![Bluebonnets](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5676-800.jpg)
![Phlox](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5686-800.jpg)
![Asclepias tuberosa, also known as butterfly weed, emerged from wildflower seeds we scattered last season over the winter.](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5696-800.jpg)
![Carefree Beauty](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5700-800.jpg)
![Datura](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5702-800.jpg)
![Betty Prior in the front yard](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5720-800.jpg)
![Betty Prior](https://brandonmoeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/115_5721-800.jpg)
The stock, grown from seed and thriving in the backyard, is no April Fools’ joke.
With thanks to co-worker and chief coder Marla, I received the following gifts of basil plants that will be put to good use in the garden soon:
The photos in this post are not the official obligatory baby in the bluebonnets photos, this was a mere practice shoot as we wait for the backyard bluebonnets to ramp up production and put on a bigger show, already.