FREEZE FRAME FOLIAGE FOLLOW-UP

Freeze frame...as in I'd like to stop the weather right...about...NOW...here in Texas and leave it this way all summer. Highs of 82 and lows of 62 each day. I'd love to also freeze frame my garden right now. Wait a minute...that's called photography and I can certainly do that. So, here we go. Happy Foliage Follow-up. And to see all the foliage fanatics, stop and visit Pam at  Digging over in Austin, Texas.

Some very creative art work from our school's 5th graders would look nice in any garden.

Wish I could make this!

We have a great art teacher.

The back yard. I LOVE tropical plants and especially FOLIAGE.

Knock, knock? Who's there?

Looks like a green anole.

Drought? What drought? You should have seen this poor backyard one year ago.

A leaf on a leaf on a leaf. I promise, I found it this way.

I'll probably never find another in my lifetime.

A view from the arm chair.

Some fuzzy bees have a meeting on the native goldenrod.

They like foliage follow-up a lot more than 'just grow a lawn' follow-up.

There are lots of different textures in the front garden.

Rosemary looks great with agaves.

The artemesia needs a haircut next to this stylish dwarf yaupon.

Agaves, purple ajuga, palm grass, purplish loropetalum, monkey grass, carpet grass, a palm frond, a chi-chi Ruellia, and.... a partridge in a pear tree (just joking...it just seemed to fit).

The back pathway.

This is my favorite foliage leaf. There are 600 species of Dioscorea in the air potato family.

Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of this one.

It lived through the drought and the freezes, so it's a keeper.

I'll leave you with some more charming butterflies and tropical art.

Thanks for fluttering by!

David/:0)

Watch out for the snake!