BARROW WORKS

Knautia macedonia on midsummer's day.

 As the "hyper" in "hypertufa" signifies, hypertufa is an approximation of real tufa rock.  My whole infatuation with...

Saponaria pulmilo .  It doesn't really ask for anything.  It's content to ramble around the feet of the dwarf iris in a very shal...

The lewisia in the crevice is blooming.  I'm not crazy.

At the tail end of a week of spring thunderstorms and showers, the hail hit us Friday evening.  Rachel and I were both home, and watche...

I realized that I started this post about 10 days ago and never finished it.  Sorry it's out of order now.  Think early May as you re...

It's that time of the year...when the alpines in the troughs really shine.  It makes sense that a lot of these plants are spring bloo...