Living World: Why Native Plants Matter

No matter where you travel, from suburban streets to city parks, the pattern is the same. Landscapes arranged like showroom displays. Neat lines of ornamental shrubs imported flowers, and carefully […]

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Due to severe weather, we’ll be closing early today, Tuesday, April 28, at 3:30 PM so our team can get home safely.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. We plan to reopen tomorrow with normal hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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🌿 Speaker Highlight: Patrick Dickinson 🌿

Some people hear “native landscape” and picture something wild, messy, weedy, or unfinished.

Plantwithpatrick is here to challenge that.

At Native Plant Celebration, Patrick will share how native plants can be used to create landscapes that feel intentional, polished, and beautifully designed—without sacrificing habitat, pollinator value, or ecological function.

This is the talk for homeowners who want beauty and purpose.

If you’ve been trying to figure out how to move beyond basic foundation plants and create a landscape that actually feels special, don’t miss this one.

Patrick Dickinson

🕛 12:05 – 12:35 PM
From Wild to Refined: Designing Beautiful Native Landscapes

📍 Rooted In
12804 Pelzel Road
Pilot Point, Texas 76258

🗓 Saturday, May 16
🌿 Native Plant Celebration
FREE • Come and go throughout the day

Full Speaker Schedule

10:15 – 10:45 AM — Kim Wootton
Lessons from the Landscape: Real-world advice for creating successful native landscapes that actually work.

11:05 – 11:50 AM — Carol Clark
Planting for Monarchs and Other Pollinators—learn which native plants make the biggest impact for Monarchs and pollinators.

12:05 – 12:35 PM — Patrick Dickinson
How to design native landscapes that feel refined, beautiful, and intentionally planned.

12:55 – 1:25 PM — Jane Duke
Managing Soil as an Ecosystem—simple ways to build living soil for stronger, more resilient landscapes.

1:50 – 2:20 PM — Rich Jaynes
Weaving Native Grasses into the Home Landscape—bringing movement, texture, and prairie beauty into everyday landscapes.

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🌿 9 Native Shade Plants That Thrive in Shade Gardens

1. Lyreleaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)
A dependable Texas native groundcover that spreads vigorously in spots where nothing else wants to grow. It’s excellent for bald patches, muddy shaded areas, and those tough transition zones under trees where turf usually fails. Its soft blue-violet spring flower spikes provide nectar for native bees and other early pollinators while the foliage helps create a dense, living mulch.

2. Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii)
One of the toughest native shade perennials you can grow in Texas, and one that handles deep shade beautifully. Most people know the classic red form, but it also comes in pink and white for a softer garden look. Its blooms provide constant nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and native bees through the hottest parts of summer.

3. Columbine ‘Texas Gold’ (Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana)
Columbine brings cheerful yellow flowers to the garden when most shade beds are just waking up in spring. It performs beautifully in part shade and woodland settings while attracting hummingbirds and early pollinators. It adds softness, brightness, and early-season life to shaded spaces when nectar sources can be limited.

4. Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
A native understory shrub that handles shade well and adds structure beneath trees. It has a soft, arching habit and behaves almost like a creeping shrub—if those branches touch the ground, they often re-root and slowly form a colony. Its berries provide an important late-season food source for birds, while the flowers also support native bees and other pollinators.

5. Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
One of the best butterfly plants you can grow in shade, thriving in part sun down to nearly full shade. Its electric blue flowers create a strong late-season show and are a major nectar source for butterflies, especially queens and monarchs, along with native bees. It adds vibrant color and natural movement to woodland gardens and shaded borders.

6. Cedar Sage (Salvia roemeriana)
A true Texas woodland native that feels right at home beneath trees and along shaded garden edges. Its bright red flowers provide an early nectar source for hummingbirds, butterflies, and spring pollinators. It brings bold seasonal color to places where many plants struggle to bloom.

7. Heartleaf Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata)
A true native shade perennial that performs beautifully in woodland settings and can handle fairly deep shade. Its fuzzy gray-green foliage adds soft texture year-round, and it is semi-evergreen in mild winters with soft purple-blue flowers in spring and fall. It often goes dormant during the heat of summer, but returns looking great in cooler seasons while supporting native bees and small pollinators.

8. Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis)
One of the best native living groundcovers for dry shade and deep shade beneath established trees. It creates a soft green carpet where grass often fails and helps fill difficult spaces naturally. Its small yellow flowers provide subtle nectar for pollinators, while the dense cover helps support healthier soil and habitat.

9. Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
One of the best native ornamental grasses for shade, especially bright shade and woodland edges. Its arching seed heads catch light and movement, bringing texture and elegance to the garden, and it readily reseeds to form a soft natural groundcover over time. The seeds provide food for birds and small wildlife while the foliage creates excellent shelter and habitat. ... See MoreSee Less

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🌿 Native Plant Celebration at Rooted In 🌿
We’re excited to welcome Carol Clark for one of our featured talks during Native Plant Day!

11:05 – 11:50 AM - Carol Clark

Carol is one of the region’s most respected voices in native plants and Monarch gardening, and her work has helped countless gardeners create landscapes that truly support pollinators!

If you’ve ever wondered what actually helps Monarchs—not just what gets shared online—this is a talk worth hearing!

We’ll also have booths from Native Plant Society of Texas, Texas Master Naturalists, Denton County Master Gardeners, and Monarch Watch, plus plants, seeds, and plenty of native plant inspiration throughout the day!

📍 Rooted In
12804 Pelzel Road
Pilot Point, Texas 76258
🗓 Saturday, May 16
⏰ 10 AM – 3 PM

FREE to attend • Come and go throughout the day

Full Speaker Schedule

10:15 – 10:45 AM — Kim Wootton
Lessons from the Landscape: Real-World Advice for Going Native

11:05 – 11:50 AM — Carol Clark
Planting for Monarchs and Other Pollinators

12:05 – 12:35 PM — Patrick Dickinson
From Wild to Refined: Designing Beautiful
Native Landscapes

12:55 – 1:25 PM — Jane Duke
Managing Soil as an Ecosystem

1:50 – 2:20 PM — Rich Jaynes
Weaving Native Grasses into the Home Landscape

Come spend the day learning from some of the best voices in native plants, pollinators, design, soil health, and prairie restoration!

rootedin.com/event/native-plant-celebration-free/

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Native Plant Celebration (Free)

Author: Daniel Cunningham