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Post by Diogenes » 01-05-2012 01:17 PM

Squid,

The volunteer Clematis is very cool and pretty unusual if you ask me.

Your up close pictures are reminescent of Georgia O'Keefe - her Pansy and Petunia are my favorites.
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Bastrop Fires

Post by cherry » 01-07-2012 09:00 AM

Hope for Lost Pines

Loblolly Pines
http://www.wildflower.org/feature/?id=81
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Post by Diogenes » 01-07-2012 09:20 AM

I've never seen a pine cone that color - really beautiful.

That is a pine cone - isn't it?
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Post by cherry » 01-07-2012 10:04 AM

Hell if I know .... nnnn but is the first post to this thread really a marigold? :D
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Post by Diogenes » 01-07-2012 10:12 AM

Yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes
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Post by Diogenes » 01-07-2012 10:15 AM

Loblolly pine information - I guess those flowers give way to the cone



http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecolo ... y_pine.htm
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Post by SquidInk » 01-07-2012 11:23 AM

Awesome pine flowers, Cherry. Replanting with natives is a wise move.

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Post by SquidInk » 01-07-2012 11:24 AM

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Post by SquidInk » 01-07-2012 01:00 PM

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Post by SquidInk » 01-07-2012 01:01 PM

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Post by Diogenes » 01-07-2012 04:07 PM

Beeutiful.
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Post by SquidInk » 01-07-2012 05:43 PM

Diogenes wrote: Beeutiful.


:D -- boooo!
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Post by SquidInk » 01-09-2012 10:23 PM

channel island poppy -- native to one of the channel islands (I have forgotten which)
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Post by SquidInk » 01-09-2012 10:23 PM

a second poppy...
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Post by Diogenes » 01-09-2012 10:45 PM

I so enjoy your pictures - I really do.
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