These are Standing Cypress...
Following info copied from Texas Wildflowers Information and Pictures
Standing Cypress
Scientific Name: (Ipomopsis rubra)
Definition: Standing Cypress ranges from East Texas to Gillespie and Taylor counties. The bloom is a spectacular column of scarlet trumpets displayed from May to July.
And of course, there's more info and much better pics available at the UTAustin's Ladybird Johnson page...
So what we got here is a plant that blooms for aproximately 2 months in the beginning of our Texas heat... and the ones I photographed today are bloomin in an overgrown pasture that hasn't had any rain for over a month. And they're still producing masses of flowers on top of 4 foot stalks...
And there were plenty of butterflies flittering around, and I'm sure that if I'd been able to stand there long enough, a hummingbird would have shown up.
I soooo need some of these for the yard. Seriously... imagine these growing in and around some prickly pears or yuccas, or even among the iris that have stopped blooming... I need these. Really really really badly.
