Climate change, urbanization and agricultural intensification have critically endangered the habitats of many birds, but there is still hope as people work to dedicate land for preservation.
Photo from Metro Creative
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Coneflowers like Color Coded, One in a Melon creates a wild kingdom in miniature. Here is a small Green Anole on the front flower is carefully watching a small Whirlabout skipper butterfly on the coneflower in the back.
Photo by Norman Winter
This dark form female Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterfly creates the perfect contrast as she feeds on the Color Coded, One in a Melon coneflower which makes its debut in 2023.
Photos by Norman Winter
This Cloudless Sulphur butterfly creates nature’s version of the monochromatic color scheme as it feeds on Color Coded, One in a Melon coneflower.
The first instant I saw the coneflower, I thought it was one in a million with its giant five-inch-plus golden blooms that at first reminded me of a gloriosa daisy. I am talking about the new Color Coded One in a Melon coneflower making its debut next year. Last week I told you about the new Double Coded or double coneflowers Butter Pecan and Raspberry Beret, but this week, at The Garden Guy’s house, the wild kingdom is being played out on the Color Coded One in a Melon plants.
Event poster submitted by Texas State’s Department of Theatre and Dance
Eugene Lee to star in ‘How I Learned What I Learned’
Above, Ike's Love & Sandwiches' Menage a Trois — a behemoth of a sandwich served with halal chicken, honey mustard, barbecue sauce, real honey, pepper jack cheese, Swiss cheese and cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and Ike’s dirty sauce. Below, Ike's “The Name of the Girl I’m Dating” sandwich, which comes with halal chicken, honey mustard, avocado, pepper jack, lettuce, tomato and dirty sauce. Daily Record photos by Nick Castillo & Lance Winter
In a hasty search for a quick lunch option, this week’s Foodie Friday led us to Ike’s Love & Sandwiches.
A free screening of “Texas Justice: Brandon Woodruff” will take place Monday at the San Marcos Public Library.
M. Ray Perryman
In a disappointing but not unexpected development, US standardized test scores are showing a notable ongoing learning loss.
Morning sunrise and the Double Coded Butter Pecan and Double Coded Raspberry Beret coneflowers look magical together, like a dessert for the garden.
Photo by Norman Winter
This female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail has found the Double Coded Butter Pecan to be just perfect.
Photo by Norman Winter
Norman Winter horticulturalist, author, and speaker
Dell home on Bluebonnet Circle relies on native plants and terraces for hillside landscape.
Photos by Sharon Lockett
Agave dwarfs barrel cactus by front steps with lantana and sage in background.
Agave and barrel cactus join turk’s cap and sage by front steps.
Descended from one gifted cactus pad, a spineless cactus curbside offers another shade of green compared with bamboo muhly and mountain laurel.
Gabions hold retaining rocks by driveway. Metal “helical” (extended far left) connects top and sides of gabion panels.
Photo by Sharon Lockett
Hillside landscape shines with native plants, terracing
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