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Article: How Their Garden Grows; The Legacy of First Ladies Lives in the Trees, Flowers and Shrubs
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- The Washington Post
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- May 12, 1994
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The bluebonnet appears first, followed by a kaleidoscope of
early Texas wildflowers that includes the evening primrose and
Indian paintbrush, gaillardia, coreopsis and Queen Anne's lace. They
stretch for miles, given the right combination of soil, people and
climate because nature is self-sufficient up to a point. "It's a
changing pattern," says Lady Bird Johnson, "if the Lord sends rain."
She has been watching the patterns most of her life, and now,
into her ninth decade, spring's showy start has become what she
calls her "dessert," her "refreshment" in the annual parade of
seasons. "I tell you," she said in a recent telephone interview,
never mentioning her progressively failing ...