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Category Archives: Gardening
What is a mushroom?
These beauties appeared like magic in my lawn the other day, no doubt stimulated by our recent rains. I wish I knew their name. After looking through my guide books, I’m still not for sure of their identification. Photo … Continue reading
Horticultural architecture
Elephant’s Ear Alocasia macrorrhiza … Plants are often feats and triumphs of fantastic design. Leica M10 with/35mm Cron.
Prickly Pear( Opuntia) With Portulaca
Several years ago I bought a pad of Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.) at the fresh produce “Mexican Section” of an area grocery store and rooted it in a 1/2 pot. It has been happy as a meadowlark even though it … Continue reading
Hibiscus coccineus ‘Lone Star’
Hibiscus coccineus ‘Lone Star’ This tall perennial Hibiscus with maple-like leaves is a trouble free garden plant. It is a little-known cultivar that has pure white flowers rather than the standard red. Grows well in wet to moist soil in … Continue reading
Flowering Crab Apple
Flowering Crab Apple Malus spp. I do not know the name of this cultivar. There are hundreds of species and hybrids. This double flowered version is, I seem to remember, a French hybrid. There is a native East Texas species- Malus angustifolia. Crab … Continue reading
Little Botanical Jewels
Dawn Stover up at the SFA Gardens gave me three, small pots of these little botanical jewels. As she handed them to me she said, “Watch them; tell me what you think. They are native right here in Nacogdoches!“ This … Continue reading
Thankful Coming and Going
It’s been a tough year. As you dig through the year, it seems like there’s been trouble and heartache in layer after layer. Sometimes the soil has been rocky, sometimes dry and hard. Other times it’s been overly soggy and … Continue reading
A movie For Some Cold Winter Evening
“Glorious salvia which keep going until the first frost takes them.” We had wonderful rains this past week. I hardly stirred outside the whole day. A trip out to the mailbox in my Wellies was just about my only contact … Continue reading