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Dec 12, 2012 12:24 PM CST
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Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 12, 2012 1:40 PM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
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I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
One of my favorites is Frostweed, Verbesina virginica
http://wildflower.org/plants/r...

Here are a few pictures from my yard, this is what happens after a hard freeze.
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Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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Dec 12, 2012 7:26 PM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
Could some one please remove me from my misery, what is that little red thing? Even tried to magnify it. Shrug!
Regards,
Masud.
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Dec 12, 2012 9:44 PM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
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I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
The little red flowers are Turk's Cap, Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii another lovely plant. Smiling
http://wildflower.org/plants/r...
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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Dec 13, 2012 1:30 AM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
Josephine, in the link it looks quite respectable.

Malvaviscus arboreus var. penduliflorus.
I thought I had it but mine is different.
Regards,
Masud.
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Dec 13, 2012 5:24 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
Great photos, all.

Josephine, those first two photos look like little elfin feather dusters. nodding

The little red thing in my photo is a Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). Lovey dubby It was the first "winter" photo I could find. I feed a lot of birds in the wintertime, even the crows. I don't do garden clean-up until spring so the critters can have the seeds and anything else that's left.

Thumb of 2012-12-13/SongofJoy/bdc31b
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Thumb of 2012-12-13/SongofJoy/8f85ae

Some things in the yard:
Wild violet (Viola sororia var. sororia)
Thumb of 2012-12-13/SongofJoy/a9f0d7

Phlox subulata:
Thumb of 2012-12-13/SongofJoy/328456
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 13, 2012 5:41 AM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
Tee, what can I say, except you are the bestest. Lovey dubby
Regards,
Masud.
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Dec 13, 2012 7:34 AM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
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I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Oops, I thought you were talking about my picture, Sorry!! *Blush*
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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Dec 13, 2012 7:39 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
I think perhaps he was. *Blush* Shrug!
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 13, 2012 8:31 PM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
No, I was talking about the field of white/grey with a splash of red in it. Tee's first photograph. Oh, Ok, sorry Tee, now I can make out the shape of the bird. Had to put on my glasses, then expand it, with Tee's help now I can. Had to let my imagination run riot but for the love of me I could not see how it was a Turks turban Hibiscus?
Regards,
Masud.
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Dec 13, 2012 10:34 PM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
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I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Very funny, I guess I was really confused Rolling my eyes.
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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Dec 14, 2012 1:12 AM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
I have seen red birds but not in this part of the world. I was not expecting a bird, maybe some kind of mushroom or a bloom but red had me confused. Tee, sorry.
Regards,
Masud.
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Dec 14, 2012 4:53 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
Smiling
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 24, 2012 5:35 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 24, 2012 6:39 AM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
Smiling Tee, Thumbs up Perfect way to remain happy, thank him for all his tiny blessings that we take for granted. By the way, he is also our co-pilot.
Regards,
Arif.
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Dec 24, 2012 7:05 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
Thanks, Arif. Happy Holidays to one and all.
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 24, 2012 7:58 AM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Very nice Tee, is that your blog? Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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Dec 24, 2012 8:05 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
No, it isn't, but I wish it was. nodding I'm also a bottle tree enthusiast.
I garden for the pollinators.
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Dec 24, 2012 8:20 AM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
That is an especially lovely one!!
Merry Christmas to Everyone. Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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Dec 24, 2012 10:45 AM CST
Name: Arif Masud
Alpha Centauri (Zone 9a)
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Container Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Enjoys or suffers hot summers Multi-Region Gardener
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