DON’T MISS THE WILDFLOWER DISPLAY OF 2019!

by Yvette Henson CSU Extension, San Miguel Basin As we know, summers in our mountains are short but glorious!   If the snow ever melts this summer, the wildflower display should be one of the best ever! Go hiking and/or take a Native Plant Class!   CSU Extension offers a variety of classes across the state as does the Colorado Native Plant Society.   Be on the lookout for those and other native plant classes and field trips near you! I am planning on spending as much time as I can in the mountains this summer and I hope to see some new things as well as old-favorites!   A plant I search out every year on my property at 8,400’ is stemless Easter daisy, Townsendia exscapa .    It is blooming now.   Easter Daisy- photo by Yvette Henson A wildflower that I look for in late May is Erigeron compositus.   I look for it growing on the shelfs of rock cliffs in a canyon near Rico at about 9,000’.   Erigeron photo by Yvette Henson Who isn’t delighted to stumble across a fairy-slipper orchid, Caly