#Leucophyllum Frutescens

[jbkerkhoff]

A Break in the Texas Drought — Nature’s Resiliency

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#glaucus #hill country #homesteading #howto #Leucophyllum frutescens #papilio #polyxenes #sage #swallowtail #Texas #texas hill country #tiger

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Show Stopping, Southern Shrubs

Show Stopping, Southern Shrubs

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#Caesalpinia Mexicana #cape Plumbago #Duranta Erecta #flowering shrubs #heat and drought tolerant flowering bushes #Leucophyllum Frutescens #Mexican Bird of Paradise #Plumbago auriculata #Pride of Barbados #sky flower #Summer flowers #Tecoma Stan&039;s #Texas sage #yellow bells

[kevinscottgardens]

29 août au 4 septembre 2022

We moored up in Calgiari around 10.00. Lucien and I decided to take a minibus ride around the city before alighting at the top of the town. From there we meandered down, and finally stopped for a bite to eat. Disappointingly, this was a short stop, so we were back aboard by 14.30 and were sailing by 15.00. It was our last port-of-call for the cruise.

Goodbye Sardinia. I made my way to the naked suntanning area for one last time. As we sailed up the coast of Sardinia, back towards Civitavecchia, we were blessed with a stunning sunset.

Jody and Steve kindly offered to give us a lift in their taxi the short ride to the train station in Civitavecchia. Thankfully we had bought our tickets ahead of time as the machines were out of order. The train ride home to Antibes, with Lucien, took twelve hours. There was a lot of lightening with heavy rain between Genoa and Ventimiglia which slowed the train to a snail’s pace. Lucien had the foresight to call ahead to a sushi place near the Antibes train station. So as soon as we arrived I ran over to collect it then we took a taxi home, enjoyed a late dinner and slept very well.

I started at 06.45 Wednesday morning. It was tough going. Several more plants in pots succumbed to the heat in my absence, especially the ones in the nursery. Lucien had coffee for me around 10.00 which was nice. We ordered Chinese for lunch then took a siesta. We headed to the airport to collect Susie around 19.30 then headed directly to Biot for dinner.

Thursday I fed the pelargoniums and did some watering. Heavy rain is forecast for all day Saturday, let’s see if anything materialises. I took Lucien to the train station before having a physio appointment. I then joined him at a nearby boulangerie for a coffee before accompanying him to his train at 16.10. It was sad to say goodbye after two weeks travelling together. I then headed to the market for a much needed stocking up of food for the house. Poor Susie must have been starving. That done, I headed home and Susie and I enjoyed apéros before making dinner.

Friday I worked until I headed off for an MRI on my left elbow. The scan confirmed tendonitis.

Susie and I headed into Antibes for a late lunch then walking around I ran into Christoph and Jean Noel, two guys I met while Chuck was here. I always running into people I know unexpectedly. I propagated some Salvia candelabrum in the afternoon.

Then we both needed a good siesta before apéros. In evening we headed up to O’Sarracino in Biot. We were ecstatic when we discovered the same singers were performing again this evening, just like our last visit here last October. It was a fun evening of dining and dancing.

Saturday was a grey, overcast yet still warm day. We headed up to Vence to visit Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Mæght. It started to rain as we drove away so we headed home for a snooze and apéros. Sadly, none of the rain made it to the domaine. I have a lot of watering to do Monday.

In the evening we headed into Antibes where we enjoyed a lightning show from the marina before stumbling upon a cosy restaurant that served us good comfort food at Le Brulot.

Sunday morning I went into old town and picked up some pastries for a late brunch. Then we decided to drive over to Cap Ferret and do a walk along the sentier du littoral.

It was a very nice walk and I’ll definitely do it again. There were many little areas to tan and jump into the water. There were a lot of people scuba diving too. The MS Azura was anchored off Villefranche-sur-Mer. It was anchored with us in Mykonos. We enjoyed some nice aperitifs before making a delicious risotto for dinner.

Plant of the week

Scrophulariaceae Leucophyllum frutescens (Berland.) I.M.Johnst.

common name(s) - Texas sage, Texas ranger, Texas rain sage, Texas silverleaf, Texas barometerbush, ash-bush, wild lilac, purple sage; español : senisa, cenicilla, palo cenizo, hierba del cenizo synonym(s) - homotypic synonym(s)* : Terania frutescens Berland.; heterotypic synonym(s)* : Leucophyllum frutescens f. albiflorum Clover; Leucophyllum frutescens f. albineum Lundell; Leucophyllum texanum Benth. conservation rating - none native to - SW Texas to Mexico location - Domaine de l’Orangerie, chez moi leaves - silvery gray to greenish, soft to the touch, tapering more gradually to the base than to the rounded tip, margins smooth flowers - solitary axillary pink flowers are bell- or funnel-shaped, with five lobes and two lips; violet to purple, sometimes pink, nearly bell shaped, appearing intermittently from spring to autumn fruit - small two-valve capsule habit - evergreen shrub to 2m tall by 1m wide habitat - grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biomes in rocky, calcareous soils pests - generally pest-free disease - generally disease-free hardiness - to -10ºC (H4) soil - well-drained sun - full sun propagation - seed, softwood cuttings, hardwood cuttings pruning - trim growing tips to encourage full, bushy growth nomenclature - Scrophulariaceae - scrophula, breeding sows were said to be prone to this glandular disease, signature of the glands on the corolla, many plants were used to treat scrophulae, the King’s disease; Leucophyllum - Greek words λευκός (leukos), meaning white, and φυλλον (phyllos), meaning leaf, referring to the trichome-covered foliage; frutescens - shrubby, becoming shrubby NB - Leucophyllum shrubs are legendary for their ability to ‘forecast’ rain, usually blooming several days prior to a rainstorm, apparently in response to humidity. It is believed to be a survival trait in the plants' semi-desert habitats.

*In botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act. When a taxon gets a new name, without being included in another taxon (of the same rank). The old name becomes a homotypic synonym of the new name. In botanical nomenclature a heterotypic synonym (or taxonomic synonym) is a synonym that comes into being when a taxon is reduced in status (reduced to synonymy) and becomes part of a different taxon.

References :

Gardening Know How [online] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/texas-sage/rooting-texas-sage-cuttings.htm [3 Sep 22]

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [3 Sep 22]

Missouri Botanical Garden [online] https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287024 [4 Sep 22]

NCSU [online] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/leucophyllum-frutescens/ [3 Sep 22]

Plants of the World [online] https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139187-2 [3 Sep 22]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucophyllum [3 Sep 22]

Ibid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucophyllum_frutescens [3 Sep 22]

Wildflower Center [online] https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lefr3 [3 Sep 22]

World Flora Online [online] http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001136787 [3 Sep 22]

#Leucophyllum frutescens

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Show Stopping, Southern Shrubs

Show Stopping, Southern Shrubs

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#Caesalpinia Mexicana #cape Plumbago #Duranta Erecta #flowering shrubs #heat and drought tolerant flowering bushes #Leucophyllum Frutescens #Mexican Bird of Paradise #Plumbago auriculata #Pride of Barbados #sky flower #Summer flowers #Tecoma Stan&039;s #Texas sage #yellow bells

[narwhalsarefalling]

todays herbarium story: new fucking way of dating things to confuse future archivists. someone wrote 66-1-3 as the date on a specimen. obviously i assumed 66 was the year and either the day was January 3rd or March 1st. put “1966” for the year in the file, marked as needing confirmation.

anyway one of the historical archivists went back and used the guys name to figure out about what month he confirmed it? and it was fucking 1866. the guy who cataloged it died in 1920.

i inadvertently handled a specimen thats older literally everyone i know and love and my only thought was mild irritation because it was dated weird.

we still dont know if it was found in January or March.

#the narwhal speaks #unfortunately i do not have a photo of it #i didnt think it was that old because someone had cut the speciman out and pasted it onto slightly newer paper #so it looked like it was still ‘old’ enough to be from 1966 #anyway. pissing myself with laughter #i think this is the oldest specimen we have in the herbarium and it has the most galaxy brain take of writing dates #stardate 66-1-3 today i fucking found a cool leucophyllum frutescens #also i didnt think it might have been 1800s because the oldest speciman i found before this was 1905

[gfloutdoors]

Texas Sage Care: Everything You Need to Know

Texas Sage Care: Everything You Need to Know

A shrub-like plant with woody stems and silver-gray or light green foliage, the Texas Sage has a unique characteristic of producing flowers when humidity shoots up or after a hard rain. Here are some Texas Sage care tips. Botanical Name Leucophyllum frutescens Common Name Texas Sage, Purple Sage, Barometer Bush Plant Type  Perennial Flower Color Small yet striking purple flowers atop…

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#Texas Sage Care

[kcamberart]

Leucophyllum frutescens

#blender #low poly #lowpoly #low-poly #3d model #3d modeling #flowers #plants #leucophyllum frutescens

[crudlynaturephotos]

#texas sage #silverbush #cenizo #leucophyllum frutescens #texas native plants #water droplets #austin #texas

[venus-garden]

Leucophyllum frutescens

#leucophyllum frutescens #plants #botanical garden #nature

[syngoniums]

Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) in full bloom in Kinney County following rain from the remnants of Hurricane Pamela earlier this month.

#scrophulariaceae #texas natives #plantblr #wildflowers

[myhaverphotography]

Leucophyllum Frutescens 24518 Photography by Mark Myhaver https://myhaverphotography.pixels.com/featured/leucophyllum-frutescens-24518-mark-myhaver.html Features a wildflower commonly known as Texas barometer bush, though also called by several other names depending on location. This Leucophyllum frutescens is growing near my home in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. It is an evergreen shrub in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. Oro Valley, Arizona #myhaverphotography #botany #macro #wildflowers #nature #botanical #flora #floral #desertlife #arizona #intimatelandscape (at Photography by Mark Myhaver) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVd2tKEPURJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

#myhaverphotography #botany #macro #wildflowers #nature #botanical #flora #floral #desertlife #arizona #intimatelandscape

[photos-thoughts-expressions]

Leucophyllum frutescens ,Texas Sage,Barometer shrub, Ash-bush, Wild lilac, Purple sage

#flower

#flower #violet flower #MyClick #mobilephotography

[mallorcathesecretgarden]

Leucophyllum frutescens had almost completely defoliated in August. Now with the first rains. This group receive no additional water. I cannot say which variety they are as I grew them from seed collected here in my garden. #mediterraneangarden #mallorca #autumnflowers #floweringshrubs https://www.instagram.com/p/CFMw8K1DavA/?igshid=14rtoj7uml9lb

#mediterraneangarden #mallorca #autumnflowers #floweringshrubs

[katie-cute-me]

Name: Leucophyllum frutescens (Berland.) I.M. Johnst. Also called Silverleaf.

Silverleaf is a dense evergreen shrub from 2 to 5 feet tall, occasionally reaching 8 feet in height, with is leaves covered with stellate, silvery hairs and bright pink-lavender, bilateraly symmetrical flowers borne singly in crowded leaf axils. Leaves are silver gray to greenish, soft to touch, up to 1 1/4 inches long or less, tapering gradually to the base, with rounded tip, and smooth margins. Flowers are violet to purple, sometimes pink, bell-shaped, about 1 inch in length and width. Fruit is a small capsule.

Definition from: http://www.stuartxchange.org/Silverleaf

My mom got cuttings from my cousins garden 😍😍😍

#plantlove #plants #garden #mothernature

[andreamsanchez]

Leucophyllum frutescens

#leucophyllum frutescens #Texas Ranger Texas rain sage cenizo Texas silverleaf Texas barometerbush ash-bush wild lilac purple sage senisa cenicilla palo cenizo or hie #flowers purple #morning #light #sage #lavender

[stacytompkins]

We went months without #rain but the last few days have been filled with it. My Texas #sage bush (Leucophyllum frutescens) loves it too and is blooming like crazy. Even better, honey #bees are all over the #flowers. . . . . . . . #botany #Leucophyllumfrutescens #texassage #honeybees #pollinators #gardening (at Denton, Texas)

#rain #sage #bees #flowers #botany #leucophyllumfrutescens #texassage #honeybees #pollinators #gardening