Thanks to Carol at
Maydreams gardens we are able to share our gardens each month. Damianita's sunny blossoms are a sure sign that it is April in Texas. It is one of a few deer resistant flowering plants for outside the walls.
Inside or out the fragrant
Trachelospermum jasminoides perfumes the air. Here by the front door it wafts into the house when the door is opened. I have two varieties of this evergreen vine. This one has a yellow tinge to the flower.
In the back garden is the white variety.
Two more yellow blooms showed up this week. Zexmania-
Englemann's daisy,
Englemannia pinnatifida.
It was a surprise to see love-in-a-mist,
Nigella damascena, in its white form this year as last year they were all blue. After the flowers fade the seed pods make a lovely dried bouquet.
Under the Lady Banks rose, lyre leaf sage,
Salvia lyrata, lights up a shady spot. It makes a great ground cover and re seeds easily.
Their leaves are bright green with darker markings.
The first blooms of
Lantana horrida.
Scutellaria wrightii.
Such an easy , reliable plant. Gulf coast penstemon,
Penstemon tenuis.
It makes me wonder if there will be anything left to bloom in May!
Thanks to Carol at Maydreams gardens we are able to share our gardens each month. Damianita's sunny blossoms are a sure sign that it is April in Texas. It is one of a few deer resistant flowering plants for outside the walls.
Inside or out the fragrant Trachelospermum jasminoides perfumes the air. Here by the front door it wafts into the house when the door is opened. I have two varieties of this evergreen vine. This one has a yellow tinge to the flower.
In the back garden is the white variety.
Two more yellow blooms showed up this week. Zexmania-
Englemann's daisy, Englemannia pinnatifida.
It was a surprise to see love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena, in its white form this year as last year they were all blue. After the flowers fade the seed pods make a lovely dried bouquet.
Under the Lady Banks rose, lyre leaf sage, Salvia lyrata, lights up a shady spot. It makes a great ground cover and re seeds easily.
Their leaves are bright green with darker markings.
The first blooms of Lantana horrida.
Scutellaria wrightii.
Such an easy , reliable plant. Gulf coast penstemon, Penstemon tenuis.
It makes me wonder if there will be anything left to bloom in May!
