Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native plants & Wildflowers. Part 4, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
There was a science fiction movie called Day of the Triffids. Alien plants, arriving in a meteor shower, move around on their own killing anything they can find. They were more active at night. Yours could be called Winter of the Figs. If the figs make a move toward you, RUN.

I have two dwarf figs I'm keeping in pots because I'm afraid to lose them during winter. Tuesday, my husband and I went to the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham. There were two huge fig trees growing in the nursery. I think I'll put mine in the ground. I just need two holes dug.

I was out before it got so hot and took a photo of a pink wine cup. They have been increasing in numbera here. I recall seeinng only a few, 3 years ago. Earlier in the year, I saw a white one or two, but didn't have my camera with me. I love the viberant purple color of the normal purple wine cups, but they never photograph well.