Monarch Waystation – Texas Wildflowers
Casa de Wolf is officially a Monarch Waystation. We qualify due to the large number of milkweed and nectar plants that we have naturally growing on our property. We do not have any “grass” per se that is watered, our whole habitat is completely natural. So, this morning Theo and I took a walk around the prop to start our list of all of the wildflowers that we have growing – so here goes (Dean is up now and will help with photos…)
It is SO important for everyone to maintain some kind of natural habitat since our wild places are disappearing at an alarming rate. I would like to think that we have created a small ecosystem here (or at least not destroyed it by moving here and planting water-sucking grass and other non-natives…) and based on the bird, mammal, lizard, insect, and plant life that we have here, I think we have been pretty successful thus far.
For more pics of our growing wildflower property, visit Dean’s beautiful site Wildflowers of Central Texas
Texas Lantana
Prairie Verbena
Mexican Hat
Purple Horsemint
Texas Thistle
Indian Blanket
Nerve-Ray
Texas Star
Woolly Ironweed – this is last years pic, there are no flowers yet on this guy, should be in June or so
Zexmenia
Texas Dandelion
Square bud Primrose
Pink Evening Primrose
Standing Cypress
Baby’s Breath – pink
Black foot Daisy
Navajo Tea
Widow’s Tears
Silver Leaf Nightshade
Two-Leaved Senna
Scarlet Pimpernel
Agarita
Bushy Skullcap
Hedge-Parsley
Antelope Horns (milkweed) – seed pods from this year
Antelope Horns (milkweed) – flowers and monarch caterpillars from 07
Twist Leaf Yucca – for some reason the deer have not eaten all of these, nice to see them in full bloom this year
Snake Herb
Rain Lily
Texas Bindweed
Wind Flower – this was blooming in late February
Wild Garlic – this was blooming at the very end of March
Blue-eyed Grass – also blooming at the end of March
False Nightshade – bloomed late March
May 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
AWESOME!!!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Awsome I live in Austin Texas and your photos makes me want to plant all of them. I have a few, but not very many. Bye.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Hey Robert – fantastic to hear that! Glad we could inspire and thanks for stopping by!
April 14th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Great pictures! My daughter has a science project relating to wildflowers and your images have helped us identify a few unknowns. Thanks.
April 14th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Hi Gerri! So glad you found this helpful!
April 17th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Excellent Site Carrie, I can’t thank you enough. I’m going to put a link to your site in my facebook.
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April 18th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Oh thank you so very much! Glad you could enjoy!!! Carrie
May 15th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
omg they helped me a lot!! thanxx
September 13th, 2012 at 9:36 am
Carrie, Great job. I am putting this site in my favorites. I manage “Texas Images” on Facebook and am a photographer. I was asked just today about Texas Thistle. I love the bloom on that plant! I used your site to find its name (memory issue). I am a nature enthusiast in The Woodlands Tx.
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