Texas Gardening: The Bittersweet blooms of Fall Part II, 1 by LouC

LouC wrote:
Sylvia they do return. I just let them die down with the first freeze....cover with newspaper and something on top to keep it from blowing away. In early spring I clean everything up because it can become a nest of pill bugs and slugs and snails....not good. As soon as the ground is warm they are up and multiplying.

Pod, the seed pods (no pun intended) are so pretty. Just checked out an article about poisonous plants....I wouldn't be brave enough to taste. Don't always kill but can make life miserable for a few days. Sorry, don't intend to be negative...just cautious...don't want you to be sick.

The Under the Sea threads #1 -#6 are so beautiful. Some of the posters are professional/amature photographers. What they can do under water is marvelous. The equipment just to take the pictures is something else. I must say it is addictive. I don't even swim.....tried all my life....too uncoordinated.....but these pictures take my breathe away...especially since the photographer is the one posting.

Bought a Duranta this week and it is directly outside my desk window. It has been covered with a small, brown butterfly continuously. Haven't been able to ID. Do any of you know what it might be. They almost swarm like flies.