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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Mar 25, 2015 21:26:11 GMT -5
Another photo of a bunch of Scrambled Eggs nestled in some rocks. I sure appreciate seeing them this year! Attachment DeletedThis pretty little wildflower is called Fringed Puccoon Lithospermum incisum. The narrow tube is about 1 1/4 inches long but can be shorter. They are pretty common - we often see several during spring/summer but this year they are more abundant. Attachment Deleted
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Post by hazelrunmama on Mar 26, 2015 13:03:45 GMT -5
Too funny l2b!!! Guess what?!? As soon as those nasty clouds left, the brilliant blue sky was back! It has been upper 70s* here the last few days, YES! That should get those flowers bloomin'!! The puccoon looks like it might appeal to hummers?
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Mar 26, 2015 18:25:27 GMT -5
The sun will help many thing! Including me!!! We are still having the ups and downs Marilyn mentioned happening at her place. It was 38* this morning and a 45-60 mph wind during the night. Whew! Y'know, you'd think those hummers would go for that tube but surprisingly I have never seen one on a Puccoon!
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Post by luv2bird on Mar 26, 2015 19:30:06 GMT -5
Lovely pics. all Lue, the Puccoon is very pretty.
Scrambled eggs, you're making me hungry again.
Got to go now,
l2b
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Post by hazelrunmama on Mar 29, 2015 12:22:43 GMT -5
We're still roller-coastering, too (new word...do you like it? LOL)--we're either well above or well below normal temps with nothing in the seasonable range. Typical March! Wish we'd get more rain, though. We have a puccoon species that grows native here, too. It also has a yellow flower. Very pretty, but I've only seen it once in all the years we've lived here. They must have a pretty broad range!
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Apr 4, 2015 18:01:48 GMT -5
We have a puccoon species that grows native here, too. That's pretty interesting! From zone 4/5 to zone 8/9!!!
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Apr 4, 2015 18:10:15 GMT -5
I've taken more flower pictures and hopefully will post as soon as we're back. It is hard to describe how amazing it is this year, and hard to photograph. We look out and many of the hillsides/foothills are blanketed in yellows, purples and whites. Duke and I walk every day and in a 1/2 mile section between our driveway and the next driveway are 41 flowering (in one stage or another) Spanish Daggers (remember those huge stalks of ivory bells I've posted in years past?). Plus there are 22 just inside our fence, near the house or just outside the fence. It is incredible the size of them this year. I was told today that Big Bend is probably at its peak - Blue Bonnets a foot tall plus all the other blooms. They call it ribbons of blue along the roads! Get your plane tickets or pack the car - now is the time to see Big Bend!!!
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Post by naturelover on Apr 5, 2015 11:27:25 GMT -5
Lue, I've been following the blue bonnet sightings on FB. Amazing pictures!! I was in TX a week or 2 too early to see many last year and none were blanketing fields yet. They sure are gorgeous! Watch out for those Spanish daggers; they may step into your path and hurt you!
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Post by hazelrunmama on Apr 5, 2015 22:49:47 GMT -5
It sounds spectacular, Lue! Would love to do Big Bend this time of year! My least favorite time in WI is March and the first part of April--everything is brown. About this time of year my soul starts to yearn for a little color!
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Apr 6, 2015 20:17:02 GMT -5
Watch out for those Spanish daggers; they may step into your path and hurt you! Yep, they are dangerous - and I'm usually pretty watchful since I react to their 'attacks' much like you do.
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Apr 16, 2015 21:04:54 GMT -5
flowers continue to be pretty amazing. The Gordon Bladderpods are waning but the various daisy and sunflower families are just starting. The first is a picture of one of the several dozen Spanish daggers close by the house. Attachment DeletedThe Mammillarian cacti are doing well as these next two show. Also called Pincushion cacti. I love the subtle pink in the blooms of this Mammillarian. The Prickly Pear cactus (30+ varieties) are just budding. So those pictures are yet to be taken. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Apr 16, 2015 21:10:06 GMT -5
Here is a Desert Marigold. Attachment DeletedAnd a close up of the flower that is pink and on the left side of the above picture is next. It is a Scarlet Gaura, Gaura coccinea.Attachment DeletedAnd this last one is a nifty little yellow flower that comes every two years or so but not as abundant as this year. I need to ID it (for sure) but I wanted to share the pretty bloom. It may be a Gregg Evening Primrose. Attachment Deleted
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Apr 16, 2015 21:14:31 GMT -5
About this time of year my soul starts to yearn for a little color! I understand completely and remember the feeling well. I get that way here - occasionally - in the early winter, after the rainy season but the sun and the weather is so awesome I really don't have yearnings for something different, as I did sometimes up north.
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Post by hazelrunmama on Apr 16, 2015 23:30:38 GMT -5
Wow! That Spanish dagger, deadly though it might be to clutzes like hazel, is gorgeous!!! So is that cactus! I've never seen a pincushion cactus in bloom before. Who knew that cacti could be so pretty!? When I saw that pink flower behind the Desert Marigold, I thought it looked very similar to the Biennial Gaura that we get here--and lo and behold, it's in the same Genus! Ha, good eye, eh? LOL (I know, I know--but I'm trying to learn more about the wildflowers around here and I get downright giddy when I recognize them and their relatives )
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Post by hazelrunmama on Apr 16, 2015 23:32:28 GMT -5
I understand completely and remember the feeling well. I get that way here - occasionally - in the early winter, after the rainy season but the sun and the weather is so awesome I really don't have yearnings for something different, as I did sometimes up north. Sunshine really does help! Still not much color here, but at least the grass is greening up! Thanks for sharing your flowers!
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