This is the same plant as in the previous post. One of my readers asked to see it after the blooms had opened. As it happens I did take a photo, so I am happy to oblige.

Despite the bloom we didn’t actually get any rain here. Further south they got a little. Now they are saying maybe we will have a cloud later in the week. Not rain, mind you. Just a cloud.

Everybody who lives here knows this plant of course. This is for Gail and any others who don’t. It goes by a dozen names - Texas sage, purple sage, Texas ranger, barometer plant are some of the more common ones. Leucophyllum is the real name. I like cenizo, which is Spanish for “ashy” because of the grey color of the leaves.

This is considered a native plant here, although I grew up here and can’t say that I ever saw one here until I moved back to the area about 20 years ago. It’s actual native range is along the Rio Grande, I think. Which is not all that far away so I suppose it is much more native than most of the other shrubs at the nursery. It is also very well adapted to this area which has made it extremely popular for landscaping. There are a bunch of named varieties and I can’t identify them. This one is greener than most. It was planted by the previous gardener.