Yes, Sherry, That is it!!! I am amazed by how much activity this plant sees! Mostly small bees and a few of the smaller butterflies. I've tried rooting cuttings in water for our new garden, but no-go. I'll have to use rooting hormone and perlite, maybe... I've been unable to find any seeds, even with all the flower pollinators!!! Thank for your help, Myke

That second one looks like it could be one of the deciduous hollies before the flowers open? My Ilex verticillata flowers are just opening now. The other two I'm not sure (gosh that first one looks like a weed even to me!). If no one else knows I'll send the link to some of the folks that I know work there.

Well these look like bluets (Houstonia)...the particular species is left for you determine since you can see the plant itself and can answer questions.

Gayle, I haven't found many books specific to Oklahoma, but then I am way down south in southern Oklahoma and we don't have a lot of bookstores here either. Two books I purchased from a bookstore in OKC in the late-1990s and used quite a bit were by Doyle McCoy and were published by University of Oklahoma Press in Norman, Oklahoma. They were: Roadside Trees and Shrubs of Oklahoma, and Roadside Wild Fruits of Oklahoma. They had copyright dates of 1981. I don't know if they are still available. Here's some other books I used. You will notice that many of them have the word 'Texas' in the title. They have been just as useful for me here in Oklahoma as they were when I lived in Texas since the prairie plants are virtuallly the same. They include: National Audubon Society Nature Guide: Grasslands by Lauren Brown, 1997, 3rd printing, Alfred A. Knopf Wildflowers of Texas, 1984, Shearer Publishing, Bryan, Texas The Grasses of Texas, 1975, F. W. Gould, Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas Texas Range Plants by S. J. Hatch and J. Pluhar, 1993, Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas Taylor's Guide to Natural Gardenimng, by R. Holmes, 1993, Houghton, Mifflin. Wildflower Handbook, The National Wildflower Research Center, Texas Monthly Press, Austin, Texas, 1989 A Field Guide to Texas Trees by Benny Simpson, 1989, Texas Monthly Press, Austin, Texas Texas Range Grasses by B. C. Tharp. Probably out of print. Mine is a very old edition from 1952. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southwest, 1960. Probably out of print. I got mine at a Half-Price Books Store in the D-FW area. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. The following books are by Sally Wasowski and Andy Wasowski. They all related to landscaping with native plants. I love them. The Wasowskis may have more current books available also. Native Texas Plants, Landscaping Region by Region, 1989, Texas Monthly Press, Austin, Yexas Native Texas Gardens, 1997, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas Landscaping Revolution: Garden With Mother Nature, Not Against Her, 2000, Lincolnwood Contemporary Books My FAVORITE native plant book is not a book. It is the Noble Foundation Website. In case you are not familiar with it, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation is based in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and does amazing work with native Oklahoma plants and agricultural/horticultural issues. They usually have books available on their website too. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Noble Foundation Website, Grass ID Page