When the Wolfberries Bloom on "A" Mountain

June 20, 2022 00:05:01
When the Wolfberries Bloom on "A" Mountain
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
When the Wolfberries Bloom on "A" Mountain

Jun 20 2022 | 00:05:01

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Show Notes

I wrote this song about Lycium fremontii when I was managing the native plant nursery of Desert Survivors on West Starr Pass in Tucson. The nursery is located right beside the Santa Cruz River at the base of A Mountain (Sentinel Peak). I used to perform the song whenever I did slide show talks and a version of it ended up on The Best of Growing Native Volume III. This is yet another version. I love the chorus and have always envisioned the song being part of a musical about Tucson or the Sonoran Desert that surrounds it. I’m looking for investors…I’m kidding.

I have so many 35 mm slides of this shrub and its flowers and fruit, but no digital photos, so the photo used here is by Tom Van Devender. He is a botanist, ecologist, biologist and a wonderful fellow. I thank him.

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