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- Howard Garrett’s Plants for Texas by Howard Garrett, University of Texas Press, 1996
- Identification, Selection, and Use of Southern Plants for Landscape Design by Neil Odenwald and James Turner, Claitor’s Publishing Division, 1996
- Native Texas Plants. Landscaping Region by Region by Andy and Sally Wasowski, Gulf Publishing, 1997
- Naturalistic Landscaping for the Gulf Coast by Mark Bowen, River Bend Company, 2003
- The Lone Star Gardener’s Book of Lists by William D. Adams and Lois Trigg Chaplin, Taylor Publishing Company, 2000
- The Southern Living Garden Book, Steve Bender, editor, and Oxmoor House, 1998
- Texas Trees by Howard Garrett, Lone Star Books, 2002