Ok, not a crabapple. It has major thorns that alternate up the new growth. I see several and none is over 10-12' tall. Small trunk that branches about 4' off the ground, it has a canopy shape. It is probably a trash tree of some sort. I am going to try and get some stretch tape on at least one to see what sort of fruit/berry it has later in the year.
Thorns? Summer plum. tho the leaf isnt ringing bells. - in our neck of the woods they can resemble an ironwood type of trunk. It was the branches that looked apple, i didnt see the thorns earlier.
The thorns arent true thorns, they are more like short failed branch endings. fruit in Aug.
Found it in my Trees of Texas book. It is definitely a hawthorn and based on my book it is the cockspur hawthorn. There are over thirty types of hawthorns in TX, several only seen in a small portion of the state. This one is at home from Michigan and Canada to Texas.
Some are good for brewing tea, some for making liquor or jelly from the fruit. Mine appears to just feed the birds. Sigh.
Thanks to everyone for their help.
Look for prunus americana.
What an interesting tree Kitt.
We do have these, but I just got parked today, so I can look up what you found. Wild plums leaf is different, and they usually bloom at dogwood time. Have to leave early in themorn, so catch ya'll later- wild plum is part of the rose family, chuckl.
I have a few to add as well, lol. Saw this plant growing along upper banks of a creek in weatherford. It's not blooming right now but I peeled open a bud and found a milky substance and aster looking petals inside. Looks like it might be a yellow bloom color but can't really tell.
Sorry for the sideways pics, I'd reload but my internet is slooooow today and I haven't got he patience lol!
Here another one, I know it's a milkweed but is it asclepias viridis or asclepias asperula? (Pics 1&2)
And another, looks like a relative of our lupinus texensis, but not as vibrant. Also shorter and doesn't seem to colonize as tightly as bluebonnets do. (Pics 3,4,5)
Ok last one! This one I know I've seen before but want to put a name to the face..
Ummm, blue eyed grass, or a bluet? and I saw those older bluebonnets
#1 Goat's Beard http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/goats-beard
# 2 Asclepias asperula
#3 Lupinus breweri http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LUBR3
#4 Blue-eyed Grass.
Oh wow that was fast y'all! Yes to goats beard, and although it's a weed, I'll be adding this one to my wild garden since it's seed heads resemble softball sized dandelions!
Happy to know asclepias asperula. I do need to learn how to tell it apart from A. Viridis since I'll be collecting seeds and don't want to label them wrong.
Are there any other native lupine in texas? I looked up L. Breweri and it doesn't look quite right. This one doesn't form a mat as l. Breweri does. Just single plants here and there. Never as tall as a bluebonnet. Never as vibrant either. Honestly I didn't know they could even be this bright, I've only seen them, uh, grey? Lol I can't describe it any better than that! And also it's leaves only form in a digitate clusters of 5.
And yes ladies, you are right about the blue eyed grass as well. I didn't recognize them growing so sparsely. Only seen it in bunches. I planted a few clusters last year and they didn't make it. But now that I know that these are growing wild on my property, I'll try again. Maybe I overwatered..
A lot of grasses and native plants do their best growing where the land is poor or has burned,, and isn't amended. Like a pecking order...some just wait for their particular conditions to manifest before they show up. My blue eyed grass was always just a tuft here and there...
I'm starting to realize that, hard to wrap my head around "too rich soil" still lol
Check it out guys, we have larkspur and double pink poppy. I am so excited.
Those colors are so pretty.
Oh wow Joy, they grew up so fast! LOL and they really are so pretty!
Joy, has # 4, that you posted on March 31st ever gotten blooms? I still wondering what it is?
Check it out guys, we have larkspur and double pink poppy. I am so excited.
Yes that was/is my larkspur. And you are right SPWD, the poppies and larkspur are sometimes beside each other in my front cottage garden bed. Here is a look this morning. You can see quite a few spires of larkspur in various shades of pink blue and purple as well as a clump of the pink double poppy in the middle. The whole garden is just beautiful with a whole lot of things blooming and more to come.
On I just love it! I love the bottle tree.. It looks like a big poofy blue flower! And is that a cactus in the old bathtub? What is the small willow-esque tree in the center?
And the petunias!
Thanks!
It is a weeping bottle brush tree that is just starting to bloom (Tiny spot of red). I have some old petunia seeds I am starting in pots, the ones that smell good. There are two varieties, one is a climbing and the other is a bit shorter with thick stalks. I hope to get them spaced around places that will need a boost later this spring. Can't wait.
Yes that is a prickly pear in my bathtub. Unfortunately for it, I will be repurposing the tub as part of a water feature for my lily pond (to the right and out of the picture).
