Tradescantia gigantea - Giant Spiderwort - click image for larger picture
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Tradescantia gigantea – Giant Spiderwort
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Dalea greggii – Gregg Dalea
Dalea greggii - Gregg Dalea - click image for greater detail
The Gregg Dalea continues to put out some blooms.
Sophora secundiflora – Texas Mountain Laurel
Sophora secundiflora - Texas Mountain Laurel - click image for detail
Here’s a pic of a cluster of mountain laurel blossoms.
Sophora secundiflora – Texas Mountain Laurel
Sophora secundiflora - Texas Mountain Laurel click for larger image
The mountain laurels are in bloom!
Texas Mountain Laurel – Sophora secundiflora
Texas Mountain Laurel buds - Sophora secundiflora - click image for detail
Grape flavor Kool Aid is the olfactory surprise that accompanies the February blooms of the Texas Mountain Laurel. It ranges in size from a small shrub to a small tree depending on conditions. The bright red seeds give it another common name, Mescal Bean.
Viola missouriensis – Violet
Viola missouriensis - Violet - click image for detail
A volunteer that appeared in my yard last year, blooming again.
Gulf Fritillary – Agraulis vanillae
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae - click for larger image
This butterfly is probably a little far north than it should be in January. Perched here on Gregg Dalea, either to allow its wings to dry, or to feed on the few blossoms it found. It stayed still the whole time I was taking pictures of it and the Dalea greggii, so my guess is the former. The passion flower vines that it usually feeds on are dead and I recently cut them back so as to keep the HOA happy with appearances…
Dalea greggii – Gregg dalea
Dalea greggii - Gregg dalea
This is the tiny bloom of the Gregg dalea. It usually blooms May through September, but this has been a strange year for plants.
Dalea greggii – Gregg’s Dalea
Dalea greggii - Gregg's Dalea - click image for larger size
Went out to take a picture of the Gregg’s Dalea and found this Gulf Fritillary butterfly warming its wings in the afternoon sun. This ground cover has small purple flowers that I’ll post in the future.
bob's brain: living well with a movement disorder and other comorbidities 