Xeriscape - Drought-Adaptive Horticulture
The Gone Native Drought Adaptive Garden
Scenes from October, 2006
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Flame acanthus (anisicanthus) blooms strongly in the fall. The barbed wire fence is ornamental. Pine needles litter the ground because of recent rains.
Texas hawthorne berries turn red in October.
In the foreground is windmill sedge, then 3angled sedge, with seepwillows full of seeds in the background.
Abilene asters are rhizomatous and fill bare ground between yuccas.
Fall foliage is caught in the branches of a large ephedra.
Monarch butterflies come the first week in October.
Monarch butterflies will roost by the hundreds in trees during their peak migration in October.
Pyracantha berries begin to turn red in early October.
Abilene asters are brightened by the yellow centers.
Sawtooth daisies bloom in summer, but fall rains will bring a secondary bloom when it is seeded out.
Anisicanthus seeds itself in many places in the garden even in the shade of a pine.
Anisicanthus upclose demonstrates how prolific a bloomer the species can be.
False grape (Cissus incisus) is a unique vine that rarely takes over. It is brought by birds to landscapes.
Zexmenia flowers are complimented by yellow leaves on the necklace bead sophora.
A soapberry grove is a fall delight!
Every step a person takes in the garden creates a new perspective. With the changes of the season, the garden is never the same, ever.
A blue suncatcher makes a good contrast to the white seeds of bluestem grasses in the grove.
Pink fuzzies (Acalypha) are a good contrast to pieces of blue glass set into the landscape to bring to mind water.
Big Bend serviceberry will produce multi-colored fall foliage.
Red leaves of Texas hawthorne make the Lindheimer Muhly grass even brighter. The blue roadrunner is concrete.
The skunks and foxes do not leave the hawthorne berries on the ground for long.
The Circle Garden entrance invites a visitor to examine the hawthorne in the background.
When a visitor walks in circles elements of the landscape are framed in new perspectives.
A purple and yellow tire turned into a pot is filled full of pansies in a nod to rasquache asthetics.