Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Spring in Tucson pics

Spring flowers in our yard in Tucson (taken today in the wind -- wind and macro lens, bad combination!)

Pretty pink mystery flower
















Ruellia


Fairy duster (I think)
























Mystery yellow bush (2 pics) --below

Bee bush (Aloysia?) -- above















Creosote-- below







Madly-blooming aloe

Damn it's hard to get the labels where you want them!

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5 comments:

  1. JennyMarch 22, 2007 at 4:41 PM

    Beautiful! It is really neat to see what spring in the desert looks like!

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  2. DebbieMarch 22, 2007 at 4:43 PM

    The top pink one looks like a pentesmon.

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  3. Sparkling SquirrelMarch 22, 2007 at 7:13 PM

    Definitely some scroph. Besides Penstemon, there's also the genus Scrophularia.

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  4. Sparkling SquirrelMarch 22, 2007 at 7:18 PM

    Or maybe a mimulus (http://www.stauder.net/bildearkiv/Mimulus%20lewisii%205.jpg) but that's just because the other members of the family get overlooked. I'd put money on penstemon.

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  5. Tucson TrekkerMarch 22, 2007 at 9:02 PM

    I think you guys are right. The plant looks a lot like Penstemon fendleri http://museum.utep.edu/chih/gardens/plants/NtoQ/penstemonfendleri.htm

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