Monday, April 26, 2010
White Yarrow:
Lorine was our first friend here. She was also known as "the flower
lady", because of all the many flowers she grew. In her garage she
had a large collection of small white milk glass vases. She took cut
flowers in them all over town. I think she got most of them back, why
she had so many. People in small towns are usually so kind and
honest. Not to mention that they wanted more flowers!
Yellow Iris, Carol's house, really mine
Large live oak!
into, that caused so much misery on my arms. Now I know what to look
out for.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Manuel Mello
week. I wanted to post a picture of this plant, so I would have a
record of when it blooms. It is a viburnm of some sort. It has a
strong scent that I wish I could post along with this picture.
Manuel Mellow was the man who gave me this plant. I wrote to Manuel
for years and years. We were pen pals from a gardening newsletter.
We traded seeds, plants and other little things. I even talked to him
on the phone a few times. We were friends, plant friends. He lived
in Rosharon, Texas, not too far from Houston. I didn't get down that
way very often, but always wanted to go.
One day my husband and I went for a drive and found ourselves not too
far from where Manuel lived. We searched and found his house. All of
his many plants were there, out in the shade on a big tree covered
lot, with his home. We found out that we had missed Manuel by six
months, he had died. I regret that I never got to meet him, but I
remember when he told me about this plant, that it was beautiful,
fragrant, and the first thing to bloom in the spring. He was not
wrong. This is a shrub grown from the seeds of Manuel's original
cuttings. I think if him everytime this shrub blooms.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Antique iris, French I believe? Very Tall!
say for sure. I will post later when I am sure.
This Iris came to us via my husband. When he was a little boy, his
father brought it home as a plant. His Dad worked for a big Texas
Power Company, after the war. My husband loved this plant and made
sure that we grew it, all along not knowing from where it came.
On one of our many bulb hunting trips, we ran across it in Lometa,
Texas, not too far from where Scott is from. It was not blooming at
the time, so we were not sure that it was the same plant.
We asked, then dug, but were only granted a few plants. I waited an
entire season only to learn that the two plants, the one I had and the
found one, were the same.
After that, we both knew where Pop got that beautiful Iris! It is the
only place we have ever found it growing.
Special Crinum:
Llano, Texas. It is different from any of the other crinum that we
grow.
We love to go to Llano, Texas, because it is so beautiful there. One
time, it must have been close to this same time of year, we drove to
Llano for a day trip. While driving around town, we saw these crinum
growing around the side of a small house. We stopped and knocked on
the door, and an elderly Lady answered. We asked her if we could have
a start of her plants. She was very nice and told us that we could,
and so we dug a few, and brought them home.
I kept them in pots for a few years, due to the lack of rain. Then, I
brought them here to plant in the beds. They have done very well.
These crinum are fragrant!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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