Petey babbles on about the southern sun, long shadows, kinetic art in the house and finally a small primrose. Whew!
Oenothera primiveris seems a few hundred feet in elevation out of place at out home near the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. Its normal range is listed as only up to 4,500′, but then plants can be so unruly. Guess we’re lucky to have this beautiful little harbinger of spring around the 1991 Marvellette.
I’ve told the story of the yucca moths and the soaptree yuccas many times. I love to tell it when I give talks and...
Petey jabbers about monkey flowers and sandhill cranes and declares that spring has sprung in the desert grassland.
Yet another love affair with an Arizona native plant. It could change next week and I’ll be in love with a new native plant,...
