The rooftop garden is shaded by the largest rooftop solar installation in downtown Austin. It features plants native to Texas. The garden creates a habitat that provides food, shelter, and moisture for butterflies and other pollinators.
Next time you're on the rooftop, try to spot these flowers, grasses, and trees. Click on the plant name for more information from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (LBJWC) Native Plant Database.
- Malvaviscus arboreus (Turkscap)
Melody Lytle, LBJWC - Muhlenbergia capillaris (Gulf muhly)
Sally and Andy Wasowski, LBJWC - Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel)
Annie Paulson Gillespie, LBJWC
You'll also find:
- Chasmanthium latifolium (Inland sea oats)
- Chilopsis linearis (Desert willow)
- Dichondra argentea (Silver ponyfoot)
- Hesperaloe parviflora (Red yucca)
- Lantana urticoides (Texas lantana)
- Muhlenbergia dumosa (Bamboo muhly)
- Opuntia engelmannii (Prickly pear)
- Pavonia lasiopetala (Rose mallow)
- Prosopis glandulosa (Honey mesquite)
- Quercus fusiformis (Escarpment live oak)
- Salvia roemeriana (Cedar sage)
- Tecoma stans (Yellow bells)