Texas Gardening: Sheila and Herman Celebrate Retirement., 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
Yes, Carla those are bat houses. Never seen any bats but his daughter has a degree in animal husb. and told him how to build them. They have a pool near the house and have bats swooping down late in the evening catching bugs. My neighbor brought me some GFs to release on my PV since they are eating his to the ground. LOL!

Peg...great pictures! The plant is a Jerusalem Sage Phlomis fruticosa that Mitch share with me at a RU once. I love it! I will try to get more to root and share it at the next RU in Arlington.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/519/
As for the pond anyone that is interested go see the demo ponds and streams set up at Whiz-Q-Stone, that is where we purchased all of our equipment and rock.

I thought I would add a picture here of what our yard started our like. The only thing we had was trees for the first 10 years, then we put in this little pre-formed poly pond. It was put in late in 2001.... after the frogs, birds, and dragonflies came we were hooked. I think I found Dave's when looking up some information about the fish or pond plants.