Sunday, February 15, 2009

What's Blooming Today












































Lockhart (Austin area):

Daffodils
Narcissus
Petunia
Pansies
Fava Beans
Dianthus
Spiderwort
Cyclamen
Primrose
TAMU maroon blubonnets (just beginning to bloom)
snapdragons (first blooms just coming out)
unknown succulent (yellow flower, looks a lot like aloe vera)
violas
alyssum
marigolds
coreopsis (just beginning)
dandelions (yeah, I know they're weeds, but I like to add them to salads, and the flowers are cheery)
plumbago (in protected micro environment)
loquat
strawberries
sweet olive
verbena

San Antonio:

duranda
Mexican honeysuckle
Sophora (Texas Mountain Laurel)
loquat
some unidentified sweet smelling thing
strawberries
purple oxalis
Carolina jessamine

Harvesting (Lockhart):

lettuce
endive
radicchio
beet greens
turnip greens
Swiss chard
spinach
various herbs
green peas (shelled)
scallions
cabbage

5 comments:

  1. You have a lot going on in your gardens.

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  2. Barb, what are those flowers underneath the photo of petunias?

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  3. Barb, I have the same question as Jean, what are those flowers?

    Jan
    Always Growing

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  4. Texas seems like the place to be for February bloom day! Thanks for sharing your blooms with us for bloom day!

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  5. Jean and Jan,

    The flowers below the petunias are fava bean blossoms. I grow the plants for cover crop and food, but the flowers are attractive and rather fragrant -- they attract butterflies and bees.

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