Nice, Chris. Is it surprising because it flowered at this time of the year, or
had you given it up as one that would flower at all?
Chris
On 16 Jul 2012, at 15:08, Chris Trask wrote:
> I ventured into my garden Saturday evening after some severe
> thunderstorms had passed to the north. To my surprise, I discovered that a
> Guayacan (Guaiacum coulteri syn. G. planchoni) shrub I planted more than
> twelve years ago had flowered for the very first time:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7582795920/in/photostream
>
> To many native plant purists this plant is considered to be an outsider
> since it is not native to Arizona. However, it can be found in the southern
> portions of the Sonoran Desert near Carbo and Ures in the state of Sonora,
> and for that reason it can be considered a native Sonoran Desert plant in the
> broad sense, in the same way that we accept plants from Baja California and
> the northern portions of the Chihuahuan Desert that extends into the
> southeastern portion of the state. Although there is some general
> disagreement at the northern extreme, the crest of the Sierra Madre
> Occidental establishes the separation between the Sonoran and Chihuahaun
> deserts.
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