We were in the Northwest Phoenix Metro Valley today. A lot of the Red Bird of Paradise shrubs were in bloom. We stopped at a little shop that had these in their landscape plot, so I took several photos of flowers on my favorite desert shrub. Click on the image to enlarge.
The valley gets their flowers about a month before we do in Wickenburg due to the elevation and temperature difference, I guess. My three shrubs in the courtyard have already started their spring comeback with sprouts from two inches to a foot. They grow really fast, so it won’t be long before we have these flowers in our courtyard.
As you may remember, this was one of my favorite flowers while I was out in the Phoenix area a few of years back. You are the guys who ID’d it for me when I posted it on my blog. Thanks for the reminder, spectacular flowers growing just about everywhere including vacant lots.
Yep now we have them growing in our courtyard. One of my favs. Hope your doing well!!