Sunday, March 15, 2015

GBBD March 2015

It's spring and time to get out in the garden to....weed.  We've had so much rain this spring, weeds have taken off.  With our last few years of drought I almost forgot about that part.  Fortunately our March blooms feature some of Texas' most popular native plants and a few others from the garden which I'm sharing for Garden Blogger's Bloom Day hosted by Carol at May Dreams Garden.




Fewer bluebonnet seeds germinated this year.  But the massive plant size makes up for it.  One single plant of blooms this size reminds me of the bluebonnets east near Brenham where they have more rain.


A single Bluebonnet plant fully a yard wide!  Nearly a meter (or metre) for overseas readers.


Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) blooms were possibly nipped in the bud during a recent freeze.  The emerging flowers are a deeper purple than I remember.


Some damage showing, the flowers are still pretty and some blooms will likely emerge.  It's disappointing because the trees were dripping with buds.


Not native but still striking in early spring are the delicate blue flowers of silver germander.  Honey bees were swarming this plant all day.


Annual Fernleaf Lavender has continued blooming through our mostly mild winter.  I enjoy its pretty lavender flowers year round--skunky fragrance...not so much.


Native Anemone berlandieri volunteered in the buffalo grass again this year.


Corydalis curvisiliqua growing in the buffalo grass for the first time (or at least I don't remember noticing it before).


Only one stem so far from this plant which usually grows in clumps.  The seedpods are apparently quite large which means there's a chance of getting seeds.


Euphorbia rigida


Echeveria bloom in a succulent pot.


And a bonus round with beautiful Iris and Daffodils from the gardens at the Warrior and Family Support Center where I volunteer each week.


Lining the walkways in bright blue and yellow with Salvia greggii in the background


So pretty.  Generally annuals in our climate, I think it may be worth planting Daffodils in my own garden this fall.

You can enjoy many more spring (and fall) blooms from blogger's gardens at May Dreams Gardens.

15 comments:

  1. Your bluebonnets are so much bigger and farther along than mine! I love those native anemones. I had some one year, but they haven't come back since. One of my clients has them in both violet and white, and they are so cheerful and pretty.

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  2. Beautiful blooms! I'm so happy we're turning the corner to spring. My own garden is a disaster from months of neglect and tending a baby instead. We have one bluebonnet just opening in our ROW strip so we should have more soon. Hoping to see the 290 blooms in a few weeks.

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  3. Impressive bluebonnets! Amazing what a bit of water can do. Does Texas Mountain Laurel really smell like grape Kool Aid when it blooms? Happy belated GBBD!

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    1. Yes, they do. Exactly like that.

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  4. Look at all your pretties. Beautiful garden, Shirley. So nice to see bluebonnets and I love the A.. berlandieri in the buffalo grass--nice serendipity! Happy blooms and spring to you!

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  5. Gorgeous gorgeous. Your garden is always such a treat to see. I am totally smitten with Anemone berlandieri. The wind planted mine and it has slowly been spreading (with a little help from me). I love how much it changes. Every day it looks like a new flower. I kind of think of it as the Pinocchio flower because its nose keeps growing and growing. My jonquils and miniature daffodils do come back reliably every year even though I thought they were impossible to grow here. I would love to add in some purple florist iris though. Spectacular.

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  6. I love the foliage on the mountain laurel as much as the blooms, but that photo catching the light...WOW!

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  7. I love seeing all the bluebonnets in the Texas blogger posts in spring. They're always spectacular. Those large clumps of beautiful blue Dutch Iris are impressive too. The Sophora is new to me but would apparently suit the climate here so I'll need to look around for it. A belated happy GBBD, Shirley!

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  8. It looks like spring is well under way in San Antonio and what big bluebonnets you grow! I saw the first hint of blue on one of mine yesterday. I just hope mine keep blooming through April. I used to have some of that anemone when I had lawn. I dug it out every spring. I finally got rid of it and now I wish I had it again.

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  9. Very nice, Shirley! I dearly want that anemone--I vow to get seeds this year! Your bluebonnets are truly amazing, too.

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  10. Sigh ... it's all so lovely! The Texas Bluebonnets are really taking off. Happy spring!

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  11. Nice pictures, Shirley! I need to run around the corner of the house tomorrow to check my Texas mountain laurel. I'm seeing big ones in full, dripping-purple bloom in north Austin, so I'm hopeful that my little one will not have damage from the late freeze. I love those blue irises at the Warrior Center. What kind are they, do you know?

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    1. The bulbs were from a large big box store bag brought by one of our volunteers so I don't know the name.

      I enjoyed seeing your tree on the blog yesterday.

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  12. Oh Shirley look at your blooms...bluebonnets and irises. Heaven!

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  13. Thank you all for your delightful comments.

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