Well, there is nothing more fun, well okay, for me, than starting in the desert grassland and slowly driving and stopping your way up into a sky island. The journey into the hills talked about here was inspired by my friend Bill Radke, who told me about these hybrid populations of Aqulegia chrysantha X desertorum. Well, of course I had to go see for myself and I did. Very cool.
Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae. If you look up barberry plants in a field guide, a flora or on line,...
Petey rambles on and on and even recites a poem! I suspect that to many nursery folks propagating the plants they will grow is...
I hope we all get all of our monsoon fixes this season. One of those for me and maybe you too, will be toads...
