Every plant earning the Texas Superstar® designation undergoes several years of extensive field trials by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, both part of the Texas A&M System. They must be shown to be super-performing plants under Texas growing conditions.
Here are just a few Superstars® to look for, there are many more.
Check out this list from Texas A&M.
https://texassuperstar.com/texas-superstar-plants/
‘Flare’ Hibiscus has apple green foliage and large, high quality fuchsia red flowers. Four feet tall, it is a profuse bloomer with luxuriant rebloom. This wonderful cultivar does great in any soil type, even our sticky, highly alkaline clays.
Lindheimer muhly is a clump-forming, tough, warm-season perennial grass native to Texas. Foliage is typically 3- to 4-feet tall with flower stalks extending an additional foot above the foliage.
Globe amaranth (AKA bachelor’s buttons) are versatile, often overlooked summer annuals that thrive in the Texas heat. Varieties range in size from 8” to 48 “ and vary in color from whites, to pinks, to lavendars, to dark, rich purples.
Angelonia is a spreading annual with upright flower spikes that resemble miniature snapdragons. The Serena™ series are the only angelonias that are grown from seed. Flower colors available include white, pink, purple, lavender and lavender pink.
The Celebrity tomato, long recognized as the variety by which all new tomatoes are measured. “When we test new tomato varieties, we look for characteristics that are as good or better than Celebrity, and that is not easy to do.” (Larry Stein, Ph.D.) This F1 hybrid was first produced in the USA by Colen Wyatt with the seeds being commercially distributed in the late 1980s. This is a vigorous plant that will typically produce 20 or more very plump, robust tomatoes. Fruits weigh approximately 8 oz. and are 4 inches across. Plants need caging or staking.