Do you know your State Flower?
Jul 2nd, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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kopp---can you smell the bluebonnets on the breeze when they are blooming?
There is a dwarf cousin (Lupinus breweri) that grows high in the Sierras---a small plant, only inches high in the alpine zone above 10,000 feet. Came across a vast carpet of them on a high plateau while hiking near Mt. Whitney. The fragrance was almost intoxicating.
There is a dwarf cousin (Lupinus breweri) that grows high in the Sierras---a small plant, only inches high in the alpine zone above 10,000 feet. Came across a vast carpet of them on a high plateau while hiking near Mt. Whitney. The fragrance was almost intoxicating.
Jul 2nd, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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tuscan - my neighborhood has lots of mountain laurels. They're not blooming yet, but when they do - such a pretty purple!
enzian - can't say I've ever noticed a fragrance from the bluebonnets..hmmm. I'll have to check it out next spring. I remember being at Mount St. Helens one summer, and I couldn't believe when I saw bluebonnets in bloom so high at such a late date. Guess spring is later there than here, lol!
mikemo - never knew the bougainvillea was a state flower, even in Mexico. Watch out for the thorns!
matnikstym - funny story about hibiscus. I used to live in So CA (left in '95), and I had a dozen or more hibiscus plants in my yard. So I thought I'd try them here in Austin. After all, our weather is sort of like Hawaii's (well, sort of). So one day I planted about 4 different varieties in my front yard. A neighbor walked by and laughed when she saw what I was planting, not giving a clue why the laughter. Next morning, they were all chopped down to the stem. Gone!
Turns out, hibiscus are considered dessert for our white tail deer. Guess I gave them a special treat that night!
enzian - can't say I've ever noticed a fragrance from the bluebonnets..hmmm. I'll have to check it out next spring. I remember being at Mount St. Helens one summer, and I couldn't believe when I saw bluebonnets in bloom so high at such a late date. Guess spring is later there than here, lol!
mikemo - never knew the bougainvillea was a state flower, even in Mexico. Watch out for the thorns!
matnikstym - funny story about hibiscus. I used to live in So CA (left in '95), and I had a dozen or more hibiscus plants in my yard. So I thought I'd try them here in Austin. After all, our weather is sort of like Hawaii's (well, sort of). So one day I planted about 4 different varieties in my front yard. A neighbor walked by and laughed when she saw what I was planting, not giving a clue why the laughter. Next morning, they were all chopped down to the stem. Gone!
Turns out, hibiscus are considered dessert for our white tail deer. Guess I gave them a special treat that night!
