Thanks Jay for ID confirmation.
Teucrium canadense look nice and if they attract butterflies is good for a butterflies garden.
In a butterflies garden you have the chance to take nice pictures of "flying flowers".
Josephine maybe you want to try to grow and Teucrium cubense. I think it is not difficile.
From what I could see and Teucrium cubense supports also the wildlife and attracts some butterflies.
When I saw the plants, last year in October, I was amazed how good look the plants, compared to vegetation around them. Remember the terrible drought of last year.
When I take photographs of wild flowers, I try to catch as many details that could be useful in identifying them. But usually I am not satisfied.
On December 9 last year, I was specifically to make more pictures of these plants.
Of course I took pictures and to others.
I'm sorry for the delay in submitting these photos. I had to make a selection of many pictures. (Always, when I have time, I try to make more pictures and for the event that some are not good.)
I will upload more pictures.
I hope that they are interesting for those who want to see the plants in habitat. And to see details of plants.
I did not choose some plants that looked better.
You will notice some problems on leves, due to insect. But in general I can say that these problems were minor.
Generally the plants looked good, with a strong green leather leaves and they makes them suitable( like foliage plant) in a garden focused on native flora.
Flowers, tiny but contrasts nicely with the green leaves.
Even if I made a selection, they remained many pictures. That because I present several plants in habitat.
I hope that will not be boring.
2011-December-09, Corpus Christi, Tx
