Some people in Texas have a yearly thing they do. They wait until bluebonnets are blooming a lot somewhere, then they go there to take photos, especially when they have kids. The annual bluebonnet photo op. You see people are asking others or going online asking where the best local bluebonnet sites are. Never mind that there are lots of other wildflowers in Texas, spring, summer and fall. And yes, people would be shocked at how many of the plants in the wild or along roads are not native. Grasses, trees, wildflowers, every category of plant. Few would know the difference. I'm into native plants and many times even I am wondering about a plant...native or nonnative? Did it grow in Texas several hundred years ago or was in introduced recently? If it's not native, is it at least not invasive in the extreme? Hopefully, not like kudzu, which the government thought would be a good thing to bring in, but ended up being very harmful. I'm not against having nonnative plants...I have quite a lot, but I seek out natives the most.
krancmm said:
Yes and No. Some folks, even gardeners, in my area think that anything that is prolific (even invasive, like Tallow Tree, Japanese Honeysuckle or Ligustrum) must be native because it's everywhere 
Public education, invasive eradication needed.
