A rare fruit I had the opportunity to try in Peru. This is the fruit of the Inga edulis tree native to South America. The most common name in English is the Ice Cream Bean. Locally called guaba.

When you have historic winter weather on the gulfcoast, there is less to worry about with native plants! See below. My citris tree needed a little help!

This is how I cold stratify my seeds. Christmas is the perfect time to start native plant propogation for the spring!

Something I do a lot of this time of year is seed collection. I have a tip in the below video to help prevent collecting and trying to germinate dud seeds.

Hamamelis virginiana, Witch hazel ! I saw some on a bike ride today.

An angry swallowtail caterpillar??? Nothing cooler.

Trilisa odoratissimus or deer tongue is a beautiful purple fall flower. As a bonus, the plant's dried leafs smell like vanilla and were traditionally crushed and used to cover up a hunter's scent.

Asclepias obovata.... it's clearly butterfly crack, or I never would have noticed it on the side of the road.

Just a bee enjoying a nap on a passion flower (Passiflora incarnata). This climbing vine is a host for the gulf fritillary and makes an edible fruit!

Centaurea americana, Plectocephalus americanus or commmonly called the American basket flower. A beautiful annual flower found across Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.