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 have said it ad nauseam, but I just love autumn and I love it because in southeastern Arizona it is a wonderful long...
Koeberlinia spinosa is one of 3 native plant species in Arizona that have the common name of crucifixion thorn or crown of thorns or...
Encelia farinosa (brittle bush, incienso) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in the...
