Devil's Bouquet
Nyctaginia capitatanative · Hill Country
Devil's Bouquet is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms red in Apr–Nov. Deer rarely browse it. Good for bees and butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Nov · red
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on caliche, dry, gravelly, loam, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low Terraces
66 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.