tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post1428310292572210043..comments2024-03-04T00:18:04.349-06:00Comments on A Slice of Texas blog : BIOLOGY 101AUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post-54137977286391620712008-09-11T14:06:00.000-05:002008-09-11T14:06:00.000-05:00To bad ther all goneTo bad ther all goneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post-73203354287308413012008-08-29T09:46:00.000-05:002008-08-29T09:46:00.000-05:00Thanks for the info Val.. sure was interesting.Thanks for the info Val.. sure was interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post-7225309278167262462008-08-28T23:33:00.000-05:002008-08-28T23:33:00.000-05:00THANKS VAL!! I can always depend on you to help me...THANKS VAL!! I can always depend on you to help me with plant identification! I was JUST thinking about that tree today that we had passed at the farm. Remember? I had forgotten the name, but it had those THORNS. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I planted the seeds today in a pot. NICE to know they are drought tolerant! ;-)<BR/><BR/>PS) See ya on homeschool day. I'm working the shelter all weekend, so I won't be at la farm tomorrow.Helen Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10858208782416224178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post-71375146879456611032008-08-28T23:25:00.000-05:002008-08-28T23:25:00.000-05:00this is called a ceasalpinia (sp?) or commonly-kn...this is called a ceasalpinia (sp?) or commonly-known as a 'bird of paradise'. Be aware, though, there are lots of plants that have this common name. These are very heat and drought-tolerant. so much so that they are common flowering landscape plants in the Sonoran Desert where it only gets about 11 inches of rain a yr! They'll bloom all summer and into a mild fall. Deciduous, mulit-branched, woody shrub that grows to about 6-8'. They are not too frost hardy so you probably see them in warmer or protected spots-- is near a warm creek or on the south side of house. I have books if you want more info. That's just what I remember of the top of my head.<BR/>Oh! There's also a 'Mexican bird of paradis' that is very similar in appearance and growth habit only a little smaller and has yellow flowers.<BR/>HTH<BR/>ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post-78494875424984821742008-08-28T16:51:00.000-05:002008-08-28T16:51:00.000-05:00We pass this flowering shrub on our way to the cre...We pass this flowering shrub on our way to the creek. I took a seed pod and picture so I can identify it later ;-)Helen Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10858208782416224178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633085175536982087.post-35539769829186626282008-08-28T16:48:00.000-05:002008-08-28T16:48:00.000-05:00Beautiful flowers.. were they beside the creek?Beautiful flowers.. were they beside the creek?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com