THEY MAKE THE DESERT BLOOM.(dry-climate plants or xerophytes)(Abstract)

House Beautiful | March 1, 1999| | Copyright

After a hike through a California desert in March, when native plants flower in Day-Glo colors, a gardener sets out on a quest to find more cacti, succulents, and xerophytes

The colors looked more like synthetic dyes than the hues of actual flowers, although the blooms were real enough, scattered on spiky shrubs and plants spilling over onto dusty paths. I was only yards behind the visitor's center in a native plant garden of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County. I had come with a group of friends to hike on the mostly unmarked trails that make ...

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