Despite it being the worst of all these Colorado winters, the pasqueflowers in their inimitable patience seemed neither to notice nor care. If you live in the temperate northern hemisphere, you're likely familiar with the genus Pulsatilla: P. patens (originally endemic to a wide swath of Eurasia) has
The vernal equinox hit like a shotgun blast this year. For the uninitiated I should say that the Colorado Front Range already exhibits unorthodox seasonal weather: winters aren't snowy so much as they are windy, with most of the precipitation being deposited in the high country. If Denver
A shared trait I've noticed among disciplinary experts is that they all tend to have a raison d'etre for their chosen profession. Obviously this isn't unique: careerists and hobbyists across the board would describe a sense of ikigai underpinning what they do, but especially
Now for those of you out there who are avid gardeners I doubt the name "Clematis" needs much introduction: practically since childhood, I understood these – by appearance if not by name – as the deep purple flowers that grew on a vine behind my grandparents' house. Their petals