Prairie Rose

Look what’s starting to bloom right outside the kitchen window — our Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)! I just love this rose.  It’s our native rose, so you can just plant it and watch it grow — no fuss.  Just look how the petals fade so there’s all different pinks — some even spotted Love how […]

Blue!

Just a quick share of a photo of Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea) — a native Texas prairie plant — that I took on Thursday growing near some old railroad tracks.  It was so pretty. I can just imagine what it must have looked like when the whole area was still prairie — like a […]