A High Desert Garden
- John P Weiser
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- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:08 pm
- Location: Sparks, NV
A High Desert Garden
Hi Guys and Gals.
I'm back and it's time to start the show. The early show will be of some desert spring ethereal bulbs and perennials that work well as companions for cactus. These are the earliest to bloom in the High Desert. They start to bloom by mid March and are dormant by early June. It is prudent to mark their resting places.
This survival strategy to "beat the heat" is a common adaptation found in dry climates across the world.
Ranunculus andersonii
Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus
Lomatium nevadense var nevadense
Iris reticulata
Allium parvum
I'm back and it's time to start the show. The early show will be of some desert spring ethereal bulbs and perennials that work well as companions for cactus. These are the earliest to bloom in the High Desert. They start to bloom by mid March and are dormant by early June. It is prudent to mark their resting places.
This survival strategy to "beat the heat" is a common adaptation found in dry climates across the world.
Ranunculus andersonii
Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus
Lomatium nevadense var nevadense
Iris reticulata
Allium parvum
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
- John P Weiser
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- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:08 pm
- Location: Sparks, NV
A continuation of early spring ethereals
Viola beckwithii
Hesperochiron californicus
Fritillaria pudica
This is just the start of the spring show. There will be many more to follow.
Viola beckwithii
Hesperochiron californicus
Fritillaria pudica
This is just the start of the spring show. There will be many more to follow.
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
- CoronaCactus
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- Location: Corona, California USA [Zone 10]
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- John P Weiser
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- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:08 pm
- Location: Sparks, NV
Thank you all for the encouragement!
Dave my door is always open! I'm sure Charles would welcome you also.
If anyone else is ever in the area look me up. It would be a pleasure to meet you.
Dave my door is always open! I'm sure Charles would welcome you also.
If anyone else is ever in the area look me up. It would be a pleasure to meet you.
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
- Peterthecactusguy
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- Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:49 am
- Location: Black Canyon City, Arizona
John,
Hey I am going up to Utah in the winter time. I doubt you will be around and there would be nothing to see then, so maybe another time...
Those plants look great, lots neat flowers!
BTW the plants you gave me last year are all doing great. Everyone of them is still alive and some of them are blooming, and a few have lost a pad or two and have multiplied!
I look forward to the rest of your posts from your neck of the woods!
Hey I am going up to Utah in the winter time. I doubt you will be around and there would be nothing to see then, so maybe another time...
Those plants look great, lots neat flowers!
BTW the plants you gave me last year are all doing great. Everyone of them is still alive and some of them are blooming, and a few have lost a pad or two and have multiplied!
I look forward to the rest of your posts from your neck of the woods!
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
- John P Weiser
- Posts: 1261
- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:08 pm
- Location: Sparks, NV
The early spring ethereals are not alone when it comes to early blooms. There are also a few dry-land perennials putting on a show along side them. These plants use modified leaf surfaces to combat water loss. One of the modifications involves the use of fine hairs to shade the surface and dissipate air movement. This helps trap extra humidity, slowing evaporation. You will notice that a gray cast to the leaves in these desert perennials. The gray hues stand out in stark contrast, to the greens found in most plants, enhancing their year round appeal.
Astragalus gilviflorus
Astragalus purshii var. lectulus
Physaria saximontana
Draba hispanica
Astragalus gilviflorus
Astragalus purshii var. lectulus
Physaria saximontana
Draba hispanica
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
- John P Weiser
- Posts: 1261
- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:08 pm
- Location: Sparks, NV
Well things are slow around here. just when I think we may get a few days in the 70F range, it cools off again.
I do have a few in bloom.
Thought you guys and gals would like to see my latest photos of Delosperma sphalmanthoides. It is in full bloom right now.
And one shot of a Pedio.
I do have a few in bloom.
Thought you guys and gals would like to see my latest photos of Delosperma sphalmanthoides. It is in full bloom right now.
And one shot of a Pedio.
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
- Peterthecactusguy
- Posts: 8862
- Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:49 am
- Location: Black Canyon City, Arizona
John,
Nice. Those are some nice flowers you got. I might try and grow some of those iceplants in my yard to stem erosion. I don't know how well they will do there or not. Do those require lots of shade?
Those Pedios are wonderful too!
Nice. Those are some nice flowers you got. I might try and grow some of those iceplants in my yard to stem erosion. I don't know how well they will do there or not. Do those require lots of shade?
Those Pedios are wonderful too!
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.