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arizonaed
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:10 pm |
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Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:22 pmPosts: 4992Location: Tucson, Arizona |
Not all of these are "native" plants but all grow fine in Tucson. This is a list of what is blooming at Tohono Chul Park , a self supporting non profit private park, see: http://www.tohonochulpark.org/wordpress/index.php down the road from our place. We make frequent visits and are members there. It has been voted one of the best botanical gardens in the world by Conte Naste!!! I had better charge up the camera battery!! New Blooms! Abromeitiella brevifolia Rhyolite Bush Crossosoma bigelovii Purple Mat Nama demissum Mexican Gold Poppy Eschscholtzia mexicana Deer vetch Lotus ridgidus Parish wolfberry Lycum parishii Salvia smilacifolia Ruellia peninsularis Desert Miseltoe Phoradendron californicum Tree morning glory Ipomoea arborescens Still bloom'n Remarkable Penstemon Penstemon spectabilis Gaura Gaura lindheimeri Kalanchoe Mealy Cup Salvia Salvia farinacea Chuparosa (yellow form) Justicia californica Patridge aloe Aloe variegata Poet's jasmine Jasmimum officinale Rosa sp. Baja dalea Dalea bicolor orcuttiana Globe mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua Pea Pisum sativum Foxglove penstemon Penstemon digitalis Mexican honeysuckle Justicia spicigera Paper flower Psilotrophe cooperi Mexican sage Salvia mexicana Angelita daisy Hymenoxys acaulis Crown of thorns Euphorbia milli Indian mallow Abutilon palmeri Chuparosa Justicia californica Brittle bush Encelia farinosa Cooper's aloe Aloe cooperi Burro bush Cleome isomeris Golden columbine Aquilegia chrysantha Superstition spitballs Maurandya acerifolia Blue dalea Dalea bicolor 'Monterrey Blue' Cascalote Caesalpinia cocalaco Purpus's senna Senna purpusii Pink forsythia Anisacanthus puberulus Salvia clevelandii Mt. Lemmon marigold Tagetes lemmoni Mexican sunflower Tithonia fruticosa Red jacobina Justicia candicans Desert marigold Baileya multiradiata Elegant salvia Salvia elegans Little leaf salvia Salvia microphylla Mexican bush salvia Salvia leucantha Autumn sage Salvia greggii Baja fairy duster Calliandra californica Native fairy duster Calliandra eriophylla Dyssodia Ah in Heaven, AZED
_________________ "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein (1879-1955) ArizonaEd--Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society-- www.tucsoncactus.org |
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luv2grdn
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:19 pm |
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| Joined: Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:02 pmPosts: 1912Location: PNW |
Wow, what a long list for January! It sounds like a wonderful park and what a treat to see so many blooms this time of year. Thanks for sharing!
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arizonaed
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:13 pm |
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Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:22 pmPosts: 4992Location: Tucson, Arizona |
luv2, If any energy left after a morning nature hike in Tucson Mountain Park I will be heading over there to check it out. Always something new happening year round there. AZED
_________________ "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein (1879-1955) ArizonaEd--Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society-- www.tucsoncactus.org |
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