What’s blooming today? Well, in the canyons west of Durango there’s quite a show going on. As you’ve heard the Evening Primrose are putting on a show, as well as our 3 white blooming spring shrubs, Amalanchier alnifolia, Peraphyllum ramosissimim, and Fendlera rupicola. On our plant walk yesterday we encountered a Rattlesnake, very polite creature. It’s sort of in our culture to just kill these snakes when we encounter but know that this is a reaction bred on fear and ignorance. Hanta Virus (spread by mice) doesn’t rattle, and is much more likely to kill you than a snake. Let the snakes do their job and keep the mice from running amuck. To take one link out of the ecosystem because we have an irrational fear of that link will irrevocably harm the ecosystem and ultimately harm our way of life, so stand up for the snakes when some hillbilly wants to chop’em.
Here are pictures of what is blooming today…
I loved the photo of the primrose opening up, realize it is a year old, but as beautiful as ever.
Also, I loved the words of snake wisdom and could not agree more…. the reason i love snakes so much is their help in keeping rodent population down.