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Following a recent overnight freeze in Central Texas (not the first this Autumn), this native plant home landscaper/gardener ventured outside with camera in hand and focused in on the not so few remaining blooms in the front of the house.
Winter is less than three weeks away, but Dylan Thomas’ “force that through the green fuse drives the flower” is still pushing blossoms out for the consideration of any and all insect pollinators that are still around. From the Blackfoot Daisies, Damianita, and Tetraneuris scaposa that have found a happy home in the “nuisance strip” out by the curb; to the Autumn Sage and White Mistflower that reach for sun along the sidewalk and driveway; to the Manzanillas (aka Turks Cap), Gregg’s Mistflowers and Gauras that sit further back and nearer the house, the yard is not lacking for seasonal (and multi-seasonal) color from carefully chosen native Texas plants. Elsewhere in the yard, a Resinweed (Viguiera stenoloba) offers a few yellow flowers for little Yellow Sulphur butterflies, and a Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) displays its red berries for the birds.
At the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website, you can compare and contrast your own seasonal color with their weekly gallery for December 3, 2014 (or any other week of the year).
The message is simple – native plant landscaping and gardening can provide colors, textures, flowers and fruits throughout the year that are attractive to humans and to wildlife.
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**ARCHIVED POST AUTHOR: rkamper
