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...just a place for me to post pics of flowers that I come across throughout the year.   Feel free to post pics of pretty/interesting flowers you come across ... especially if you let us know what the plant is!

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Scarlet Sage (salvia)
Scarlet Sage (salvia)

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It's quite a pretty bush! Do hummingbirds come to visit the flowers?

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May Lotito wrote:It's quite a pretty bush! Do hummingbirds come to visit the flowers?



That one is more for butterflies ...scarlet sage.
It looks a little like flame acanthus, I will post pics when it blooms, and that's what Hummingbirds come out for

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Cloudy, rainy, and WARM today!  Nice.  I kicked all my plants out of greenhouse for this rain.  These dandelions seemed to glow on this misty day
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Dandelion
Dandelion

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Veronica aka Speedwell
Lots of medicinal uses, more info here:

https://practicalselfreliance.com/speedwell-veronica-sp/

I was drawn to it because of the cute little flower.  Veronica is a ground cover in my garden that disappears as other plants fill in
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Veronica Speedwell flower
Veronica Speedwell flower

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We will probably get another cold snap,but don't tell these guys.  Feb 4th ...apricot blooms and honeybees already out.
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Wild Apricot
Wild Apricot
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Honeybees already out
Honeybees already out

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On approach, the whole area around this agarita smelled of honey ...of course the honey bees where after it.
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Agarita bush
Agarita bush

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Tree planted from seed by a friend of mine.  The peaches are medium small, and tasty.  Blooms are so pretty.  Now is the time to watch for peach tree groves and dewberry patches ...locate them by the blooms!
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Autumn Wild Peach
Autumn Wild Peach

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Now is the time to pinpoint your dewberry/blackberry patch if ypu live in Texas.  Watch for accessible areas with lots of these flowers, and remember to go back there in 4 to 5 weeks
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Wild dewberry
Wild dewberry

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Texas bluebonnets are sparse so far in my area ...its been a dry spring so far.

These need a thinner coat of woodchips ...too thick and the bluebonnets wont poke thru.

Spiderworts and mallow dont mind thick layers of chips tho.
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Blueebonnet
Blueebonnet
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Fuscia spiderwort
Fuscia spiderwort
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Cutleaf evening primrose ...according to chatgbt
Cutleaf evening primrose ...according to chatgbt

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Ill be watching for the seed pods on this
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Storks bill. ...chatgbt ID
Storks bill. ...chatgbt ID

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Prarie verbena is another wildflower in central texas that prefers not tooo many woodchips
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Verbena
Verbena

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Lyrata
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Lyrata
Lyrata

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White guara ...grows well with snow peas.
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Guara
Guara

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Blue curl fowers look like baby octopus
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Blue curl
Blue curl

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Honeybee workin the fuscia spiderwort
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Spiderwort ...mediconal, edible
Spiderwort ...mediconal, edible

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Some people see geranium ...i see, an easy $5 @ the farmer's market
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Geranium
Geranium

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The pink clammy weed has interesting odor and flowers thru desert-like summers.  
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Clammy weed
Clammy weed

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Indigo spears and Indial blacket
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Wispy plant, small flowers, but its native
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Texas 4 O'clock
Texas 4 O'clock

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These guys be trying to take over my onion patch
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Blue morning glory
Blue morning glory

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White prickly poppy is a Texas native, but I only let a few prickly things hang around.
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White prickly poppy
White prickly poppy

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The native horse mint, and the cultivated beebalm
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Horse Mint
Horse Mint
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Beebalm
Beebalm

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...another native Texan wildflower growing out of limestone gravel hillside
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Mountain Pink
Mountain Pink

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Antelope Horn Milkweed ...mostly toxic, but you can cook the immature seed pods and eat the interior part.  Some say it's like vegan cheese substitute, but the one I tried seemed more like steamed broccoli stem
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Turk's Cap

These have tasty little fruits ...that some insect has already figure out is yums.

The locally native Mexican Petunias are showing off now that its just beginning to dry out.   They don't need water, but they do show off when they have plenty.
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...the flower is tasty too
...the flower is tasty too
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My mid-summer bloomers
My mid-summer bloomers
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Drummond's clematis, Texas virgin's bower, old man's beard ...interesting common names
Drummond's clematis, Texas virgin's bower, old man's beard ...interesting common names

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More great mid-summer blooms:   Rock Rose and Cardinal Climber
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...or cypress vine ...some say they are different plants but I don't know how to tell 'em apart
...or cypress vine ...some say they are different plants but I don't know how to tell 'em apart
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Not a rose, but a great #cottagecore flower ...and Texas native
Not a rose, but a great #cottagecore flower ...and Texas native

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Mexican Honeysuckle now on-deck as well:
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Flame Acanthus looking spry in this August heat.

...better than a feeder for attracting the hummers!
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probably black-chinned or ruby throat if its a local
probably black-chinned or ruby throat if its a local
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Employee rebellion right here.   I send an email out every Monday morning -- save your blooms for the weekend.  They never listen.
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The goldenrod patch smells great to walk up on these days, and finally the Texas Gayfeathers have started to bloom here.
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wasp on goldenrod
wasp on goldenrod
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Next year i'm gonna have to weed those sweet potatoes back
Next year i'm gonna have to weed those sweet potatoes back

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...saying goodbye to 2025 with a sunset and Mexican Honeysuckle!

Happy New Years everybody!
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Thank you thank you thank you
It`s damp, mainly grey and obviously energetic showers every time I  stick my head out.
The vines will have to wait to experience my new secateurs - yes, and cuttings to make more vine gifts to place next to my fridgebook
Perhaps another coffee while I scroll down your beautiful contribution
Blessings
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James, I'm only now stumbling across this thread, and I'm so happy to have finally seen it!! What gorgeous photos!! Your subjects are beautiful, and your photography is simply lovely! Thank you for sharing them with us.

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