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Native Texas Plant Week and Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day–October 2012
For Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and in celebration of Texas Native Plants week, I’m posting some pics of a few currently flowering beautiful native plants in my garden. Thanks to Carol at… more →
My Gardener Says...
You are my sunshine...
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wrote 2 months ago: …my only sunshine…you make me happy…SO HAPPY! Helllloooo yellow and hello spring … more →
Native Texas Plant Week and Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day--October 2012
wrote 7 months ago: For Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and in celebration of Texas Native Plants week, I’m posti … more →
Mexican Orchid Tree Blooms--Finally!
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wrote 9 months ago: The Mexican Orchid Tree (Bauhinia mexicana), I planted as a tiny seedling in October 2010 bloomed … more →
Firecracker, Firecracker, Boom, Boom, Boom!
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wrote 11 months ago: So goes a cheer from my junior high school days. I have no idea why I would remember such a thing … more →
Springtime For Inland Sea Oats
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve written about Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) previously, but didn’t have … more →
Hill Country Blues
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wrote 1 year ago: I love blue flowers in the garden and my current favorite blue flowering perennial is the Henry Duel … more →
Foliage Follow-Up-April 2012-Kitty Hiding Spot
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wrote 1 year ago: What is soft and feathery, tough and hardy, and a great place for the cat to hide in? Mexican Feathe … more →
Hill Country Beauty, Beard And All
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wrote 1 year ago: Hill Country Penstemon (Penstemon triflorus) is one of my favorite spring bloomers and every spring … more →
Garden Fairies
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wrote 1 year ago: My neighbor thinks that Columbines look like fairies in flight. Me? I’ve always thought that … more →
I've Got A Crush On You
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m gushing about my love for a red, red…tubular sh … more →
Seed Catologs
wrote 1 year ago: It’s that time of the year again to bring out the old seed catalogs or order the new ones, so … more →
So, Can I Make Cookies From These?
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wrote 1 year ago: Oats Lots of oats. Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium), to be precise. When you have one plan … more →
Who Names Their Kid 'Chi Chi'?
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s pretty, isn’t it? I call it Pink Ruellia, but it’s also known as Hardy Pink P … more →
I Couldn't Wait
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wrote 1 year ago: In my post, Cast Iron Crisp, I discussed how one stand of Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior), in m … more →
Spring Garden
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wrote 2 years ago: At long last the stone work in the landscape is done and my garden has gone in. And now we wait. P … more →
