Patty Leslie Pasztor, the garden’s native-plant horticulturalist ... and Big Bend area . . . and beautiful endangered plants in East Texas. But they don’t have the glamour of this.

Texas has eight plant hardiness zones, ranging from the cold-hardy northwestern Panhandle to the warmer southern regions.

However, the proposed law authored by Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), would also classify several native plants and ...