Anemone berlandieri - Wind-flower - click for larger image
Named for Jean Louis Berlandier who collected plants in Texas and northern Mexico. This bud is not quite open for business. The mostly white sepals are not petals. Colors range from greenish white to purple. This one is one of the many weeds that are interspersed between the clumps of Buffalo Grass in my curbside strip.
Forestiera pubescens - Elbowbush - click for larger image
Also known as Spring Herald, blooms January – March.
Tradescantia gigantea - Giant Spiderwort - click image for larger picture
open for business for nectar feeders.
Dalea greggii - Gregg Dalea - click image for greater detail
The Gregg Dalea continues to put out some blooms.
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 click for larger image
The mountain laurels are in bloom!
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 - click image for detail
A volunteer that appeared in my yard last year, blooming again.
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
This is the tiny bloom of the Gregg dalea. It usually blooms May through September, but this has been a strange year for plants.
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