Texas Gardening: Houston Daylily Sale & Nursery Hop May 10th - Planning time!, 1 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Marylyn, as I remember it, you have the Mexican Plum with no plums right? Mine had some very red plums the other day and I wondered what they look like when ripe. This morning, I saw the branches moving and took out my binoculars in time to see a Mockingbird pick and swallow the last ripe one. There are still some that aren't quite ripe. I tasted one just so I would get the chance. It was OK even half green. I bet they're really good when ripe. Anyway, thought maybe you don't have plums because you've been feeding the birds.

Here's a shot of some of the half-ripe ones.

The half-dead free beautyberry is looking fully dead now. I'll give it a while though just to see if it comes back.