The Retreat in November

Sunday was a lovely day...a little humid for me, but the plants seemed to enjoy it along with the drizzling rain.  Here's what's blooming and perking up in yard this month.

Sedum

Lantana

Knockout Rose

Mexican Petunia

Duranta

Flame Acanthus

Purple Heart

Cape Honeysuckle

Cape Honeysuckle

Primrose Jasmine

Crepe Myrtle leaves

Crepe Myrtle in an Old Ball Mason Jar

I used Kim Klassen's yesteryear texture.

Heat Lovers

These plants are amazing!  They hardly ever ask for water and seem to bloom more as the heat becomes more intense.

Before I got my camera and before I started this blog, I never looked this closely at the plants in my yard.  This is stage 1 of the crepe myrtle blooming.  It looks like purple colored popcorn.

Here's stage 2 and 3 of the crepe myrtle blooming.  You can see the crepe myrtle popcorn popping out the white bud in the background and the beautiful watermelon colored bloom in the foreground.

Turk's Cap

Pride of Barbados

More rain in Buda

We got a pretty good rain last night and it was still drizzling this morning.  Of course I had to get out this morning with the camera and see what had been perked up from the rain.

It's amazing how much the morning glory has grown on the fence in just a few days.  What a bargarin at about $.89 for a packet of seeds.

Here's another weed that was too beautiful to pass up.

Pebbles

Colorful bug

Rain drops on the lorepetalum

A drop of rain clinging to the yucca plant