Bumper Crops
This entry was posted on 9 Jul 2007, 8:50 AM and is filed under Another Roadside Attraction.
By now everyone in the country has heard about the rain we've had in the Hill Country. Though there have been some horrendous consequences all that rain has produced a bumper crop of wildflowers.
The Lemon Beebalm (
Monarda citridora) is dwindling down now but I've never seen such a prolific display. This is a great hummingbird attractant.
If you spotted what looks like crazy bouquets of pink plastic flowers stuck here and there you're looking at the Mountain Pink (
Centaurium beyrichii). No, it's not a practical joke.
Popping up in bare rock and infertile soil the Mountain Pink is the harbinger of hot weather ahead!
