After we bought the adjoining lot to our home, we were excited to find many native plants, including a young redbud tree. I'd forgotten about the redbud until James spotted the pretty little blooms yesterday. It's definitely a redbud because the tiny leaves are already heart shaped.
We also have two Texas yuccas (twisted-leaf yucca)–an older one and a child nearby....
And I can't wait until this little Texas mountain laurel blooms. I love the grape-candy smell of the flowers.
On the lot, we also have several small cacti. I'm not sure what they are, but they're staying!
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Don't we just LOVE living in the Texas Hill Country! Congrats on adding more land to your homestead!
Are those Prickly Pears? I had those on our lot too--a couple in the Live Oaks. The Redbuds were beautiful this year.
It can be so exciting to discover native plants in your garden. Last week, I suddenly discovered a Summer Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) in my garden, a species native to my country, but nearly extinct in the wild. The only natural populations in Belgium are found somewhere in my county... and yes... now I have one in my garden.
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