Calochortus amabilis stands out against a rock and post-burn landscape
Although species of Calochortus have been featured from time to time (most recently, Calochortus leichtlinii), it’s been an omission to have never shared one of the species with nodding and globular flowers, also known as the fairy-lanterns.
Flowering tree of Castanopsis delavayi
Despite a spectacular bloom with sprays of gold-coloured flowers in the spring, this relative of oak trees remains largely unknown in cultivation.
Rain-kissed flowers of Viola pedata
Two flower colour morphs of bird’s-foot violet are common: the solidly lilac-coloured flowers in today’s photograph and a bi-coloured version, with the upper two petals coloured a dark purple.
Pine-pine gall rust on shore pine
Pine-pine gall rust or western gall rust is found throughout North America on two- and three-needle species of pine (Pinus spp.).
Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ beginning to leaf out
Discovered in the mid-nineteenth century in Dundee, Scotland, the original plant of this Victorian England “must-have” is still alive.
Flowers and foliage of Wyethia bolanderi
Wyethia bolanderi is an uncommon species of chaparral plant communities in central California.
A distant view of the hillsides along Dalles Mountain Road
Here is a 2015 photograph from a favourite site of many spring wildflower seekers, the Dalles Mountain Road area in southern Washington state.
