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Rainbows and Warblers
Arizona rainbow hedgehog cactus is Echinocereus rigidissimus. That name hasn’t changed, but the black throated gray warbler is now Setophaga nigrescens…no longer Dendroica. Jeez,...

High in the Mountains
Maianthemum racemosum is in the family Asparagaceae and there are two subspecies of Maianthemum The subspecies out here in the mountainous forests of the...
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Big Yellow Sign
I love that sign. I call it the Robert Frost sign. I think Ms. Mesquitey is tired of me saying that. I love her...

Desert Ironwood Tree Festival
I love desert ironwood trees….love peering under them to see the plants they’re nursing …love the purple and white flowers and seed pods that...
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Desert Honeysuckle Memory
Over the years I’ve found populations of desert honeysuckle with different colored flowers, so I’ve grown plants with red brick colored flowers, with orange...
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Beautiful Feather Bush
There are 30 species of Dalea found in Arizona, many of which are the the nursery trade because they are so doggone pretty. How...