Diane's Texas Garden

It's been *so* hot and *so* dry here in South Texas lately that not much is blooming.  But yesterday my Texas Star Hibiscus presented it...

This is a beautiful Texas Star Hibiscus plant that I blogged about last summer.  Again, this past fall, I cut it back, set it in the greenh...

...aren't they lovely? I was at the nursery last week looking for a burst of fall color to put in my copper planter boxes that line th...

Just look at this beauty!  It's a Texas Star Hibiscus (or Scarlet Hibiscus), Hibiscus coccineus, that I bought at a plant sale last sum...

I'm not sure if it's due to the recent rain we've received, but the wild sunflowers are putting on quite a show.  They are every...

I think you all know how I feel about having the beautiful Texas hill country as the backdrop for my garden (and my life actually)...I'm...

...I mean seriously!  Thanks to the rainy fall and winter the wildflowers are just blooming continuously this year.  It seems when one type ...

At this time of the year there is never a dull moment in my Texas hill country garden.  In my routine morning trek out to the vegetable patc...