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 […]
Alpine wildflowers – a little quiz!
July and August in the nursery are slower times – very little plant propagation and a lot of watering – so it’s a good time to head for the hills and seek out flowers in the higher parts of the mountains. This year there is still quite a bit of snow at the upper elevations, […]