So this post will conclude Friday’s DA Tour. And it was a fine day with my fellow adventurer! Thank you!
As we drove slowly along, the small White Prickly-Poppy (Argemone albiflora) caught my eye! Goodness, it was only about a foot tall. Many plants this year are shorter. For example, the Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) is only a couple feet high here at our house. However, others like the ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) seems to have grown to full height at our house. Ebbs and flows of plant life.
The tiny dark brown anthers surround the cross-shaped pistil. So lovely!
Indeed, the stiff bristles definitely fit the common name! The beautiful yellow sap was unexpected surprise the very first time I saw it long ago. According to FNCT, Argemone species are poisonous. However, that did not stop some early healers from using it medicinally.
This beautiful Prickly Pear cactus is equally as impressive with it red tunas as it would have been with its yellow blooms.
Our last road we went down was a dead end. At the end of the road, it was all shady! There were gorgeous and huge pecans.
A zig zag web builder Garden Spider and her future mate (just to the right near the top of the zig zag).
Below the web, a grasshopper exuvia laid on the ground!
This is what I call the ostrich skin fungus. No clue what kind of fungus, but I see it quite regularly.
Did you catch the cicada exuvia above? It certainly took me a moment to process it when I first saw it head on.
A really holey Greenbrier leaf. Jeanne said it remind her of paper cutout snowflake. Sounds cool doesn’t it LOL.
The spider web with the caught debris makes it look like someone was looking back. 😉
Indeed, a beautiful canyon on the way to DQ to finish our tour!
You had a “prickly” end to your day. I love those poppies and wish they were more garden friendly.
So why do gardeners not like them? Is it because they are annuals? It can not be because of the prickles, roses have prickles too??
Cultural bias? Probably the combo of annual and prickly. Roses can be shaped and the old varieties are highly scented as well.
Good points. Yes that cultural bias😵💫
Likewise Suzanne.
The article about rare plants in gardens really made my day. We can make a difference.
And your yard is leading the way with all your native plants!👏🏻 Plus you spread the joy by giving them away. 👏🏻