We went out on the patio this evening and I saw something yellow on the cholla across the RV drive to the west. I thought it was a cholla flower, but it’s really late in the flowering season for new buds. But, there it was.
I looked for flowers on the other cholla on the property and could not see any. I also looked for more buds on this cholla and, likewise, found none. This one flower is very pretty, though. Click on the image to enlarge.
We stopped on our way into our roadway and I got out of the truck to take a photo of our neighbor’s sage bush. The sage is blooming with hundreds of little purple flowers. I’m not sure of the sage variety, but the flowers are very pretty. Click on the image to enlarge.
You can see many new flower pods on the red bird of paradise shrubs out in the courtyard. There will be many, many more to come as summer progresses. Anyone who reads this blog will know that these are my favorites. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Cimarron Sage shrubs along the driveway have many of these colorful sage blossoms after the rain last week. Click on the image to enlarge.
Delange has more:
Cimarron Dwarf Sage
Leucophyllum zygophyllum, Figwart Family: ( Scrophulariaceae ), Cimarron Dwarf Sage: Also called; Blue Ranger ‘Cimarron’ Sage, Blue Texas Ranger.
Leucophyllum langmaniae is an evergreen shrub and it is the smallest of the Leucophyllum`s. It has gray – green, cup-shaped leaves with masses of blue – purple flowers that bloom intermittently throughout the summer.
Height: Up To 3 feet tall and wide. But, we have seen plants almost six feet tall in the wild.
Flowers: Cup shaped lavender flowers.
Blooming Time: March to November. Bloom best after summer monsoon rains.
Leaves: Oblong to oblanceolate gray-green leaves up to 3 inches long.
Found: Native to the Chihuahuan Desert. Northern Mexico.
Elevation: 0 – 3,800 Feet.
Habitat: Sandy desert soils, hot, sunny areas, good drainage, to 3,800 feet’.
I just love to get pretty flowers and put them in a vase. The vase with a bouquet of roses and stargazers and this gorgeous red rose sits atop a sofa table in the great room. Click on the image to enlarge.
I bought a bunch of flowers when we went shopping today. In it, there were a half-dozen stargazer lilies and a half-dozen red roses. I had some baby’s breath left over from the last flowers, so I placed the new ones in the vase with the old. This red rosebud in front looks very pretty. Click on the image to enlarge.
