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!
Petey jabbers on and on about some native bunch grasses. Fall is certainly the time to get out and visit the vast grasslands in...
I originally learned the botanical name of this native plant as Eupatorium greggii, but it is now Conoclinum dissectum. It’s neat that the tribute...
Inca doves are found all along the borderlands and southward into Mexico. The common name should probably be Aztec dove, as the Incas were...
