Rhododendrons - Autumn Twist
- It is the national flower of Nepal as well as the state flower of West Virginia and Washington. Most species have brightly coloured flowers which bloom from late winter through to early summer.
Texas Mountain Laurel
Texas Mountain Laurel or Mescal bean is an evergreen, usually multi-trunked shrub or small tree ranging from just a few feet tall to more than 30 ft. in height, though its usual height at maturity is 10-15 ft. The dense, dark green, and glossy compound leaves are composed of 7-9 shiny, leathery leaflets that are rounded on the ends. The leaflets are up to 2 inches or more long, tapering more gradually to the base than to the tip, and arranged along an axis terminated by a single leaflet . The bluish lavender flowers, in 3-7 in. drooping clusters, are very showy and fragrant. The fruit is a semi-woody pod with bright red poisonous seeds.
Sophora secundiflora is very popular as a native evergreen ornamental tree within its range, valued for its handsome, dark green foliage and lush early spring blooms. It is drought-tolerant, prefers rocky limestone soil, and is native from central Texas west to New Mexico and south to San Luis Potosi in Mexico. Like many woody plants native to rocky soils, it is slow growing. The fragrance of Texas mountain laurel flowers is reminiscent of artificial grape products. The brilliant, lacquer red seeds were valued by indigenous people for ornament and ceremonial use; they contain the highly poisonous alkaloid cytisine (or sophorine), a substance related to nicotine and widely cited as a narcotic and hallucinogen.
Leaves and Thistles
Sycamore Leaf
Sycamore Leaf in three different views. The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is a massive tree that can attain the largest trunk diameter of any of the Eastern U.S. hardwoods. The native sycamore has a broad outreaching canopy display and its bark is unique among all trees—you can always recognize a sycamore just by looking at the jigsaw shapes of its bark.
Sycamore can also be readily identified by its broad, maple-like leaves and button-shaped seeds.sycamoreAmerican planetreebuttonwoodAmerican sycamorebuttonballbuttonballtreePlatanus occidentalis
Sycamore Leaf
Sycamore Leaf in three different views. The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is a massive tree that can attain the largest trunk diameter of any of the Eastern U.S. hardwoods. The native sycamore has a broad outreaching canopy display and its bark is unique among all trees—you can always recognize a sycamore just by looking at the jigsaw shapes of its bark.
Sycamore can also be readily identified by its broad, maple-like leaves and button-shaped seeds.sycamoreAmerican planetreebuttonwoodAmericanbuttonballbuttonballtreePlatanus occidentalis
Sycamore Leaf
Sycamore Leaf in three different views. The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is a massive tree that can attain the largest trunk diameter of any of the Eastern U.S. hardwoods. The native sycamore has a broad outreaching canopy display and its bark is unique among all trees—you can always recognize a sycamore just by looking at the jigsaw shapes of its bark.
Sycamore can also be readily identified by its broad, maple-like leaves and button-shaped seeds.sycamoreAmerican planetreebuttonwoodAmerican sycamorebuttonballbuttonball treePlatanus occidentalis
Bald Cypress
Bald Cypress in a cemetery
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Texas Senna
Pretty yellow buds of Texas Senna, Senna corymbosa , an ornamental plant in the genus Senna.
Purple Plumbago
Plumbago is a hardy, excellent choice for a landscape design in need of a ground cover type plant. The plant loves the heat, can survive long, humid summers, and is drought tolerant.
Purple Plumbago
Plumbago is a hardy, excellent choice for a landscape design in need of a ground cover type plant. The plant loves the heat, can survive long, humid summers, and is drought tolerant.
Knockout Rose
American Pokeweed
American pokeweed or simply pokeweed, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae growing up to 8 ft (2.4m) in height.
Egyptian Star Clusters
I have struggled taking photos with my cell phone, a Galaxy S4, so I have been practicing. These flowers are at Jimmy Changa's in League City.
Periwinkle Vinca
I have struggled taking photos with my cell phone, a Galaxy S4, so I have been practicing. These flowers are at Jimmy Changa's in League City.
Abelia Biflora
I have struggled taking photos with my cell phone, a Galaxy S4, so I have been practicing. These flowers are at Jimmy Changa's in League City.
Egyptian Star Cluster
Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as Egyptian starcluster, is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to much of Africa as well as Yemen. It is known for its wide use as a garden plant where it often accompanies butterfly gardens.
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Ball Moss
Ball Moss- Tillandsia recurvata, commonly known as small ballmoss or ball moss, is a flowering plant (not a true moss) in the family Bromeliaceae that grows upon larger host plants. It grows well in areas with low light, little airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana). It is not a parasite like mistletoe, but an epiphyte like its relative Spanish moss.
Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle blooming and seeking sunshine. Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle, is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and are often used as landscaping trees and bushes.
Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle blooming and seeking sunshine. Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle, is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and are often used as landscaping trees and bushes.
Water Lily Pads and Ducks
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species.
White Water Lilies
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species.
Water Lily Pads
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species.
Water Lily Pads
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species.
Magnolia Leaves
Magnolia leaves outside my doctor's office. Magnolia macrophylla, the bigleaf magnolia, is a deciduous magnolia native to the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico. This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America.
Mexican Sunflower
Found these near my doctor's office.Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family that is commonly known as the tree marigold, Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum.
