Last June, we had our landscaper install several shrubs and trees around the property. One of those is a flowering plum tree in the courtyard. Being a deciduous tree, it lost most of its leaves over the winter. Now that spring has sprung, the tree is showing several little (¾ inch) flowers and some new foliage. Click on the image to enlarge.
We were at the dog park again today. While the dogs ran around, I took pictures of them and of some of the wildflowers growing around the perimeter of the park. This Desert Mallow, sometimes called Apricot Globe Mallow, can be seen all over the southwestern desert regions. Their half-inch flowers bloom between February and November. Click on the image to enlarge.
While we were at the dog park today, I snapped some photos of the desert wildflowers around the perimeter of the park. There were several varieties in bloom including this Desert Marigold. We also saw several orange-colored Desert Mallow flowers next to the park. Click on the image to enlarge.
The first four flowers on one of the hedgehog cacti have opened. There will be dozens of them this spring according to the number of buds I see on both cacti. This one is very pretty. Click on the image to enlarge.
None of our beavertail cacti are ready to show flowers just yet, but this more mature cactus belonging to a distant neighbor has pink flowers in abundance with more on the way. I can hardly wait for our beavertails to start early flowering.
P.S. My hedgehog cacti will be showing pink flowers very soon.
“Gold Strike” is the name the grower of these beautiful yellow roses gave to this variety. I bought a dozen of these and some baby’s breath to decorate the great room in our home. I also got more daffodils for the office and guest bathroom. There sure are a lot of yellow flowers in the house this week. 🙂 Click on the image to enlarge.
