tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post6080611282558969941..comments2024-03-16T22:08:36.509-05:00Comments on Rock-Oak-Deer: Celebrating National Wildflower Week!Shirley Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-14718388195558383452016-05-11T21:38:42.127-05:002016-05-11T21:38:42.127-05:00While swaths of wildflowers are gorgeous, it's...While swaths of wildflowers are gorgeous, it's getting down and looking close that is so fascinating.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-43529926258212243202016-05-10T08:23:33.509-05:002016-05-10T08:23:33.509-05:00Gorgeous set of photos! We were at Palmetto State ...Gorgeous set of photos! We were at Palmetto State Park over the weekend and saw a lot of great wildflowers there that I still need to process. I love finding the small things like that gaura!Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152831329347482311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-4523363504511972202016-05-09T09:01:02.384-05:002016-05-09T09:01:02.384-05:00The meadow is pretty amazing especially driving in...The meadow is pretty amazing especially driving in and seeing all the flowers on the corner. Guara will make it through a mild winter in San Antonio but is mostly an annual. I'm glad to know it's easy to move into the garden. Those were quite tall, about 18" or so. I'll look around for more varieties now that I know where to find them. Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-795533745664216572016-05-08T22:22:42.522-05:002016-05-08T22:22:42.522-05:00What a great Wildflower Week for you! Without read...What a great Wildflower Week for you! Without reading a word, I knew where you were when I saw the first photo. I enjoyed the tour Sheryl and James' garden on CTG a couple of weeks ago and I am glad you got to see it in person. Regarding the gaura, I pulled up a couple of plants in a vacant field next to a nursery, of all places. The variety I have is an annual. It is in full bloom now and will start to die out in the next month or so. It gets pretty large and reseeds freely. I have another one that showed up in my front yard under my big cactus. I think it is a different variety. It only grows a few inches tall and has smaller flowers.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-30286476262076158362016-05-08T10:42:53.341-05:002016-05-08T10:42:53.341-05:00Alamo Vine, that might be it. I'll get a clos...Alamo Vine, that might be it. I'll get a closer look at the leaves. For some reason it didn't look like bindweed which grows on my fences.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-39158539750765539932016-05-08T08:31:26.069-05:002016-05-08T08:31:26.069-05:00The change has taken place slowly over time but it...The change has taken place slowly over time but it's been a good one. Now we have several nurseries and even big box stores carry native plants.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-34100047736608008572016-05-08T08:28:15.571-05:002016-05-08T08:28:15.571-05:00That's funny you saw our walk! As I mentioned...That's funny you saw our walk! As I mentioned, I plan to go collect some things another day.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-56982087258300790272016-05-08T07:52:33.122-05:002016-05-08T07:52:33.122-05:00You're so welcome! It's fun to share knowl...You're so welcome! It's fun to share knowledge, right? That's how I've learned so much...by asking other pepople. And was that morning glory smallish? I woke up this morning and thought ALAMO VINE. That's another morning glory, but its flower is larger. :-)Sheryl Smith-Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707017321692698815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-73374791216246335692016-05-08T07:10:28.747-05:002016-05-08T07:10:28.747-05:00What a lovely post. Years ago I was at a local fl...What a lovely post. Years ago I was at a local florist/garden shop (since closed) where a customer was asking if they carried any native plants stating she was wanting a more natural look to her garden. After she'd been told "no" and left, the owner got a laugh out of other customers by stating if anybody wanted a more natural look, they need go no further than the ditch across the street.<br /><br />Everybody laughed (but me - I went out and took a good look at that ditch!) because that was the attitude then. People weren't looking at native plants as wildflowers but as roadside weeds, the sorts of things you mow down so the easements looked more like somebody's lawn.<br /><br />I'm so happy I'm around to see those tides turning. Thanks for the tour of Sheryl's meadow, and for sharing your own roadside discovery walk! TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-16175794935307099142016-05-08T07:03:28.898-05:002016-05-08T07:03:28.898-05:00I thought I'd see your outing next to the expr...I thought I'd see your outing next to the expressway on your blog today! I was going to the car wash and saw ya'll walking through the wildflowers. They are so beautiful right now and only if you are up close can you see the pretty smaller ones. Thanks for the photos and i.d.'s on those!<br /><br />Funny you should mention orange prickly pear flowers because this is the first year that I noticed the one on Roma's fence and I was going to ask her for some pads. (Some for me and you!) Such a striking color!<br /><br />Melody McMahonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-78962686005013642762016-05-07T18:43:59.668-05:002016-05-07T18:43:59.668-05:00I'll remember to go back soon to collect seeds...I'll remember to go back soon to collect seeds along with some cactus pads.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-24131261504160907952016-05-07T16:56:54.971-05:002016-05-07T16:56:54.971-05:00What a lot of wild flowers! And how sad that it wi...What a lot of wild flowers! And how sad that it will all be paved over at some point. I hope you get some pads from the orange prickly pear! They are among my favorite color, and you have them in the wild!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441140267067281722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-91384449699032841322016-05-07T15:29:17.983-05:002016-05-07T15:29:17.983-05:00It is nice that the commercial property owners wai...It is nice that the commercial property owners wait until late summer to mow. <br />Always bittersweet to walk here knowing it won't stay this way.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-33893457735018297712016-05-07T15:22:29.388-05:002016-05-07T15:22:29.388-05:00I so enjoyed your comment Sheryl! I'll try th...I so enjoyed your comment Sheryl! I'll try the seeds for Guara since I'd rather have the actual native when possible. The bluets look promising for the small flower and Mountain Pinks too. It's just amazing that all this grows so close to such a large commercial center. Already inspired by your blog in the past we have pulled Malta star thistle and that "dastardly" cabbage out of the utility easement behind our house. Those we can't pull we try to cut off before they go to seed. We see progress with fewer of them back there. Thank you so much for your help in getting these flowers identified.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-19714618619018873352016-05-07T14:50:54.926-05:002016-05-07T14:50:54.926-05:00Such a wealth of amazing wildflowers there--both a...Such a wealth of amazing wildflowers there--both at the garden and along the road! What a difference it makes to allow the native wildflowers to flourish. Thanks for taking us along for a tour!Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-47163977481531434692016-05-07T14:29:08.275-05:002016-05-07T14:29:08.275-05:00Oh, oh, oh, there's so much I want to share an...Oh, oh, oh, there's so much I want to share and say! First, THANK YOU for visiting our gardens. We were so honored that you and Melody made the special trip to see them. Thank you! The day was just perfect in all ways. And thank you for the wonderful post you've made about our Wildscape and combining it with a stroll of your own through a local natural area. It is simply amazing what we can find if we only look closely. One of my goals is to preserve the native species that grow in our neighborhood by growing them on our property. Wow, you found a boatload of native species! I'm impressed. Pearl milkweed vine AND snapdragon vine together. Both are favorites of mine. And that maybe-Lindheimer's morning glory is likely a bindweed (Convolvulus equitans). See what you think. As for gaura, just gather some seeds and toss them around. That's how I got them started in the Meadow. Egads, I see dastardly Malta-star thistle in the photo of the silverleaf nightshade (that "toxic" species hosts a lot of critters...check out my blog). If future development doesn't get all these beautiful natives, then the invasives will. And could those star-shaped pink flowers be mountain pinks? Seems a bit early for them to bloom, but this year is weird. Check out small bluets and Texas parsley (I've seen Texas parsley with white flowers on a street easement.) I may or may not have helped. Thank you again, Shirley! Sheryl Smith-Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707017321692698815noreply@blogger.com