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A spring revival
Yellow-orange caltrops are also called summer poppies. These were in the Tucson Mountains.
A spring revival
A trip into the Tucson Mountains west of the city brings into view hillsides that are uncharacteristically green for this time of year, thanks to bountiful monsoon rainstorms.
A spring revival
The Sonoran Desert is showing off with a sort of "second spring" this month, thanks to repeated dousings from monsoon rains. Clumps of wildflowers dot the landscape, cacti are blooming brightly, and hillsides are cloaked in lush green growth smack in the heart of the hot desert summer.
Xeriscape paradise
A Trichocereus - the "Flying Saucer" - blooms in Mark Tylutki's yard. He converted his water-gulping landscape to a desert garden.
Xeriscape paradise
The front yard of Mark Tylutki's and Karen Campbell's Sam Hughes home has been converted from lawns to a colorful desert garden.
Xeriscape paradise
"I absolutely get joy looking at it,''says Karen Campbell of the cactus garden. An orange Trichocereus is shown.
Xeriscape paradise
Mark Tylutki knows all of his desert garden babies by name. There is Trichocereus Flying Saucer, with a glorious pink bloom. There's tall and twisty Pedilanthus macrocarpus and Harrisia jusbertii, with stunning white blossoms that smell faintly of honeysuckle and vanilla.
May 13, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
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This is Arizona. Eat your hearts out, New Yorkers. Arizona is well-known for its sunsets, and this one, seen from Saguaro National Park West, silhouettes saguaro and ocotillo.
Tonight is Bloom Night at Tucson's Tohono Chul Park
One of the highlights of teh Southern Arizona monsoon is the annual bloom night of the cereus cactus, Peniocereus greggii, better known as "Queen of the Night."
Bloom night watch 2011: Buds are in 'stall' phase
One of the highlights of monsoon is the annual bloom night of the cereus cactus, Peniocereus greggii, better known as "Queen of the Night." Tohono Chul Park, which has the largest private collection of this cactus in the United States, keeps us all updated on when this special night will happen.
The Queen of the Night at Tohono Chul Park
Armed with flashlights and cameras, crowds gather at Tohono Chul Park to view the yearly one night only night blooming cereus.
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