It got warm suddenly. We got several new plants at a native plant sale yesterday but only planted one in the dark — it’s too warm and windy. We put the other two in this evening. Hopefully the forecast rain tomorrow night actually happens!
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The dwarf or Tharp’s spiderwort in our yard started blooming and then I got to see their wild cousins blooming at home in Texas!
Continue reading “03/30/2024 Tharp’s spiderwort!”03/29/2024 oxalis volunteers en masse
Native Oxalis volunteers all over our yard but has really created a lovely ground cover in the front yard near the porch. I’ve tentatively identified it as Oxalis stricta.
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I’m on vacation but Paula reports from home that the columbines are blooming! The hummingbirds are down here so I better tell them dinner is ready up north!
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We recently found two patches of Carolina Anemone on unbuilt private land. We got permission from the owners to dig a small amount to spread around town in our yard and others’ yards, as it’s not available commercially.
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The two are not related but it would be a great book title, right?
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The mystery bud has gradually resolved into Tetraneuris linearifolia! It’s an annual apparently but I have high hopes it will like the caliche planters and reseed.
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We got permission from kind neighbors to try digging up a few spring beauties from their yard, which had a huge patch. We have two from Texas, but I like to try and have some genetic diversity where possible. I think after this we may order some bare roots from elsewhere and then with three sources, hopefully any seeds will be able to have a chance of adapting.
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Shacks needed outside in the sun. please humans!!! (he was right, it’s super nice out.)
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The peach flowers really peaked last week! Plus somehow I missed the first flowers of false garlic aka crow’s poison.
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