flowerweaver's Juniper and Oak Savana garden
Garden Type: Native | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Chalk | Established: 2002 | Organic
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This native garden is characterized by tall grasses among Juniper and Oak trees and is located between the Wildflower Meadow and Chicken Coop Two gardens. As an ecoregion, the Juniper-Oak Savana ranks among the top ten ecoregions for reptiles, birds, bats and other cave dwelling mammals and invertebrates.
Some of the largest assemblages of cave-dwelling bats anywhere in the world—indeed the largest aggregation of mammals anywhere in the world—roost in one of the caves a couple miles away. Millions of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) use the cave as a maternity roost, creating a globally outstanding phenomena. The BBC has done several features on them. Living as close to the river as we do, they keep the mosquito population nicely under control. Our own resident Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer) bats are seen at dusk and dawn in our vegetable garden picking off the pests!
05 Feb 10 Windflower
07 Mar 10 Dutchman’s Breeches
08 Mar 10 Agarita
09 Mar 10 Puccoon
13 Mar 10 Crow Poison
23 Mar 10 Engelmann’s Bladderpod
31 Mar 10 Prairie Verbena
03 Apr 10 Fragrant Gaillardia
09 May 10 Prickly Pear Cactus
09 May 10 Snake Apple
09 May 10 Rock Flax
09 May 10 Rattlesnake Weed
09 May 10 Rosita
09 May 10 Texas Yucca (budding)
10 May 10 Zexmenia
16 May 10 Mexican Mallow
16 May 10 Rough Sunflower
16 May 10 Antelope Horns
An outdoor organic garden located in Rio Frio, Texas, United States, flowerweaver's Juniper and Oak Savana garden currently contains 23 plants.
This is a Native garden that is known to be in USDA Hardiness Zone 8b. It has mainly Chalk soil and receives Full Sun light.Photos
Plantings
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Sown on 26 Dec 10
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Centaurea americana
Sown on 29 May 10
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Helianthus hirsutus
Sown on 16 May 10 Flower looks a little beaten by the rain, will ...
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Aster oblongifolius
Transplanted in Apr 2009
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Ungnadia speciosa
Sown on 27 Sep 05 After purchasing and planting this native small...
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Hermannia texana
Established on 16 May 02
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Asclepias asperula
Established on 16 May 02
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Zexmenia hispida
Established on 10 May 02
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Opuntia lindheimeri
Established on 09 May 02
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Ibervillea lindheimeri
Established on 09 May 02
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Yucca rupicola
Established on 09 May 02
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Linum rupestre
Established on 09 May 02
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Daucus pusillus
Established on 09 May 02
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Centaurium calycosum
Established on 09 May 02
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Gaillardia suavis
Established on 03 Apr 02 Rayless (no petals) and one of the best fragran...
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Verbena bipinnatifida
Sown on 31 Mar 02
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Lesquerella engelmannii
Established on 23 Mar 02
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Nothoscordum bivalve
Established on 13 Mar 02
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Lithospermum incisum
Established on 09 Mar 02 Puccoon is a perennial wildflower native to the...
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Berberis trifoliolata
Established on 08 Mar 02 This is just a rough estimate on quantity of th...
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Thamnosma texana
Established on 07 Mar 02 This loose, sprawling native flower smells like...
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Anemone heterophylla
Established on 05 Feb 02
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