There are two artichokes after all. I didn’t spot the second, smaller pod because it was hiding under one of the large leaves the plant grows. The two pods are currently softball and golf ball sizes.
This means we can have our ‘choke and eat it too!
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Currently showing in front of our house: Spring Hawthorne Flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
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It’s early spring and the star jasmine is in bloom. I only wish that I could include their delicate fragrance in this picture. Click on the image to enlarge.
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For the first time, our artichoke has sprouted a flower pod. We’ve decided not to harvest the edible pod but to let it bloom into the gorgeous flower that artichokes bear. Verna just watered this plant yesterday and did not notice the flower that seems to have sprung up overnight. Click on the image to enlarge.
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This is the Cholla (choy-a) Gardens along the roadway north of the I-10 entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. I cropped the thumbnail image to about the first 90 degrees of a 270 degree view. I took the images used to compose this panorama on Friday as we were headed home. Click to view the entire panorama.
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Seen today in Joshua Tree National Park. The Indian Paintbrush is found in gravelly flats and rocky areas in the California desert. I love the red color of these flowers.
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Click on the image to enjoy this panorama showing the view down the draw facing southwest from Keys View lookout point in Joshua Tree National Park. In the distance, you can see the two dominant snow-capped peaks overlooking the Banning Pass; Mount San Jacinto and Mount San Gorgonio. In the valley below, you can see the darker group of hills that mark the boundary of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, also known as the San Andreas Fault.
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