xfy – Page 4 – Xeric Front Yard

Pineapple Guava. Not one I planted, but I’m a sucker for this flower. The tree is covered in blooms this year.

Lindheimer’s Beeblossom. Just planted it and it’s already blooming. I love how the blooms float in the feathergrass.

I’m in love with this. Think it’s non-native catchfly. The hot pink dances in the wind with the grasses. This is from my package of low growing wildflower seeds.

And the magnificent yucca. Holy cow it’s beautiful.

Wideshots May 2015

I have a seed packet that says “Poppy. Plant in Nov”. Any idea what type this is? We’re loving them.

This bloom spike kept growing and growing. Straight as could be. Then took a sudden detour to get out from under this mesquite.

This plant had leaves that looked interesting. Not like a weed I knew. Now this. What am I in for?!? Anyone know?

Garden Mysteries and Curiosities

Ladybird Wildflower Plant Sale. This is how they getcha! Got in there at 9am to the members only sale, now I’m going to have to renew my membership.

Apparently I should always go to nurseries before work. I checked my list, filled up with what I could put in my basket (an outdoor beverage bucket – not recommended) and got out of there. Back home by 9:30am.

So what’s in there Tim? Glad you asked. In the front we’ve got some Sensitive Briar (Mimosa roemeriana). Then a lot of winecups (Callirhoe involucrata) to trail between my cactus (this was in the original garden plan 5 years ago). A Lindheimer’s Beeblossom (guara lindheimeri). 3 Eryngo (eryngium leavenworthii). 2 Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), and a Candy Barrel Cacctus (Ferocactus wislizeni).

Poor Hummingbird

Just saw a hummingbird trying to get nectar out of the large red discs that make up a wind chime one of my daughters made. I don’t have much red flowering yet (Texas Betony being the exception) and seems a bit early for hummingbirds, no?

Bluebonnets on a misty day in Mabel Davis.

Did not know that Spiderwort came in two colors. Also two 6 year olds girls discovered that if you rub against them it looks like you’ve painted yourself with purple marker.

Those flags are announcing that Google Fiber should be in bloom this Summer.

Texas Beargrass Bloom (Please mentally remove leaf from picture)

Wide View – April: I took the pictures yesterday. Even if I didn’t post them until today. That still counts, right?

What are you most looking forward to this spring?

I’ve been taking Junie on walks through Mabel Davis, and it’s fun watching the seasons change. This is one of my favorite plants – Agarita. I’ve seen the red berries, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it blooming. The yellow flowers are really pretty. I’ve been trying to find a place to put this in the yard, because it tends to be a very scraggly grower. It looks best leaning on other more structural plants.
I rounded the corner and noticed this agarita growing on prickly pear, which seems like something it might be nice to try to replicate in my yard.

It’s not often that Mabel Davis Park looks like England. This is a truly grand foggy day, and the walk with the dog was suitably damp.

Up On The Roof

Everything seems like it’s in bloom. Even the California Poppies have started. But who wants to look at flowers? Let’s save ‘em. Lately I haven’t had a lot of time, but we’ve had a tiny vermin problem in our house. In an attempt to fix things I finally arrived at trimming back the trees that touched the roof.

And while I was up there, why not take some pictures? Different perspective and all that…