Gallery – Page 3 – 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).

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.

Wide angle shot for July. It is July right?

Things are starting to look a little long in the tooth. I’m starting to pull them.

And the gomphrena’s coming back with a venegance.

Pam (http://www.penick.net/digging/) gave me this tiny little guy that had been growing in the bottom of a soggy cardboard box lid. A few of them seem to have transplanted.

It’s July’s wide-shots! I’ve been loving the rain. Having fun with transplanting cuttings, and pulling weeds and pruning. So much organic matter around here.

Some close up details from the driveway.

Roses. This area never gets enough love even though it’s very visible to cars driving by.

My pride-of-barbados I thought was dead.

Another pride-of-barbados wish this one would get a bit taller to clear the lantana visually.

I’m really digging the various levels this year.

A dyckia that froze that I pulled off and threw in the ground on a whim. Still alive!

So these are ostensibly my wide-shots for May. This has been a magnificent year. My goal has been to enjoy my garden more and I really have been. I don’t let the weeds get me down, just watch the grasses and blooms sway in the breeze.

EDIT: It’s June isn’t it. *sigh*