Plants in Chaco Canyon

When my folks lived in Australia, I learned that one person's weed is another person's flower. I learned this when the we saw folks growing Queen Anne's Lace in their flower gardens. This was always a weed on the side of the road that served as a home for chigger's to me. In Chaco Canyon, the spring rains brought out a lot of what I considered beautiful flowers. However, I am sure some natives of the area will get a kick about me posting pictures of weeds on this blog.


This flower was growing under our picnic table
This beautiful dark pink grass lines the roads in New Mexico and Arizona
Thanks to Joe, I know the name of this orange flower starts with an "m"
The bloom on the Apache Plume looked like feathers
This Rabbit Brush was covered with little white cotton tails
The blooms on this Claret Cactus had not opened
This Claret Cactus was in bloom

We also saw Cactus with yellow blooms and fuchsia blooms