tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post2153455323085590060..comments2024-03-16T22:08:36.509-05:00Comments on Rock-Oak-Deer: Hill Country Roads: Blanco to Johnson CityShirley Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-43420289829712606242012-06-16T08:30:37.045-05:002012-06-16T08:30:37.045-05:00The flower is horsemint and one I should know but ...The flower is horsemint and one I should know but just didn't come to mind.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by Margie. Congratulations on your recent graduation from UT and beginning a blog about this new chapter in your life. I look forward to reading about your adventures around Texas.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-69382723455927693792012-06-16T07:53:41.376-05:002012-06-16T07:53:41.376-05:00The photos on the web are not from similar angles ...The photos on the web are not from similar angles so I can't tell for sure and would like to see your photo.<br /><br />The first one has been identified as horsemint.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-994334928582503982012-06-16T00:59:42.424-05:002012-06-16T00:59:42.424-05:00Hi Shirley,
I loved seeing all the wildflowers in...Hi Shirley,<br /><br />I loved seeing all the wildflowers in bloom on my drive from Austin to Blanco last weekend and I'm really glad you stopped to take pictures! I was told that the flower in picture #5 was called Horsemint - is that correct?<br /><br />I linked to your post in my post about the Lavender Festival - check it out if you have a minute :) http://theitineranttexan.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/the-8th-annual-blanco-lavender-festival-june-8th-10th-2012/<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-76213052173719060692012-06-13T07:42:08.946-05:002012-06-13T07:42:08.946-05:00Hey Shirley, maybe I miscounted. I thought your f...Hey Shirley, maybe I miscounted. I thought your first un-ID'ed plant was the purple flowering plant with the grasses. That's the one I believe is the stemodia. I've been looking for the picture of mine to send you. As luck would have it the stemodia is blooming now, so I can take another picture and send it to you. Will do soon.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980646848805011625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-43121439690234370682012-06-12T15:11:36.014-05:002012-06-12T15:11:36.014-05:00Those color combinations are fantastic. The movie...Those color combinations are fantastic. The movie did influence colors for quite a while. I guess it didn't take me too long, my Barbie had an orange and pink corvette. :-O<br /><br />Now I'm more likely to use those colors in the garden!Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-17375389636419371902012-06-12T15:01:59.854-05:002012-06-12T15:01:59.854-05:00It does look like quite a bit like a larger versio...It does look like quite a bit like a larger version of your garden and I did think of that along the way. Far fewer opuntia, sotol, and yucca than around here and definitely more prairie and plains like than San Antonio.<br /><br />Missouri Primrose, I looked it up and that seems to be it. Clears up why I'd never seen those pods on the evening primrose we have around here.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-42078727487196683472012-06-12T14:57:23.916-05:002012-06-12T14:57:23.916-05:00They are beautiful and changing fast. A large ran...They are beautiful and changing fast. A large ranch along here has recently sold for development.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-70029738580314486642012-06-12T14:20:38.677-05:002012-06-12T14:20:38.677-05:00Love the combination of the hot oranges with the l...Love the combination of the hot oranges with the lavender-to-pink in the top few photos. Mom Nature always seems to get it right. Humans took a long time to catch on. I remember, way back when, those colors were first used together in An American in Paris and it caused quite a stir.ricki 'sprig to twig'http://bannersbyricki.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-50307888805165105592012-06-12T06:40:48.905-05:002012-06-12T06:40:48.905-05:00It’s nice to see so many of the flowers in my gard...It’s nice to see so many of the flowers in my garden growing in their natural habitat. Thanks for sharing. <br /><br />My Missouri primrose has a similar seedpod to those in your photo. It has large yellow flowers in the spring.<br /><br />The photo looking down the dirt road is interesting. It shows quite a contrast in plant growth and diversity on opposite sides of the fence. I suppose that is due to overgrazing.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-64644686668062414042012-06-11T17:02:30.670-05:002012-06-11T17:02:30.670-05:00That road looks very familiar to me as I've ta...That road looks very familiar to me as I've taken back roads from Fredricksburg, Luckenbach to Blanco. Love that look.greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-77230205962865768722012-06-11T16:16:57.464-05:002012-06-11T16:16:57.464-05:00So many choices, I do need to do a post on your be...So many choices, I do need to do a post on your beautiful area sometime. Stemodia looks right and it is beautiful, now I need to figure out the one surrounded by grasses.<br /><br />We didn't go that far north! You'll see soon...Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-81389547711431212402012-06-11T15:53:09.207-05:002012-06-11T15:53:09.207-05:00Hey Shirley. You went to the Lavender Festival wh...Hey Shirley. You went to the Lavender Festival when Ragna said you might come to the city wide sale here. You made the right choice ! I was in that area a month ago and found the best bluebonnet field I've ever seen. A different set of wildflowers are blooming now and the show is lovely, as you've seen. I think the first unidentified purple flower may be a stemodia, which I have blooming now in my garden. You really should have one ! So, this secret place you went to....Escondido ? Hmmm ?<br /><br />pattyPattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980646848805011625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-64305112618661665662012-06-11T09:59:14.968-05:002012-06-11T09:59:14.968-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed it too Mary.I'm glad you enjoyed it too Mary.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-81716363561556190432012-06-11T09:55:17.631-05:002012-06-11T09:55:17.631-05:00Thank you! That looks right, I used to have the p...Thank you! That looks right, I used to have the pink evening primrose in the yard but didn't remember seeing those seed pods. I need to add some this year.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-16592492201868383442012-06-11T09:53:50.629-05:002012-06-11T09:53:50.629-05:00Clouds are not always gloomy when you need the rai...Clouds are not always gloomy when you need the rain! We had several days of clouds but no rain except to the east of us.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-18374648185361400872012-06-11T09:50:41.450-05:002012-06-11T09:50:41.450-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed the tour. It is fun to s...I'm glad you enjoyed the tour. It is fun to see how things look around the world.Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-50352126748623490502012-06-11T05:46:14.152-05:002012-06-11T05:46:14.152-05:00Beautiful. I think fields of wildflowers are stun...Beautiful. I think fields of wildflowers are stunning. Thank you for sharing your trip.Mary Pelleritohttp://mary-goingnative.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-21014433829535504612012-06-10T22:12:14.427-05:002012-06-10T22:12:14.427-05:00Lovely display. The pods look like they belong to ...Lovely display. The pods look like they belong to Primrose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-57774067223159694782012-06-10T21:59:10.462-05:002012-06-10T21:59:10.462-05:00Very nice...that gloomy sky is somehow nice, even ...Very nice...that gloomy sky is somehow nice, even to this blue sky desert rat! Looks moisture laden.Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-25685777159196253422012-06-10T21:47:09.931-05:002012-06-10T21:47:09.931-05:00So breathtakingly beautiful. We don't get sig...So breathtakingly beautiful. We don't get sights like this here in the tropics, but in central and western parts of Oz there are some spectacular wildflower display in springtime. You're so lucky to be able to see sights like this every year.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.com