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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, cowpen
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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Eleanor's Garden |
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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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View from the front door
with, left, Cedar elms,
Ulmas
crassifolia, Lindheimer muhly,
Muhlenbergia
lindheimeri, and Chitalpa
tree, xChitalpa
taskentensis,
in the midst of the
wildflowers |
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Autumn sage, Salvia greggii, and
Mexican oregano,
Lamiaceae
Poliomentha longiflora,
mingle with
wildflowers
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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 |
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The
persimmon trees are
heavy with fruit |
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Mexican oregano,
Lamiaceae Poliomentha
longiflora,
cenizo Leucophyllum
frutescens 'Green
Cloud', Althea,
Hibiscus syriacus,
and Desert Willow tree,
Chilopsis linearis,
with a view of Goat
Creek Valley |
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Another view of the
backyard with shin oaks,
Quercus sinuata,
Green Cloud cenizo
with wild yellow cow patch
daisies, Asteraceae,
and prairie verbena,
Verbena
bipinnatifida |
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Path through the rosemary,
Rosemary officinalis,
wildflowers, and
Vinca major |
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The back porch with a
sand paper tree, Ehretia
anacua, on the right |
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A barnyard daisy,
Verbesina encelioides |
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The rain catchment
system is sufficient for
all our natural areas
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Photos by C Brinkman |
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2008
- 2010 Hill Country Master
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