Petey will never be a learned fellow, but he’s a pretty nice fella.
Tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) is beautiful wildflower of the uplands. And though seeing it on a summer hike sounds hot and grueling, it does bloom into the fall. If you want one for your own habitat, it is grown commercially, so look for it in a good little nursery. But I do hope you stumble upon it on an early morning hike in the hills.
I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more about jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) other than what you hear in this show, except that...
I love following the drainages out of the mountains and across the deserts, observing all the plants and animals that follow them as well....
Well shoot, I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to desert rat and monsoon believer that I left some stuff out. So...
