Foliage follow-up March 2013

Foliage Follow-up is sponsored by Pam Penick at Digging the day after Garden Blogger's Bloom Day each month to show off the foliage in our gardens. 

This week we are very busy in the garden preparing it for summer.  Even though the calendar will turn to spring soon we are due to hit 90F/32C by Monday and that means summer weather.  Our spring is typically short because our winter weather is spring-like compared to many parts of the country.

Spring foliage is special for the fresh green color of newly emerging foliage like this fig tree.  The fig is a breva fig formed on old wood which usually falls off as the new crop forms on new stems.

Mexican Flame Vine Shines with Late Winter Color

The last few weeks we have had more gray clouds than sun -- an unusual weather pattern here in San Antonio.  The bright, splashy blooms of Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus) have added a much needed infusion of color these days.