Travis Ward Horticulture

floral design & botanical blog

  • Home
  • About
  • Gallery
  • Botanical Blog
  • Press & Praise
  • Contact

Bar None Ranch: Flowers

July 14, 2015 by Travis Ward in Plant Hunt, Hill Country

The third post covering the flora of the Bar None Ranch in Mason County concludes with the details of the flowering annuals and perennials. As I've made clear in the first and second posts, the more-than-average rainfall this spring in Texas has led to an over-abundance of blooms, and blooming cycles well into the summer months when typically few plants are pushing inflorescence. The following photos documentation of these blooms.

Read More
July 14, 2015 /Travis Ward
Mason, Texas, wildflower, wildflowers, Erigeron, modestus, Fleabane, Ratibida, columnaris, Mexican Hat, Gaillardia, pulchella, Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Achillea, millefolium, Yarrow, Callirhoe, involucrata, Winecup, Asclepias, oenotheroides, Zizotes, Milkweed, Solanum, elaeagnifolium, Silverleaf Nightshade, Oenothera, macrocarpa, Primrose, Thelesperma, filifolium, Greenthread, Cichorium, intybus, Chicory, Dracopis, amplexicaulis, Coneflower, Allowissadula, holosericea, Verbascum, thapsus, Mullein, Senna, roemeriana, Centaurea, americana, Basketflower, Heterotheca, canascens, Golden Gray Aster, Cooperia, pedunculata, Rain Lily, Phyla, nodiflora, Frogfruit, Ipomoea, lindheimeri, Morning Glory, Mentzelia, oligosperma, Stickleaf, Dalea, aurea, Golden Dalea, Polanisia, dodecandram, Clammyweed, Salvia, farinacea, Mealy Blue Sage, Centaurium, texense, Lady Bird's Centaury, Amblyolepsis, setigera, Huisache Daisy, Daisy, Menodora, heterophylla, Redbud, Indigofera, lindheimeriana, Indigo, Monarda, citriodora, Horsemint, Sabatia, campestris, Meadow Pink, Lupinus, texensis, Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas native plants, Edwards Plateau, Texas Hill Country, Hill Country
Plant Hunt, Hill Country
Comment

Slaughter Preserve

April 10, 2015 by Travis Ward in Plant Hunt, Hill Country

This was my first time to visit this preserve, but I was guided by two fellow plant nerds who knew where all of the "goodies" were. 

Read More
April 10, 2015 /Travis Ward
Slaughter, Preserve, Trail, Austin, Travis, Texas, wildflower, Edwards, Aquifer, Four Nerve Daisy, Tetraneuris, scaposa, Virburnum, rufidulum, Rusty blackhaw virburnum, Toxicoscordion, nuttallii, Death camas, Amsonia, ciliata, Fringed bluestar, Giliastrum, acerosum, Bluebowls, Crataegus, hawthorn, Asclepias, asperula, Antelope horns milkweed, Scutellaria, wrightii, Wrights skullcap, Echinocereus, reichenbachii, Lace cactus, cactus, cacti, Slaughter Creek, bloom, Texas native plants, Native plants
Plant Hunt, Hill Country
1 Comment

travisgward@gmail.com - Dallas, Texas - 214.548.0692