Summer Sunshine

Verbesina encelioides – Golden Crownbeard, or Cowpen Daisy tracks the abundant sunlight at the Desert botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

Variegated Irises – Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France

Springtime in Paris wouldn't be complete without a visit to the Tuileries Gardens, which separates the Place de La Concorde and The Louvre Museum.

Desert Rose

Before it gets crazy hot in the desert each year, explosions of color dot the landscape as our local cactii show off their spectacular blooms.

Gift from Giverny

An Icelandic poppy blooms in Claude Monet's spectacular garden at Giverny, north of Paris.

And Whiskers on Kittens

A rose ienjoys a rain shower in the shadow of the duomo di Milano.

Sonoma Sunflower

Sonoma County, smack dab in the middle of the California Wine Country was famously lauded by none other than world renown botanist Luther Burbank as "...the chosen spot on all the earth, as far as natire is concerned."

The Organ Pipe Cactus, like it's big brother, the Sahuaro, grows only in the Sonoran desert. The blooms are magnificent and showy, generally opening at night to be polinated by moths and fruit bats, and closing shortly after dawn.

Wildflowers and Piestewa Peak

Freeblooming African Dasies (Dimorphotheca aurantiaca) herald the arrival of a spectacular year for Arizona wildflowers, with Piestewa Peak and the Phoenix Mountain Preserve in the background.

African Dasies – 2017 Crop

Freeblooming African Dasies (Dimorphotheca aurantiaca) herald the arrival of a spectacular year for Arizona wildflowers.

Her Majesty

Iris