Showing posts with label wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildflowers. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Sunflower gold for the goldfinches

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Recall the lesser goldfinches inhabiting the seedbags, posted last week? In nature, the same goldfinches would be swarming that prolific sun...
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Monday, June 01, 2009

The cemetery wildflower crop

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My apologies to the Yavapai Cemetery Association. I've borne a grudge all these years, it seems unnecessarily. To back up many years: wh...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cliffrose in bloom

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Perhaps you have noticed the scrubby roadside plants covered in cream colored blossoms. Perhaps, but not as likely, you've been travelli...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Spring wildflower garden report

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We had snow last night. Oh, maybe as much as a melty inch; no big deal, but snow, nonetheless. Furthermore, today was a dreary chilly wet da...
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Saturday, April 04, 2009

Every yard needs a nolina

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There are local wild plants that really deserve more attention in local gardens. For example, whenever I see Argentinian pampas grass, I me...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Which buckwheat is that?

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Count on it. I spy a few patches of green poking their way up through the earth and immediately begin thinking of flowers -- particularly wi...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Kitchen table studio: goldenrod pods

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Periodically, a small plant detail will shout, "Photograph me! Me! Me!" And I can't. Perhaps my body won't contort the rig...
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Thursday, November 06, 2008

White daisies of fall

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The frosts have arrived in Prescott, meaning that our fall crop of wildflowers consists almost entirely of puffy balls and other seeds. But ...
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