I don’t get botanical “Wow!” moments often, but last week I had one of them. On Thursday I hiked to Van Epps Pass, past the Esmeralda Peaks at the head of the North Fork of the Teanaway River. This part of the Wenatchee Mountains has many areas of serpentine-derived soils, often covered with the rusty […]
Botanical Wonders in the Sawtooths
Alpine flora in the Sawtooths: alpine forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) and spreading phlox (Phlox diffusa) North Central Washington has a rich and diverse flora (best in the Northwest, I think!) and this year, 2017, looks to be a great one for wildflowers. If you are into native flora, as I am, there are so many great […]
Milkweed for Central Washington
Milkweeds (Asclepias sp.) have been in the news in recent years, mostly because of their critical importance to the monarch butterfly. The larvae of this iconic butterfly must feed on milkweed to develop so the adults seek milkweeds for each generation. There are over eighty species of milkweed found in North America. In Washington we have only three native […]
Serviceberry, or is it Saskatoon?
Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) is one of the very first native shrubs to bloom each spring in our area. These medium to tall shrubs (8-18′ tall) can be mass of white flowers in April, prominently displayed on the hills around Peshastin and beyond. They are found throughout Washington, as well as from Alaska and across Canada, south […]
It’s a seedling fiesta!
With the advent of longer days and warmer weather (at least on some days!) we now have seedlings emerging in great quantities at the nursery. We covered our hoop houses with poly film a month ago and over the next four weeks the little plants have popped up. Some species, especially from the shrub steppe, […]
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