Sometime back in the year 2001, at a Newcomers' garden club meeting, I took some cuttings from the above plant. Photographs showed a beautiful stand of pink blooms among green foliage.
For the last nine years I have tried to rid my garden of this plant. It spreads by underground runners and pops up all over the place. It is rather smelly when you rupture the stems. One runner finally made its way into the corner of the front garden. It is rather a no man's land where I just allow columbines to grow. However, this plant was softening the corner so I let it stay. Lo and behold it has flowered and I remembered why I was so taken with the plant when I saw its photo. I would love an identity if anyone can help me out.
The pink rose, Felicia responded to recent rains by growing a long stem clustered with pink fragrant roses.
Verbena bonariensis along the edge of the dry creek.
In the background a glimpse of the Texas fish hook cactus which bloomed especially for bloom day. Another plant responding to the recent rains.
Along with rain lilies and
Texas sage, Leucophyllum frutescens, our barometer bush.
As are the rudbeckias. Behind is the snapdragon vine, Maurandella antirrhiniflora. 
This delicate vine resembles the snapdragon in looks only. It produces a mass of flowers in late summer, dying back to the ground in winter.
The garden snapdragon, is a very late bloomer this year.
Lurking behind the blanket flowers is the red spider zinnia, Zinnia tenuifolia.
I couldn't be without the zinnias, especially the narrow leaf zinnia, Zinnia linearis, seen here in the orange and white forms.
Gomphrena globosa returns from seed for another year. This plant is a favorite of the hispid cotton rats. They will sit and pick at the seeds for hours on end leaving behind a mass of snowy litter.
This little plant is Texas tough. Ruellia, the Mexican wild petunia took root in a crack along the wall. Cut it back and it will bloom on and on into the fall.
HAPPY JULY BLOOM DAY GARDENERS.
