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Pericome caudata
August and September in southeastern Arizona is the most wonderful time to get up into the sky islands, especially is you like cool native...
Wild Zinnias Rule
Cenchrus pauciflorus or Sandbur is a grass! It is a maddening weed. But how about the wild Zinnias of the borderlands? There are 3...
Finding Wild Things
Petey jabbers about cool plants and critters found in the grassland near his home, but finally hones in on a climbing milkweed vine called...
Growing Plants, Feeling Good
Growing Plants, Feeling Good After 34 years of growing native plants Petey still gets excited about finding cool plants in the wild and growing...
Proboscidea Perfume
Petey smells a wonderful odor while driving down the highway to work. “Devil’s Claw!” he shouts and decides he will be late for work....
Muggy Land of Wild Portulaca
Petey is enticed into the hills to look at plants and there is much excitement. Petey is easy. Summer rains bring our cool native...