Aha. It turns out the mystery plant that I thought at first might be a form of bluebonnet may be “wild alfalfa.” I sent a picture to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin and got this reply.
Our expert, Joe Marcus, believes your “bluebonnets” are really wild alfalfa or scurfy pea, Psoralidium tenuiflorium. […]
They call this antelope horn. It is a kind of milkweed. Butterflies sure seem to like it.
Anybody know what this might be? At first I thought it was a bluebonnet but it got much bigger and never had a bloom. Similar leaf though. Those are the antelope horns you see in the background.
Lots […]
Holy cow! I’ve got almost 80 plants sitting in pots that I need to put in the ground.
The majority I bought last weekend at a native plant sale at the Heard Museum in McKinney. Tricia and I had to go out that way on another errand - at least that was my excuse […]
Passion flower, strange visitor from another planet.
Purple iris. Also yellow ones and blue ones.
Spirea.
And of course bluebonnets. They don’t seem to have been damaged by the wintry weather.
Snow fell almost the entire day Saturday, although it melted about as fast as it fell. More worrisome was the drop in temperature which is expected to be below freezing tonight. A pair of hummingbirds arrived a few days ago and have been regulars at a window feeder. Today they […]
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