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…