February Pictures

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Seedlings can be any range of color, ya gets what ya gets. But if ya comes to the fest, your welcome to takes home some seedlings from the colors you likes. I plan to isolate the colors I don't like this fall and spread out the colors I do like. I should've gotten out and taken more pictures yesterday when we had clouds, but it was cold and blowing and I've gotten wimpy in my old age. I can take cold, but I had enough blowing in my youth. I think I used up all my blowing on the high plains of TX. And then some. Astrid might know blowing, but it still doesn't blow in her area like it does in the high plains. My hubby would say that it blows so hard in west TX because OK really sucks. Since I spent a good bit of my youth there, I have to disagree with that. Anyway, we have a bright, shiny day today, no pics unless some clouds show up. Maybe I can get hubby out there with the umbrella to shade the plants for me.

They're very easy to grow. I can't believe that rabbits eat them. They probably eat them then go off to a quiet place to die. A hari kari sort of act. Tired of being chased around by neighborhood dogs and kids. Though I did find one of my yearlings that had three of its four leaves clipped and gone. I think they can take a good bit of moisture as long as it's not boggy soil. They can take very dry conditions, too, though they grow better in better conditions. They're evergreen, in fact, you have to go out and cut off the old foliage when the buds start to come up so that you can see the flowers unfettered. They're alos very good at holding hillsides or places that tend to erode. Very very good plants and handsome even out of bloom.