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Our rather rough country
hilltop landscape is comprised
of mostly native, drought
resistant and deer
resistant
plants,
along with native wildflowers.
Mealy blue sage, Cow Pen
daisies and yellow Mexican
hats are beautiful in large drifts.
We have almost every kind of
sage that grows in the Hill
Country.
— Eleanor, HCMG
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Native All the Way |
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Two surgeries in 2008
limited my work in the garden this past fall. Mother Nature did
just fine without my help — the wildflowers planted
themselves. |
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The
view from Grandma
Eleanor's back porch . .
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Hurricane Ike sent Cam
Baldwin and his family
to Grandma and Grandpa's
home for more than a
week. Knowing
Grandma has been unable
to tend her garden this
summer, two-year old
Cameron decided to help
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The view
from the front door is a
wildflower meadow with,
from left, Cedar Elms,
Ulmas
crassifolia, Lindheimer
Muhly,
Muhlenbergia
lindheimeri, and a Chitalpa
tree, xChitalpa
taskentensis. |
The flowers of the
Chitalpa |
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One of many paths
throughout our ten
acres, this one is past
Live Oaks down to the
Texas Persimmon,
Diospyros texana,
grove.
The persimmon trees are
heavy with fruit. |
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Above is the Desert Willow flower.
At right,
Mexican Oregano,
Lamiaceae poliomentha
longiflora,
Cenizo, Leucophyllum
frutescens 'Green
Cloud', Althea,
Hibiscus syriacus,
and a Desert Willow tree,
Chilopsis linearis, and a view of Goat Creek Valley. |
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The
backyard meadow, left,
has Shin Oaks,
Quercus sinuata,
Green Cloud Cenizo, yellow cow patch
daisies, Asteraceae,
and prairie verbena,
Verbena
bipinnatifida.
On the right, Autumn
Sage, Salvia greggii,
and Mexican oregano,
Lamiaceae Poliomentha
longiflora,
mingle with
wildflowers. |
Another pathway is through the rosemary,
Rosemary officinalis,
wildflowers, and
Vinca major |
On the right is a
sand paper tree, Ehretia
anacua, at the
backyard porch |
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The rain catchment
system is sufficient for
all our natural areas. |
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