Petey has wild dreams if he stays in bed too long in the morning. Get up Petey!
Amoreuxia palmatifida is always a delightful botanical find. Look for it on rocky slopes between 3,500′ and 5,000′ in southeastern Arizona. The bloom period coincides with summer monsoon and the orange flowers are best seen in the morning unless it is a cloudy day when flowers stay open a little longer. The seed capsules are beautiful. Even Kearney and Peebles of Arizona Flora seem to wax poetic when they mention, “the hyaline endocarp, through which the seeds may be seen as through a window after the exocarp falls away.” Beautiful.
I like to say the name Phlox. I think it’s the letters p, h and l that make it fun, and yes, it’s probably...
I can’t seem to get a handle on how many species of Heuchera are found North America, and there’s gotta be some in Northern...
I hope you’re getting a chance to do some wandering this spring…maybe your backyard or a nearby park or even out in the wild....
