Well that link expired. If I update his post, I will be sure to scan the image and upload it myself.
Saw this in my email inbox today – so wrong in so many ways
.
Author Archives: RobertKamper
Colias eurytheme- Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme- Orange Sulphur
Here’s a somewhat larger Sulphur butterfly on the same plant.
Nathalis iole – Dainty Sulphur
daintily sipping nectar from Ageratina havanensis...
Vanessa virginiensis – American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis – American Lady
on white mistflower aka boneset, etc., etc.
Vanessa cardui – Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui – Painted Lady
Phyciodes phaon – Phaon Crescent on Ageratina havanensis – White Mistflower
Phyciodes phaon – Phaon Crescent on Ageratina havanensis – White Mistflower
Pyrgus communis – Common Checkered Skipper on Symphyotricum oblongifolium
Pyrgus communis – Common Checkered Skipper on Symphyotricum oblongifolium – Fall Aster
Salvia regla – Mountain Sage
Salvia regla – Mountain Sage
Pavonia lasiopetala – Rose Pavonia
Pavonia lasiopetala – rose pavonia
Also known as Rock Rose and Rose Mallow, this Texas Native is an excellent alternative to hybrid roses and the like. It doesn’t require a lot of care and feeding, is resistant to bugs and moderately unpalatable to deer. I’ve noticed deer coming off the greenbelt lately to nibble on the acorns inside the subdivision where I live – but none in my yard of native plants bordered by salvias in the front. It is native to the Edwards Plateau, and prefers dry limestone soil locations, so this will grow best in the area of Williamson County that is west of Interstate 35.
It blooms from April through November, which is another of my criteria for choosing plants for my yard – they should be perennials and bloom for a long period of time – not just seasonal but cross-seasons.
And having come from Florida originally, I do enjoy that it so resembles a Hibiscus, as does the Turks Cap, another of my long blooming summertime favorites.
Clematis drummondii – Old Man’s Beard
Clematis drummondii – Old Man’s Beard
Here is a flower that appears in the fall as a bunch of wispy cotton balls hanging over bushes and trailing all over the place. It’s fairly obvious how it gets the common name Old Man’s Beard, with its flowing white tresses of feathery seedheads. I have a slightly darker version of this photo against the sky. which remind me of something like spiders from Mars. Fortunately, lighten up the shadows and lo and behold, we have downy feathers.
Clematis drummondii – Old Man’s Beard
Here’s a different angle, looking like a side view of ZZ Top. Not so feathery from this POV, a little grizzly perhaps. note: I just looked this up on the WFC’s NPIN and found out that drummondii is spelled with two i’s. Also that it’s called Texas Virgin’s Bower
bob's brain: living well with a movement disorder and other comorbidities 