Tag: wildflowers
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Why are we like this?! (poem + audio)
Landlord sent out the butcher to clear out all the thriving vegetation on the property. These days are painful.
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 54: Climbing Milkweed! (Funastrum cynanchoides)
Ever seen a climbing milkweed? 🥰
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 50: Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
I tried to grow these in Michigan with no luck; here in Tucson they grow wild!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 48: Yellow Cholla
The second dominant variety of cholla in the Tucson Mountain Park, along with vibrant red cholla posted earlier.
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 46: Mexican Palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculeata)
Mexican Palo Verde has long delicate strands of leaflets and flowers with an orange tint. One of my favorites!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 45: Foothill Palo Verde (Parkinsonia microphylla)
These popcorn-lookin trees are incredible on their own; but together mixed in with other Palo Verde varieties, the sight is breathtaking!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 43: Cow’s Tongue Prickly Pear (Opuntia Englemannii v. linguiformis)
Cow’s Tongue Prickly Pear, aka Cactus Apple: gorgeous peach
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 42: Another Cholla Surprise
A cholla (cylindropuntia) with flowers the color of fuchsias!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 41: A Yellow-and-Brown Pinstriped Cholla!
I can’t get enough of the (Cylindr)opuntia! There is *so* much hybridizing going on that the variety is seemingly endless!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 39: Santa Rita Prickly Pear
These maroon/purple cacti turn out to produce the brightest, purest lemon yellow! 😍
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