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The view out my window this morning: The whiplash spring of the Colorado Front Range is in full force. A couple days ago it was nearly 70F, with violets and crocuses peeping through the grass, but just a day or … Read More…
Given our whiplash spring weather along the eastern edge of the Rockies, native plants and flowers have had to develop tricks for surviving whatever the clouds dish out. Take the beautiful pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida). It’s one of the … Read More…
Here in Boulder, Colorado, we enjoy what might be called whiplash springs–warm, cold, warm, cold. Snow to sixty degrees in less time than it takes to write this post, and back to snow in even less. OK, I exaggerate, but … Read More…