Today we re visited Tohono Chul Gardens. It's been 2 weeks and the desert bloom is very slow in coming. Tucson had their second coldest winter this year and the plants have not really warmed up. The temperature did get to 80 today but quickly was replaced by 60s when the cloud bank came in.
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| First flowers |
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| This garden just hasn't got started |
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The little purple flowers are Purple Verbena.
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| Sleeping coyote sculpture |
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| Quails are my favorite sculpture. |
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I am not sure what kind of bird this is. It is a new sculpture.
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| Blind Prickly Pear - it has no spines |
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If there are no trees for a fence, use Octillo branches. How do they scrape the sharp spines off?
Tiny little flower buds just beginning to peak around the leaf.
First cactus flower.
Someone(probably a javelina) has been munching on this Prickly Pear. Looks like too many sharp needle like spines to chew.
This rock wall displays the different rock layers in the mountains surrounding Tucson. I can't seem to get a clear enough picture of all the layers. You can get an idea from the poster explanations.
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Cape Agave.
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These little red blooms are tiny bell shaped flowers that hummingbirds love.
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