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American Basket Flower gets a visitor

Posted on May 22, 2012 by tiggak

Danny and I were sitting on the porch after a hard day’s planting (for me anyway, bit of a spectator sport for Danny), when I was very gratified to see this Lubbock visitor flit around the yard and finally settle … Continue reading →

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Goodies from Canyon’s Edge

Posted on May 21, 2012 by tiggak

I came back with some plants from Canyon’s Edge as you can see below. They are all rather wee, so lets hope most of them make it once they are planted out. Pretty much everything is found on the Panhandle, … Continue reading →

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Plant Shopping

Posted on May 11, 2012 by tiggak

Tomorrow I am heading up to Canyon with Danny and Nancy to go to Canyon’s Edge Plants to see what additional plants I can find for the yard. What is cool about this place is that have Panhandle natives. For those … Continue reading →

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American Basket Flower

Posted on May 9, 2012 by tiggak

I’ve been keeping a date record of when things are starting to bloom (i.e. I have a spreadsheet), and today is the first official day of the American Basket Flower (Centaurea americana), just beginning to bloom. I’ve been wondering what … Continue reading →

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Going Native in Lubbock, TX

Posted on May 6, 2012 by tiggak

Greetings In this blog I will be detailing my efforts to convert my fairly standard backyard in Lubbock, TX into one dominated by native plant species. I actually started almost 18 months ago, so my chronological reporting will be interspersed … Continue reading →

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