I noticed a couple colorful plants in the green way in back of our home. Took photos with my iPhone 15 because my other camera battery was dead.
An Iris
Possumhaw Holley
Fall Plant with color
October 27, 2025
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July blooms in my front fowerbed
July 24, 2023It’s July in North Texas and it’s hot. Very hot! But some plants don’t seem to mind the heat and are starting to bloom as they do every July. I am blessed to have two such plants in my front flowerbed:
* Black Eyed Susan
* Limelight Hydrangea
Both just started blooming earlier this week
Some tell me Black Eyed Susan’s are not hardy in North Texas and give up the ghost after a couple years. This specimen is in the third year and still going strong
I had never heard of Limelight Hydrangeas until the Nursery suggest I try them in a Sunny spot at the front of my home. I thought all hydrangeas needed shade to survive our Summers but these babies seem to thrive in the Sun
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Around the Neighborhood
June 23, 2023Walking around the neighborhood this morning and admiring Nature
This is probably GardenPhlox (Phlox paniculate L.)
This of course is a Crepe Myrtle
And this is an Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
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Hibiscus in bloom in North Texas
June 21, 2023This beauty is brilliant for two weeks each June. The remainder of the year it’s still an excellent plant.
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June Flowers to remember better weather
July 29, 2012I took a few photos of June flowers around my yard and intended on posting them at the time. As is often the case I just never got around to it. Well, better late than never are 5 June flower photos from around my yard in Fairview Texas.
Fly on White & Purple Day Lily
Lantana – Texas native and is still blooming prolifically
Butterfly vine flower – Don’t know correct name – but the butterflies love the leaves of the vine
Esperanza – another Texas native flower. It loves heat also and is radiant in all it’s glory today in the 104 degree heat
Moss Rose – this flower lies low to the ground but loves the Sun. This is the last of July and it still is healthy.
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Leaves on a Purple Wall
September 17, 2011I captured this leaf at the Red Hook Brewery in Seattle. I think the colors are pretty cool.
Put on your shades Dude
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1st Camelia of the Season
December 4, 2010
1st Camelia of the season
Another reason to live in Texas. Minneapolis is buried in snow and the camelias are blooming in McKinney. This the 1st one in my garden.
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Australian Ghost Gums
October 25, 2010
Ghost gums
This photo was taken around 1980 just outside of Alice Springs, Australia in the heart of the outback. I used Kodachrome 64 slides film, and scanned the slide into the computer last year.
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Yucca Plant Blooming
September 27, 2010
I have fallen in love with yucca plants. This is one blooming in my backyard. The photo was taken early in the morning yesterday with a very heavy due. Yuccas are the prefect landscape plant for lazy gardeners. You never have to trim yucca plants and they grow very slowly so you don’t have to chop them down after 10 years because they have overtaken your landscape. Rabbits don’t eat them and my dog stays clear of them. What more could you ask for?
I have 5 in my backyard now around the pool which is about the limit the landscape will stand without appearing to look like the Painted Desert. They tend to bloom in the fall and do so rapidly. The stalk grows out of the Yucca and produces blooms in about a week.
There are many different varieties. I am growing what is commonly called soft leaf yucca which is a relative term. The leaves are pretty darn hard and stiff but compared to some other yuccas they are really “soft”.
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