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Rocky Mountain Ninebark

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Andrea Jones

Physocarpus monogynus As charming as this flowering shrub is, you’d think I would have learned its name long ago, but I didn’t look it up until last year. “Ninebark” comes from the belief that the shrub’s shredding bark consisted of … Continue reading →

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Harebells

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Andrea Jones

My field guide gives the common name as “Common Harebell,” but in my opinion there’s nothing common about them (okay, other than that they’re common (as in frequently seen, particularly this summer)). Pretty, pretty, pretty: And this year, more than … Continue reading →

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Fleabanes and the Like

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Andrea Jones

Another one of those large flower groups that prove troublesome to those of us who haven’t learned to key out plants. These are some of the first flowers we see in spring, but like so many of the native plants, … Continue reading →

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Western Blue Flax

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Andrea Jones

Linum lewisii

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Off Kilter

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Andrea Jones

Talking to me about his business junket in late September, my husband described watching helplessly as one of his traveling companions, tripped up by someone’s luggage in an airport corridor, executed one of those multi-step forward stagger maneuvers. The fellow … Continue reading →

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Local Events: Helicopter Training Proposal

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Andrea Jones

In a bit of a change of pace, I’ll refer you today to a piece titled “Change in the Air” that I wrote for Writers on the Range, an Op-Ed syndication service of the publication High Country News (this link … Continue reading →

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