altterrain wrote:Sorry for the long winded answer, I have a case of "Spring fever".
Shoot, that's not long winded at all! Good information. Thanks for taking the time to put that up.
Long winded is when I try to explain to my daughters how when they graduate from college that their knowledge of math and science will have a direct impact on their earning ability...
Thanks Matt. Grape hyacinths are in the same family as your typical garden hyacinths, a spring bulb.
Texas bluebonnets are a lupine (actually five different ones from what I have read).
They like a limey sandy soil, neither of which we have in this part of Maryland. I have never been to Texas but I have seen them bloom like crazy along the roadsides in southern California in late winter. I have also heard of mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea), another texas native (but does well for us as a tender perennial or annual) referred to as bluebonnets.
Sorry for the long winded answer, I have a case of "Spring fever".
-Brian
Wonderful pictures!!
Hey, would grape hyacinths be the same thing as Texas Bluebonnets? With my uneducated eye, they look the same.
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