Last week, a fellow Master Naturalist brought bearded iris rhizomes to share at our meeting. I grabbed a couple of bags. Yesterday we planted them in a front bed. We used to have a lot of irises, many of which were here before I moved into the house back in 2002. But our darn neighborhood white-tailed deer (which number a LOT these days) have gnawed them away. Thanks to "smart" people who've brought exotic species to Texas, we also have a large herd of axis that live in and wander through our neighborhood. (Thanks for letting me vent.)
Another Master Naturalist couple brought me cowpen daisies (Verbesina encelioides) ready to plant. I put them in another front-yard bed and hope that they reseed. We've planted them before, and they reseeded a season or two. Then they pooped out.
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