Mister Mesquitey tip toes out of work and gets in some botanizing on a micro-vacation in the Dragoon Mountains.
Mexican Passionflower is almost always found climbing in trees or shrubs near a stream or some source of water. The earth below large boulders and rock faces in the Dragoon Mountain retains water. It’s hidden water and a local plant like Mexican passionflower benefits. All three species of Passiflora found in Arizona are the larval food for Gulf Fritillary Butterflies, so they are great vines to have in a pollinator garden. Please don’t forget what “larval food” means. Caterpillars eat the plant! Be generous, the plant will recover and you will have butterflies all around your habitat. Pretty cool.
Cliffrose is the star of this show. It also goes by the common name of quinine bush or its scientific name is Purshia mexicana....
This is an episode about hearing my heart beat. I initially was going to talk about the noise made by ORVs, ATVs, SUVs and...
Petey laments some invasive plant species and in particular a non-native grass that is spreading in the hills near his home.
