O.K. Guys, but first I wnt to post a close up od the Sesbania drummomdii flowers.
Aren't they pretty?
Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 12.
Wow! How tall is that plant, Josephine?
It is about 12 feet tall, but it is at the top of the slope so it looks taller.
Here is the link to the new thread, let us continue having fun!
Josephine.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/653642/
Lee/WillisTX - before you start a new thread...
I travel down FM 1097 fairly often lately and have wanted to get out and poke around in the wildflowers to see what's blooming, but usually go to my wildflower book instead of stopping and looking like you do. I'm sad to see all the new development - maybe a "rescue" operation is in order? I've often thought that if I had enough time I'd go transplant things in the national forest or somewhere. Do you think any folks would be interested in a rescue activity some weekend? I'm fascinated that you've found so many great natives on 1097. The Native Plant Society of Texas is hosting outings to remove invasives from the central Houston area, so that gave me the idea to relocate the good things! If you are interested anyone... just an idea.Nancy
nancy - I have tried here to move things and some make it some dont but I can give you a few tips if you get started. Mitch
Hi Nancy,...sorry,...I had taken this thread off of "Watch"
and just happen to see some activity on and checked it out! Sounds like an interesting and fun endeavor!
You can find all sorts of interesting plants along that stretch from I-45 to the lake...where so much development is in progress and planned! Why not re-locate some to your garden while you're at it...as long as it's not endangered and plenty available? I'm only considering such for those plants that will be bulldozed...
I don't recommend arbitrarily snatching natives from the roadside or public property or private property w/o permission...just so anyone/everyone knows my position. I believe it's ok to collect seed along roadways
or photographs :~) Lee
Hi - yes I'm only talking about the areas about to be bulldozed. I think I'm too much of a scaredy cat to try it, but I might go out seed collecting one Saturday or two and see if I can start the plants and then maybe set them out - or just scatter the seed somewhere less likely to be developed further down the road. As long as we are perpetuating a plant that's growing in an area soon to be a concrete jungle... seems like an ok idea to me, too.
Just wanted to throw this in. I've been growing what I call a Frankinstein. I pulled a 3 inch tall sprout of the Hybiscus/Cannibus, September Rose back in February and stuck it in the nearest pot that had some dirt in it. It's still in the same pot, 5 inch, and is about to bloom. There are buds forming all over it. What gets me is that the pot hasn't broken and there are no roots coming out of the drain hole. All I've done is water it and when I'm dousing the others with Medina, I'll splash a little in it. The eves of the garage is 8 feet high.
I plan to just let it go and see what happens. I guess this is a good example of how a native will grow almost anywhere
We used to own and live in a house in Meadows Place - bought when the now town was just a subdivision called "the Meadows". Lived on Meadowtrail. Some of the homeowners had some really nice gardens. I was not into gardening and really had a terrible time growing things. To show you how really stupid I was, I read that if you put acid on irises - I think - it would improve them in all ways. The only thing I had that was acid was vinegar. The rest is history including the irises!
Ann
Hello Kipper2, that is quite a plant you have there, it is amazing what plants can do with a little luck.
Thank you for showing it to us.
Josephine.
Hey Kip be sure and take a pic when it blooms ... most interesting that plant growing in that little pot.
I found this October Rosemallow in the PFs, is this it Kip? A friend gave me one recently and I am excited to see it bloom next year.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/59791/index.html
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Wow - that is a great looking plant - love the flowers Shelia I can see why you are excited.
Wow Sheila .... I even the seed pods have an exotic look! Have you heard from Posie?
Yes, she emailed me a few days ago. Not sure she is coming to the swap, need to ask and see.
Sheila_FW and others, YES that is the plant. I had to pull the two that I had planted because of the STICKERS on the seed pods. YES, These things reproduce more than rabbits !!! They would do great in a back area that people do not traverse or as a hinderance to "bad people" .
If anyone wants some seeds, I have a bag full from those two plants. I plan to be at the CS RU and can bring them with me or I can mail them to you.
Understand, you can check with Hazel, collecting the seeds from these is like laying fiberglass insulation...wear gloves and use tweezers. Don't do like I did the First Time sitting at the kitchen table, gloves and tweezers, but wearing JUST a T-Shirt. Yes, let your mind wonder on that !!!!!
See ya'll at the RU ;o)~
I know just the place I will plant them ... right behind the dumpster ... where the homeless dwell ... maybe thats not nice ... but it will keep them away.:)
Whoa....Kip....TMI... LOL!! I plan to be at the CS RU and would love some seeds. Mine is only a foot tall now and not planted in the ground yet, but it looks like I need to pick my location carefully! I hope mine lives and does as well as your's has. It is a georgeous looking flower.
Sheila
Sheila, Will they grow in partial shade? I have a place I'm trying to find a plant that people don't want to be near. The neighboors have made a path through 'my' yard and I don't like it. I'm really sorry that they don't have a nice way to get to their back 40 but where they have made the path looks YUCKY with no plants and just dirt and I don't like it!
Yes, mine is in shade until late afternoon. It might grow faster if it got more sun though. It was a late bloomer too because of the shade.
I'll bring all the seeds that I have and we can divy them up. Trust me, there is enough for all.
I just have to remember when I get there that I want them.
Does anyone have one of those big reference books on Texas natives, one that has uncommon plants that nobody has heard of much? I have some rooted cuttings of Wright's Germander, Teucrium wrightii, and can't find a single thing on the internet...not one single hit. This was from Schumacher's nursery near New Braunfels.
Wow Linda,.....what an interesting plant! Do you know where its range is ? Lee
Linda, I have looked too and cannot find Wright's Germander either, I wonder if he had the name right?
I really don't know anything much about it. I took a propagation class and took cuttings from many plants that I found there at the nursery. If my memory is correct, it's supposed to be a native. The name I wrote down while at the nursery...hope it's right. I might have to take the time to go to one of the bigger libraries and look in their books. I already had one native germander (a plant rescue), which I believe is T. cubense. That one spread quite a bit, although it seemed to retreat slightly this year, because of the drought and heat.