Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog!

A super prevalent “weed” in the West, Silverleaf Nightshade is stunning. First of all, the thorns: as soon as these plants started coming up I was fascinated. What a determined species! But then they put out these gorgeous flowers and I officially fell in love with them. [Link to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.]

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Scroll through the most recent photos:

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 55: Tecoma fulva ‘Bells of Fire'(?)

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 54: Climbing Milkweed! (Funastrum cynanchoides)

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 53: Chitalpa, or what you get when you mix Desert Willow with Catalpa

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 52: Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis)

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 51: Ironwood (Olneya tesota)

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 50: Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 49: Opuntia Microdasys

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 48: Yellow Cholla

Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 47: A Cholla with Brown Flowers! (Cylindropuntia)

And see all the photosets together here:

Spring Flowers, Tucson, 2023