back to Timberline

Posted on July 29, 2012 by paridevita

A short, spiky tour.

Golden Lion

I couldn’t care less about the flowers on either of these, when the plants look like this.

Snow Leopard

Agave polianthiflora

Agave toumeyana var. bella

If I can’t lift it, how can I plant it?

Yucca thompsoniana

Yucca faxoniana

Trying to plant this one by myself would probably end up very badly.

Yucca faxoniana

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nectar of the gods

Posted on July 27, 2012 by paridevita

Ipomopsis rubra again, with a different visitor this time.

This is Pterourus rutulus, the Western Tiger Swallowtail.

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