Rain!
March 20, 2006David and I just returned from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, to find a half inch of rain in the rain gauge, and then last night we enjoyed a whopper of a thunderstorm that dropped 4 inches more. The garden looks lush with spring growth after our short ...
Woodland garden
March 12, 2006 Spiderwort. Several clumps are growing in my shady “woodland” garden. On one plant, both blue and purple flowers appear. I tried to capture the two colors with this photo, but it shows just true blue. Since the cedar elm has started growing in earnest—well, it’s really been ...
After the rain
March 10, 2006Austin’s drought continues, but a late-night thunderstorm on Wednesday brought us a little more than a quarter-inch of rain. Better than nothing! The garden continues to spring into spring. On the down side, I hear that central Texas’s bluebonnet crop will be underwhelming this year, due to the ...
Everything's coming up roses
March 06, 2006 The red bed: ‘Valentine’ rose bush and purple prickly pear. I like grouping tough antique roses with cacti. It’s something about the softness and lushness of the rose petals contrasting with the spiny “modern” shape of cacti. These two show off their beautiful reds. The ‘Blue Elf’ ...
Everything’s coming up roses
March 06, 2006 The red bed: ‘Valentine’ rose bush and purple prickly pear. I like grouping tough antique roses with cacti. It’s something about the softness and lushness of the rose petals contrasting with the spiny “modern” shape of cacti. These two show off their beautiful reds. The ‘Blue Elf’ ...
Spring flowers
March 03, 2006 The Mexican plum is in bloom. It’s taken a few years for the young tree to decide to flower, but it was worth the wait. Another picture of the plum The shade-loving native spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis) sends its dainty, bluish-purple flowers skyward. Its strappy foliage can resemble ...
Last day of February, sunset
February 28, 2006Despite my being under the weather, the gorgeous weather outside beckoned me into garden. Here are a few images from the front garden. A combination of yellows: Avalanche daffodils and hymenoxys Avalanche daffodils in full flower Ice Follies daffodils show off their ruffles I don’t plant many annuals, ...
Spring is here
February 28, 2006Aside from the early-bird daffodils and the roses that never really stopped blooming all winter in the protected back garden, signs of spring are now prevalent. The Mexican plum is covered with buds. I’m excited about this because for the first four years it either didn’t bloom or ...
The birds are back in town
February 24, 2006I saw a hummingbird resting on a salvia in the front garden this morning. He and I eyed each other for at least a minute before he finally flew off to the coral honeysuckle vine for a quick snack. I’d never seen a hummingbird sit so still for ...
More rainy day pictures
February 22, 2006Two dainty vines growing in my back yard are easily overlooked in summer, but now, while other vines are dormant, the potato vine flowers and the butterfly vine seed pods add life to the winter garden. Potato vine in flower. The flowers droop in clusters on thin stems ...
Rainy morning
February 21, 2006Another cool, wet morning. It’s been misting for hours, which made for interesting close-ups of some of my plants. I’d like to see a deep, soaking rain, but for now droplets of rain will have to do. The fuchsia berries of coralberry In a previous garden I paired ...
Garden faces
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January 2006
January 10, 2006 Hymenoxys This little flower is a dependable winter-bloomer . . . and, for that matter, summer-bloomer too. Hymenoxys, or four-nerve daisy, is a tough little plant that is nearly ever-blooming. After a year or so a clump will peter out. Then I just dig up a new ...
