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.
Mammalogy was one of my favorite courses back in my college days. It was 1968 (early Anthropocene) and there were…
It’s fun to have favorite plants to look for on excursions into the hills. Looking back at photos and my notes, we have been...
Petey talks about the beautiful desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis, better known as jojoba.
