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Continue reading →Introductory Talinum Sediforme is a fleshy perennial in the purslane family … Continue reading →
Continue reading →When we hiked Steamboat Rock in the Central Washington desert lands in May, we hiked over the top of the monument and encountered many flowers along the way. A short video featuring wildflower images was created after our return to … Continue reading →
Continue reading →When we go out to hike in late June and July, we are always delighted to come across tiger lilies in bloom. Lilium columbianum is a tall perennial that grows from a scaly bulb.A single stem rises to about 1 … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Introd Geum trilflorum is a herbaceous perennial in the rose family. more stuff … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Bitterroot blooms in our area but it seems to be confined to a corridor from Cache Creek to Spences Bridge. We have photographed them mostly in the Ashcroft area in late May. Lewisia redviva is a perennial in the purslane … Continue reading →
When we hike the hills in June or the mountains in July, we usually spot patches of small-flowered penstemon alongside paths, in open glades, and on the forest-grasslands boundary. Penstemon procerus is a 20-40 cm perennial herb that emerges in … Continue reading →
Soon after snowmelt on subalpine meadows yellow glacier lilies start to appear. Without much competition because of the early flowering time, slopes can be covered in waves of these graceful flowers. We try to hike to known avalanche lily … Continue reading →
We hike into the middle grasslands and open forests of our area in mid-spring when many herbaceous plants are emerging. Patches of sticky geraniums with their distinct purple flowers provide wonderful photographic opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. Geranium viscosissimum is a … Continue reading →
We always feel lucky to come across mountain ladyslippers in bloom. The encounter is never in the valley or in the open grasslands. We have spotted them at Lac le Jeune, at Paul Lake, in the hills above Shuswap Lake, … Continue reading →
As the snows melt out in the hills, we hike out on the damp ground and we may spot the first wildflowers of late winter/early spring. Sagebrush buttercups are usually first, but yellow bells are in the second group, a … Continue reading →
