Texensis With a Side of Cardinalis

Send us Fan MailDee and Carol talk about plants with species name of "texensis" and briefly talk about the species name "cardinalis." They also talk about a new book, pollen banking, and some of their rabbit holes.For more links and details, check out our newsletter.To watch on YouTube, click here.Flowers we discussed. 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 CenterClematis texensis - Scarlet Clematis, Info from GardeniaVegetables:Cercis canadensis var. texensis - Texas redbud, Info from Missouri Botanical GardenColumbrian texensis - Texas hog plum, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterQuercus texana -Texas Red Oak, Info from Missouri Botanical GardenOn 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:Pollen banking and a tiny unrelated tidbit: favorite crayola crayon colorsRabbit Holes:Dee: Gianni Rodari plus The Flowers of Little Ida by Hans Christian Andersen Carol: Harriet Klamroth Morse, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Plus she’s on Volume 3 of The Unselected Journals of Emma C. Lion.Check out our affiliate links here.  And please follow us on Apple Podcasts. It helps others looking for gardening podcasts find us.We appreciate all our listeners and readers. Have a great week everyone!For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. Support the showOn Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.