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IMG_7371 fawna 8-11. 13 days new and recovering from a leg injury

IMG_7744 Twenty Six Rio Grande Turkey Hens 12-23-11 Please View on Black.

IMG_7744 Twenty Six Rio Grande Turkey Hens 12-23-11 Please View on Black.

" Merry Texas Christmas You All " Gene Autry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGs1BaA7co

"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" - The lost verses. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8br_t4rp5NU

"...God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men..."

"Silent Night" Elvis Presley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqbT8plZVA&feature=related

IMG_7168 c lantana botanical garden 7-11
This variety of Lantana always makes me smile.

IMG_6922 botanical garden esperanza and bees

Esperanza, Yellow Bells, Hardy Yellow Trumpet, Trumpet-flower, Yellow Elder
Tecoma stans
Bignoniaceae

As a Texas Super Star, esperanza has recently become a popular ornamental plant in Texas gardens. In the wild it will be found growing on rocky slopes near San Antonio and in the Trans-Pecos, north into New Mexico and Arizona, east to Florida and south into Central and South America in well drained soil and full sun. The Trans-Pecos plants are considered to be the most cold hardy, but they are still only really hardy to zone 8b. North of there it should be used as an annual or as a fast growing, large container plant which may be moved into warmer winter quarters. The striking, tubular 2 1/2-inch bright yellow flowers are highlighted by the attractive, shiny, green foliage and continue through the heat of the summer. The flowers have an odd but pleasing fragrance and also provide nectar for bees. The Indians made bows from its wood, and in Mexico a beer was prepared from its roots; it has also been used for a variety of medicines.

Plant Habit or Use: small shrub
medium shrub

Exposure: sun

Flower Color: yellow

Blooming Period: spring summer fall

Fruit Characteristics: 4- to 6-inch-long capsule

Height: 3 to 6 feet

Width: 3 to 4 feet

Plant Character: deciduous
semievergreen

Heat Tolerance: high

Water Requirements:

Soil Requirements: neutral
alkaline

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8