The bad grasses, mainly foxtail barley and ripgut brome, are dropping their seeds. This means that Petunia's off-the-leash walks are at an end - she is so enthusiastic she will run right through the grass stands. The hazard of bad seeds getting into her nose and eyes and ears is too great to risk. Anyway, I have been so busy I am way behind on the wildflower blogging, so this will serve as a catch-up and possibly the last of the season. We still have some not-so-wild flowers to go, though (I'm behind in those too). And I just realized, the last wildflower post was April 7, nearly a month ago. Another favorite is scarlet bugler, a native Penstemon. How many favorites does that make? The hummingbirds like it too. I really look forward to this one - began blooming in late April. The yuccas (Y. whipplei and I hope I spelled it correctly) never fail to amaze me. We have an odd, south facing hillside that has quite a few of them. They just grow there. I can't see anything different about the soil or otherwise, I guess one got started there and keeps proliferating. A welcome neighbor, very spectacularly beautiful! Well, somewhere I have a photo of a really nice little plant in the morning glory genus...can't find it right now. When I do I will post. And now that I think about it, there are lots more flowers to come... |
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