Touring the Two Gardens

Touring the Two Gardens
Both of these private gardens can be visited by groups from two to twenty. Contact Moria at moriainsantafe@yahoo.com for information. Click on the photo here to go to the TP blog.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Donkeytail spurge


An invasive alien, donkeytail spurge is often welcomed for its early show of brilliant chartreuse bracts and unusual form. Granted it's pretty, granted it's xeric, but it gives me and many others a rash horribly reminiscent of poison ivy and so I don't encourage it. It will self-sow abundantly if you let it. Here it is in bloom in early April. Note the ant sipping nectar in the close-up (click on image to enlarge).

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