Chiggers is what I got most of picking plumbs. They are good though.
Gardening with Texas Native plants & Wildflowers. Part 5
I already got chiggers around here . . . well they had the wrong info I will have to check into it a little more then. Yes I have five coming but for postage ( dollars) so I figure can always trade them off if they are not something I want to keep! They said that they were both native to Texas so they were off a little oh well..
Frostweed, Myself and 5 other people never saw a wire or vine anywhere near the tree. I'll have to ask a friend of mine that lives outside Ft. Davis to drive up and check it out. He volunteers out at the observatory quite often.
They got us too, whomever "they" are.
Kipper2, I never meant to start a controversy, but those flowers looked really odd on that tree.
I am sure it was not your intention to mislead us. You just took a picture of what you saw.
I really liked the picture of the Goldenball Leadtree, I have one, and I think they are lovely.
Please keep posting, it looks like you really appreciate the beauty of Texas native plants, and I think we all can learn a lot from each other. Josephine.
Trois, you said you got the Yellow Fringed Red Mexican Cosmos from seed, where did you get the seed from? Those are gorgeous!
Mitch I am sorry I missed the question about the white clover. If they are good for butterfies, then keep some of them.
Frostweed, you need to check with maggiemoo and dstartz about me and my feelings. ;o>
You're so right about my passion for flowers and a past hobby of photography.
Speak'n of my "Passion" for Passion.........
Shucks, there is no controversy. Just folks actually observing and taking an interest..
DW bought a wild flower mix, in a round can. There are always several different cosmos. I don't see any seeds forming on these. They were at a local hardware store. We got really good ones last year from them. I will see if they have any more in a day or two.
Thanks. Sometimes it takes just seeing a plant in bloom, to decide that's just what you need!
Cosmos and Gaillardia....love em!
mel
I love Passion flowers too, but for some reason mine are not blooming yet, could be that they are being overwhelmed by all the other vines, I'll have to check into it.
bettydee, each flower of the white ones in pic 4 has 4 petals.
John, I meant to tell you that we'll be sure to take good notes for you about the butterfly gardening!
That would be great, Maggie. Thanks!
Trois, I've enclosed a link with photos of Ligustrum sinense. Compare it to your plants. The leaves are 1 - 2 inches long and 1/2 - 1 inch wide. Its flowers are four-petaled.
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mbierner/bio406d/images/pics/ole/ligustrum_sinense.htm
I just witnessed my first Datura bloom ever! I had just grabbed the camera, and caught it at the exact moment that it was opening. Here is the 2 blooms about to open. A bee started buzzing over the one on the right, and it started opening immediately! I was in awe!
Here is the bloom just minutes later! I even caught it on a video clip, with the little bee buzzing down inside. How very awsome. I love the scent, too!
mel
Boy, wish we could see that video clip, Melanie!
Oh, me too! Don't know how that would be possible... might have to ask my kids !
=)
mel
That's awesome, Mel. I'm glad you were able to capture it opening. I bought a few Brugmansias this year. Waiting for that first flower to open was torture. They open very slowly.
Veronica
Oh no, it's torture enough just trying to keep this Brugs alive and minus spider mites. It's growing tho and I was just wondering when it might think of blooming. I'll try not to watch it.
I've got 2 Jimsonweed's and a bunch of baby Triple purple Datura's coming up. :)
It's still open this morning, and gorgeous, but NO scent! =) and =(
...Oh.. Yes, they were sticking straight up, BUT I added a bigger stake at 9pm to hold up the plant, and that made the flowers hang straight out, but yes, they were upright when they bloomed.
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My hardy Hibiscus are blooming this week. This is near my bedroom window, so I saw these first thing when I rolled out of bed! This is a seedling from the mother plant from 2 years ago. I noticed that there are LOTS of little seedlings beside her, so I guess I should pot them up! They will take over!
mel
The Texas Sages were starting to bloom this weekend. I never know when they will stop, so I catch a new picture every day! Here is a wonderful one of today.
And a closeup...
I doubt this is a TX native, but I am so in love with this little plant, and love the little Bat faces that stare back at me! I just planted it 2 weeks ago.
Batface Cuphea
I love those too, aren't the little faces sweet? I was given one at the RU in April, but it cooked before I could plant it, when my back was so hurt. :-( I'm determined to get it again, maybe I'll find some during the San Antonio Nursery Date.
Mel, I've had a Batface for a couple of years and it made it through the snow this past Christmas. I have always had fun showing friends their little faces. This one is @ 3 feet across.
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Mel Your datura looked to be the native kind, is it? I love to stand around in the evening when they are about to open, the scent is best at that time. They are really quite a treat.
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For bettydee, 3 pictures of wild things growing where we haven't cleared. The last 2 are of the same plant.
1. Large leaves.
2. Showing leaves and flowers.
3. This shows more leaves and green berries, or maybe they are buds. In the fall they have blue-black small hard berries, about the size of BBs. One of the neighbors calls them "possum berries", the rest call them "I don't know".
kipper. I had no idea that they would get that big! It looks like you have yours in full sun too! I guess I will have to move it! It's at the sunny edge of one of my little shade areas, next to a walkway!
Can you take cuttings from it? So, did it stay green all winter? Tell me more!
I love yours! I will want more of them I can tell, already!
mel
josephine... i don't know about the datura. I got it at a swap in FW last fall. This is the same pitiful little thing I brought to your house to get an ID on.... I finally stuck it in the ground next to my Bog Sage to let it "do its thing". It took off! In just a month, it shot up, put on buds and has become very fascinating to me. I went out at 11pm last nite just to smell it again. 'Course I took a flashlight and worried bout snakes and critters the whole time....
mel
Mel, if that is the case I think not, because when I saw the plant it didn't appear to be tha native kind.
The flower looks like it very much,that is why I asked.
I do have plants of the native Jimsonweed, so if you want another plant to compare differences between the two, I can give it to you when you have a chance to come by. Let me know.
When you go out with the flashligh, be sure to look for hummingbird moths, they love those flowers and they are amazing to see.
Good to have you back. Josephine.
Josephine - I have the Dantura you gave me and then in the area between me and the guy behind me there are several that look the same but they have a light blue/light purple flower. Are these also native or is this a transplant gone to the wild area?
The native Jimsonweed is always white as far as I know, Is your blooming already?
no not yet! It is getting bigger and growing, it really loves the sun !
Mel, the fence that is behind my Batface runs due North to South. It's on the East side and get full sun (DIRECTLY) from @ 10:00 to 3:00. That's why I like it since it can take it.
Trois,
Birds do such a great job of scattering seed, don't they? Looks like you have one each, Japanese and Chinese Privets. Your shrubs look awfully healthy.
I just had my mystery shrubs identified. The shrubs are Quihoui Privet, in cultivation here since 1862. Obviously, an escapee.