Here are some of the marvels of nature that we enjoyed as we journaled and worked in the gardens this semester. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
Mountain Laurel and Texas Redbud
Texas Madrone
Blanco Crabapple
Unlike most of our plant species, Blue eyed grass didn't need reintroducing.
It's a holdover from our campus's cow pasture past.
Yucca, despined.
With the city starting to fine the school district for wildflowers in campus detention ponds,
our lawn maintenance crew was instructed to mow our bluebonnets which still needed 4-6 weeks for their seeds to mature.
One of our sweetest smelling flowers, the anacacho orchid blossoms attract a lot of honey bees.
Beebalm (a hummingbird nectar source), Blackfoot daisy, and Salvia greggi
Apache plume, Engelman's daisy, Coreopsis, and Winecup
Scarlet clematis
I apologize for my ignorance, but why can't there be wildflowers in the retention ponds?
ReplyDeletePlant life could cause damage to the plumbing of the retention pond. Nothing else is allowed in the pond as to avoid flooding issues.
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