6. What is this plant? Lots of it here.
Gardening with Texas Native plants & Wildflowers. Part 5
7. Blue Daze.
trois - we always called that number 6 a Wandering Jew my book calls them Asiatic Dayflower Commelina Communis
Number 2 & 3 are Evergreen Wisteria, on the same plant. Number 2 was taken in sunlight, number 3 was in the shade.
We planted seeds for the Mexican Cosmos. We will try to save some from these, but don't know if they will be the same flower. Never seem to know with those.
We have a plant with deep purple leaves called a Wandering Jew. Are there different colors of the same plant?
Commelina erecta, Dayflower?
http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Commelina_erecta_page.html
Frostweed and other who went on our nature trip/walk I found that white flower that looked like the lizards tail but was not so long... I have a little bit here I might scan so you can see what I am talking about - it is White Sweet Clover Melilotus Alba they are not native and are from Europe but they are great for honey and some butterflies... now I dont know if I should keep it or pull it! Here is the link -
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/62794/index.html
imwayto - not really here is the Daves link - http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/653/index.html
trois - nope house plant is a tropical this is a native from here, I have the tropical in the house good looking plant but not even the same family. I dont know why we called it that growing up - blame it on my mother she was from - New York City- so she might have a Northern common name for it...
I got a Spadderdock(Nuphar Luteum) for my pond anybody had any luck with this here? I know it is a Texas native and I was going to pair it with a small Nymphaea Odorata (white wild waterlily) I found... Now I read the spadderdock tends to grow really fast... Am I going to have a problem on my hands or just extras to share?
If that other is a Wandering Jew, then what is this one? I get confused easily.
What does the plant look like? Dark purple right? Tradescantia pallida I think - http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1160/index.html
Alright I have one more question - there is a large stand of Rumex Crispus - Curly Dock - near me I could nab this fall... are these going to look ok in a garden or to weedy? Any thoughts? Anybody have one in their garden or would think about it?
Here's the link to the Photo forum with 14 of the many images. Boy, it's tough to pick thru them!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/519637/
Another link to support my case: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mbierner/bio406d/images/pics/com/commelina_erecta.htm
another: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/57022/index.html
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kipper - wow Do you know what number 9 is - take your shovel next time!
Trois, John is correct on Number 6. It is an Erect Dayflower, Commelina erecta. In this area they show up in 2 colors, a royal blue and a paler blue.
Number 4: How many petals does each individual flower have? It looks like a privet, either Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese Privet) or Ligustrum lucidum, (Glossy Privet). Do the flowers have any fragrance?
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Kipper2, is #9 picture a trick? I had never seen a cedar type tree with rose like flowers growing on it. Am I right?
That is what I thought - be wouldnt you love to have that unique native in your yard... if it is not a trick I a thinking road trip for cuttings...
Yes! I certainly would, and yes, I would go all the way there, or at least try to find it here.
By the way, this thread is getting really hot again, this is so thrilling!
Me thinks the camera was chewing some peyote buttons!
I don't know if this muddy's the water anymore on Wandering Jew, spiderwort and Dayflowers, but I found a good link that tries to explain the difference.
http://home.att.net/~larvalbugbio/spiderwort.html
I'm not normally a cactus lover, with a few exceptions, but I love the color on #5. Anyone know what it's called?
Very good link Bettydee! They are all stunning plants in my view and I have a few of them here - saddly they do not thrive the way I think they should here . . maybe it is just my memories of what they looked like growing up do not match the plants i see in the yard today...
OK all of yous guys. No trick photo op here since I'm not sure how to do it on the computer.
Here's the image of the tree that holds the bloom of #9. The bloom was about 6 feet off the ground.
If anyone is interested, the tree is located at the scenic/rest stop that is about 1/3 the way up the road to McDonald Observatory from Ft. Davis.
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Bettydee, # 5 is a "cane cactus" otherwise know as a Cholla.
Could it be a climbing rose going up the trunk? I seem to notice a vine winding itself ar the base of the tree.
Alright frostweed do you hear road trip for cuttings?
I am not convinced, the flowers look out of place for that tree.
Yikes - looks like it would be one long trip . . . a rather long drive from Dallas
Maybe they placed some roses there to mark the spot of a passing or bad wreck?
Could very well be Mitch.
Veronica, that was an excellent link to clear up confusion between Dayflower, Spiderwort, and Wandering Jew, thank you.
I went to a wedding a year or so back in Dallas where they had a huge oak in the ft yard covered in white rose like flowers.. I had to get a small cutting and think about when seeds might be ready (we know the family so no problem) and they were wired on roses. We asked and they had paid a guy to come out and do it.. .. needless to say their wedding budget was way bigger then ours...
American Plum vrs Mexican Plum - online they say both are native to Texas is one better then the other? I have five coming for postage of the American Plum and wanted to know if this is the better one in ya'lls thinking or the other way around or is there no real diffrence...
John, I copied kipper's photo to my desktop and used my Nikon View to enlarge the section of the photo with the second from the top flower. You can see the wire wrapped around the juniper branch several times. Good work, Kipper.
I knew it! What did I tell you - prob for a death or wreck
Ahh, should have thought of that, Veronica! :-P
I am still dreaming of what that plant would look like... and if it was native to boot...
Thanks, bettydee and way2.
Great series of shots, kipper. Great place and photos to prove it.
The American Plum is a native, but not a Texas native. It grows to 10' to 15'. It tends to form thickets easily since it suckers from roots. The Mexican Plum is a native of Texas and does not present any suckering problems. It grows to a larger size — 20' - 25'. Since you have already bought the American Plum, you might want to put a barrier in the ground around your plums. Plant them in a half barrel.
The road leading to our ranch is lined with Chickasaw Plum, Prunus angustifolia. If American Plum suckers the way Chickasaw Plums do, I would put them in a pot!!! The county comes by several times a year and shreds everything within 5+ feet of the road. That is the only thing keeping the plums at bay on the side of the road. You should see them in our neighbor's pasture. Plums are good!
