My Mist flowers are blooming. In the past almost all have been blue. The first ones this year are a bright purple.
Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Purple )
Another Mist.
Those are really pretty Trois.
Thanks, Josephine.
Propeller plant.
One more.
Those are so pretty, I have been trying to grow them from seed, but no luck.
Next spring I will see if I can dig some up for you.
Oh, that would be wonderful, thank you Trois you are a sweetheart.
Bluebells are blooming in Texas!
Oh my Goodness, how gorgeous!!!
Thank you for posting the picture.
Josephine.
Liatris, but I am not sure which species:
I am not sure but it could be Liatris elegans, very pretty.
http://wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=10878
Trailing Lantana (Sept 2009) after the soaking rains.
Carla
Hey Native Lubbers!
I posted a plant in the ID forum if any of you can help let me know. I took a quick look in here and its not any of these from what I can tell. Hoping its a good one...
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1127021/
LMK
Deb
"Ruellia nudiflora, Wild Petunia."
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/38221/
Growing in full sun...now I think I'll try it in the bright shade of our humongous Arizona Ash.
Very nice Dollie, I have some in sum and semi shade and the both work just fin.
Thank you for posting here.
Funastrum crispum, Wavyleaf twinevine.
Hope it's okay for me to post this one here. The recent rains seem to have woken some plants I've never noticed before. This vine has wine colored blooms, and long, wavy leaves. It is in the asclepias family, although I didn't observe any butterfly action or eggs/larvae on this particular day.
I would appreciate information on propagation techniques if anyone has had success with this one.. there is a small colony of them growing on my western slope and would like to transplant one or two to my flowerbeds.
Here's it's plant files entry: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/137206/
Psoralea hypogaea (aka Pediomelum hypogaeum); Little Indian breadroot aka Scurf-pea aka Prairie turnip.
Here is another that has been rare to observe during the last few drought stricken years.. in the past has grown sparesly and plants very small, is prolific this year with beautiful blooms in various shades of purple, and a gorgeous near black bud before blooming.
I like this little plant and am planning on digging a few to bring home and introduce to my home 'wildscape'.
Another of the same genus Pediomelum (This may be a synonym for psoralea.. anyone?), this one in particular being Pediomelum cuspidatum; Indian-Turnip aka Largebract Indian breadroot aka Tall scurfy pea.
I had to pull over when I saw these purple flowers growing alongside a road I travel very often.. This is the first time I have ever seen it during the last 4 1/2 years of living here, and it seems to be the only one around, as far as I've seen.
It grows in a small colony of 3 or 4 plants among many other wildflowers, including indian paintbrush, engelmann daisy, and purple prairie verbena (which I almost mistook it for at first glance). I really like this one.. it has a similar look to a bluebonnet, but this plant, ONE plant had a spread of almost 4 feet and just bursting with these pops of purple! I hope to see it set seed so I can introduce it to my home 'wildscape'.
Amorpha fruticosa; False indigo bush
This one is supposed to be a host for Skipper and Dogface butterflies, although I didn't observe any activity on the day these photos were taken. It grows wild along our creek, and shows no sign of being invasive here, even walking a mile or so each direction the creek runs, I haven't seen more than a handful of these plants growing. I think they are attractive when blooming. Definitely more interesting than some of the other wild plants I've observed here.
Penstemon cobaea; Fairy thimbles
I love this perennial wildflower.. it is really showing off this year with huge stands blooming in places I've never observed them in previous years. I will try and get pictires of the large colonies of them, although these pics were taken of some early bloomers in March.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/65167/#b
Wow Becky!! you sure made some great discoveries, I hope you can get some seed and get them going. This is a most unusual Spring.
Josephine, the rain has been glorious, and I can't believe all the wildflowers this year.. nothing short of amazing!!
Today, I found an old, spent seedpod for the milkweed vine (funastrum crispum) and beneath it were 3 little seedlings.. they are now beneath my redbud tree.. hope they like it there! Let me know if you'd like one, and I'll make sure to have one to share at the fall RU.
Yes, I would love to have one, you are so sweet, thank you.
We need to restart this thread with our ability to do 5 pix at once.
There are 4 pics on a reply a few posts up.
Newer threads,