Penstemon Visitor wildflowers Quinlan's Through the Seasons: A

Quinlan's Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden

Names along the bottom of the painting

maroon stems of red-osier dogwood

and olive greens creating winter color for those who take the time to observe

a Woodhouse toad hides in the shadows as  a swallowtail butterfly

Penstemon Visitor wildflowers Quinlan's Through the Seasons: ABroad tailed hummingbird visiting a firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii). All penstemon species delight me with their bright flowers and the variety of pollinators they attract, but I love to have firecracker penstemon around mainly because this plants bright red flowers bloom in late spring and early summer just as Broad tailed Hummingbirds are arriving from their wintering areas in Mexico and Central America. Hungry from their long distance