Texensis With a Side of Cardinalis
Season 7, Episode 46, November 5, 2025
This week, we are discussing a few plants Texans discovered before anyone else. To listen early, click here. If you’d like to watch us, and I still don’t know why, here is the YouTube link.
Carol and I first discussed the little bulbs, especially Iris reticulata and snowdrops. I do love reticulated iris. We are having beautiful autumnal days, and we are so glad. I think you’ll laugh at our updates. Carol has decided we are old ladies. I’m not sure I agree.
Question of the week:
Our question of the week was about asters. Listen to the podcast for more.
Insect of the week:
Carol picked mosquitoes. An unusual choice. Listen to hear why.
Flowers:
Lupinus texensis - Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Carex texensis - Texas sedge, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Clematis texensis - Scarlet Clematis, Info from Gardenia
Vegetables:
Cercis canadensis var. texensis - Texas redbud, Info from Missouri Botanical Garden
Colubrina texensis, Texas hog plum, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Quercus texana, Texas Red Oak, Info from Missouri Botanical Garden
On the Bookshelf:
Vibrant Harvest: Cultivating a Kaleidoscope of Colors in Your Vegetable Garden with Heirlooms, Modern Hybrids, and More by Sandra Mao of Sandra.UrbanGarden (Amazon Link) Publishes December 2. Sandra’s Instagram.
Dirt:
Our dirt was all about pollen banking, along with a tiny unrelated tidbit: favorite crayola crayon colors.
Rabbit Holes:
Mine was about Gianni Rodari plus The Flowers of Little Ida by Hans Christian Andersen. It came about because I’m playing Last Z Shooter online. It is way too much fun. My friend from Bulgaria told me about the story above.
Carol researched and wrote about another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Harriet Klamroth Morse. Plus she is on Volume 3 of The Unselected Journals of Emma C. Lion.
Miscellaneous Links:
Dee’s reel about her greenhouse.
Carol’s children’s books.
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