The winter-long El Niño rains have brought a bumper crop of spectacular flowers. The rain’s about over now, and now we have the stiff winds that, each spring, blow in the summer’s 110-degree heat and blow out the blooms. But for a few days yet, we can enjoy air perfumed with orange blossoms and spectacular sights in our yards (click for larger images):
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- The bougainvillea have run amok. One in the courtyard is a mound of magenta.
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- One of the hundreds of rose blossoms.
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- This one is a deep velvety red, darker than the photo suggests.
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- The freesia is in bloom.
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- Yellow is the desert’s favorite color.
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- Those low clumping mounds look like this up close.
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- The verbena I planted on the mound covering the dead tree stump is thriving.
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- Verbena up close
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- Morning glory’s illegal in Arizona, but this little outlaw doesn’t care.
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- Mountain laurel in bloom
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- The Home Depot iris came back this spring.
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- The neighbor’s yard is awash in orange & gold African daisies.
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- I love the sculptural shape of the agave.
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- Here’s another one.
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- Cassie in the shade of a park tree that has yet to leaf out
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- These lovely, lacey creatures are afloat in the air.
Who needs money when we have real riches?
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Funny–I’ve always loved visiting Arizona–especially in the spring with all the beautiful cactus flowers.
I love these pictures you’ve taken. They’re absolutely beautiful!!