4" Texas Betony
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2025-fall-4" texas-betony
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Stachys coccinea
Texas betony is a striking plant native to the Trans Pecos region of West Texas and it makes a great addition to Central Texas landscapes. It has a striking resemblance to its more commonly planted relatives, the Salvia species. The flowers of Texas betony are a deeper, more scarlet red than the Salvias, and the bloom stalks shoot further skyward, up to almost 3 feet.
Virtually no irrigation is needed once the plants are established, and there’s definitely no need to fertilize.
Texas betony is listed as hardy to zone 7, and is often evergreen in our normally mild, Central Texas winters. If it does freeze back, simply treat it as a perennial, shearing it to the ground in early spring.