kayaking on Loch Leven near Glencoe, Scotland, 2018

kayaking on Loch Leven near Glencoe, Scotland, 2018
Showing posts with label desert flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desert flowers. Show all posts

Friday, February 26, 2016

Petals, Posies, and a Palette of Desert Color

People may imagine the desert to be drab, dusty, and colorless. But the desert is actually home to many wildflowers, as I discovered recently at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

A yucca plant in bloom

Pineland Acacia

Desert Bluebell

Brittlebrush

Pink Penstamon

Red Hot Poker or Torch Lily


Rubrograndis

Next up . . . sailing over Phoenix in a hot air balloon!