More Native Bloomers

This native wisteria is so much nicer than it’s Asian counterparts, especially in the Hill Country, I can’t understand why folks wouldn’t choose to plant these instead. The Wisteria frutescens produces fairly large lavender colored blooms simultaneously with it’s clean, deep green foliage. It is a repeat bloomer, and is easily managed and contained.

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Native Wisteria

There are some nice photos, and some interesting information regarding the Dam B variety that is native to Texas on the Stephen F. Austin Arboretum Site ^[2].

I walk by this flower every day, and have been impressed by how tall it is and how large the flowers are, all the while thinking it was some sort of coreopsis. Well, today I finally took some pictures of it, and went to look up what type of coreopsis it was, and it turns out not to be a coreopsis at all. It is a Greenthread (Thelesperma spp.), several varieties of which are native to Texas. It is considered to be an herb, and has been used medicinally by Southwestern Native American tribes for many years.

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Greenthread Close Up

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Greenthread

Peace and Joy,
Carol