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| Penstemon cyaneus |
In the course of my life I've grown no end of penstemons: not merely dozens of species and hybrids--I'll bet I've grown nearly a hundred. But it wasn't till this past summer I encountered one of the most dazzling. Penstemon cyaneus has a rather large range in the Middle Rockies, as you can see below.
I've criss-crossed that region more times than I can think of, but this is the first time I found a mother-load of this wonderful taxon. Now...to get seed and GROW it! I know there are a lot of pictures of this...but how do you pick?
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| P. cyaneus next to the asphalt |
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| Here next to Lake Yellowstone |
Now which ones would YOU have weeded out. Our trip to Northern Wyoming over the 4th of July this past summer was a wonderful re-visit (I've done it a dozen times--maybe more)--each time I find something new...
2024 was eventful in terms of travel: the paramo of Ecuador, cloud forest nearby and the Galapagos in January. Early spring in California with Fritillaria affinis and so much more in abundance, Superbloom in the Hill Country of Texas, my third year of Superbloom in South Africa...almost forgot England and Armenia in May...
But sometimes you find something every bit as dazzling close to home: do join me next June for the AGM of the North American Rock Garden Society in Cheyenne: it is going to be amazing!
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