Tag Archives: Native Plants

It’s Fall on the Aquarius Plateau

Escalante in the fall – supurb!!!

Days are warm, nights are cools and monsoons are over.  The Rabbit Brush has finally bloomed – it’s about a month late, and the Sunflowers have turned to seed.  I’ve cut back my Holly Hock and the cherry tomato is still doing it’s thing.  The beans are beginning to dry for seed beans for next year.

According to my friends in the Escalante lodging segment, they are getting booked through the 21st of October.  While Bryce begins to shut down (they begin to have freezing nights soon) we’re still in the high 40’s and low 50’s at night.  Another 6-8 weeks before the first frost. 

At the Gallery, I’m hanging fall foliage pictures as the Aspen begin their annual show.  I even have Copper plated Aspen Leaf Jewelry.  I’m working on a couple of special orders and have been asked to teach a class on knitting Chemo Caps this Thursday night at the LDS Church.  Everyone is welcome.

Wildflowers, Weeds and Native Plants

This post starts a conversation on wildflowers, weeds and native plants.  There are so many to talk about and photograph it should be an on-going conversation.

Right now Western Salsify is in full bloom and the seed-heads look like Mountain Dandelion. A native to Eurasia and now established over much of temperate North America, it is found roadside and waste sites.  The bright yellow flowers are pleasant, but it takes over quickly.

Cut the flowers to keep it from going to seed as it is a
biennial.

Western Salsify seed head and potential bloom