Here are photos of some of the plants I was jabbering about: Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), esperanza or Arizona yellow bells (Tecoma stans var. angustata), little leaf sumac (Rhus microphylla), acorns on a silverleaf oak (Quercus hypoleucoides), and coral bean (Erythrina flabelliformis). So many native plants are ready for some of that monsoonal moisture and I am too. Come on summer rains!
Squash bees are out so early in the morning that they’re moving pollen around well before honey bees even arrive. Research done by the...
I think that the common name of orange sneezeweed may be a bit misleading. The flowers we saw and photographed were more on the...
Isn’t it wonderful to live in a region where clouds and humidity and rain are so celebrated? You can identify the natives and converted...