Nature
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Today's photo is of a grand-flowered horned poppy plant that was the only one to survive a very hot spring one year. The grand-flowered horned poppy is a vibrant red poppy that loves full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. It is virtually pest and disease-free, as well as deer-resistant. Do note, their roots are toxic if ingested.
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Here's a couple of my sunflowers that have bloomed in the garden. First one is a Mammoth. The second one sprouted on its own and came back from last year in a raised bed and has a colored stalk, beet red.
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Here's a couple of Zinnias. These make excellent cut flowers for an arrangement. Do you grow anything special because you get great joy from them?
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Here's some blossoms for your Saturday! Go Spurs GO! It's do or die time.
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That two tone flower is really cool! Go Spurs!
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A baby praying mantis that was on the outside of my second story bedroom window this morning (taken without my glasses on)!! He was no bigger than my thumb nail.
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Had flooding in areas around me but here's what the rain gauge showed this morning, before we got another round of soaking rain, to the point where there are 83 low water crossings closed right now with rivers and creeks reaching flood stage.
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Today's post shows a couple of different blooms on my lantana plants! The hummingbirds love them.
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The crepe myrtles have bloomed after all the rain!!!
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Today's photo shows my tallest palm tree that is the only one to have survived the many elements that have come its way since Mike planted it in 1986, on the one year anniversary of our having moved in. He got it and another from a load of Washitonians brought up from South Padre that he ordered for a property he maintained and got paid for the job with those palms. The other one was planted on the east side of the house and we lost it during the freeze of 2021. Somehow this huge one out back unprotected has survived. The sotols are around it and under the big tree in back are the brittany spaniels who Mike buried there under his tree stand (archery).
