Turk’s Cap is known to biology geeks as Malvaviscus arboreus. It is a decidous perrenial Texas native shrub that will grow in both sun and shade. It’s natural habitats include sandy low grounds near streams, limestone slopes around wooded creeks and palm groves. It ranges from the Texas Coastal Plain, east to Florida and also […]
I was introduced to this plant as a “Tropical Blood Weed” but it’s one of those that goes by many names including Scarlet Milk Weed, bloodflower, silkweed, Indian root, and Mexican Milk Weed. Maybe it’s easiest to talk about this plant using its scientific name, Asclepias curassavica. In the tropics, this particular asclepias would be […]
John and I spent our anniversary together today (or at least a few hours of it) at the Dallas Arboretum. Believe it or not, I had never been there. We will have to go back (with a bottle of wine?) and spend a lot longer! — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 66°F;Humidity: 81%;Heat Index: 66°F;Wind Chill: […]
Title: Texas Discovery Garden’s Butterfly Plant Sale Location: Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Dallas, TX 75210 Link out: Click here Description: “We have moved our famous Butterfly Plant Sale to an earlier (and cooler) date! Enjoy our ever widening selection of hard-to-find butterfly host and nectar plants. We […]
Fragrance, beauty and drought tolerance… what more could you want in a flower? Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) is a native Texas perenial that does well in part sun or bright shade. The smell is intoxicating and it is a butterfly manget! It has a heady bloom in the late spring and then goes partiallyl dormant […]
The Passionflower has to be one of the coolest flowers I know. It reminds me of a little flower space ship. It also happens to be a Texas native so it loves it here in my yard. The Passionflower (passiflora incarnata) has many wonderful qualities, one of which is that it is the host plant […]
What fun is gardening without butterflies? But to get an abundance of butterflies to come to your yard, you have to have the plants that they want and need – host plants and nectar plants. Host plants are the plants that butterflies will lay their eggs on and then the hungry caterpillars will eat. Nectar […]
This is the Gulf Coast Penstemon or sometimes called the Brazos Penstemon. The scientific name is Penstemon tenuis. It is a Texas native from the marsh areas. It does well in standing water and poorly drained soils, but I have also found it to be very drought tolerant. It is in a part of the […]
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots. The other is wings. – Hodding Carter, Jr.
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