Echinocereus reichenbachii Columbus Polemonium and an array of bees

and an array of bees

which arise from a thin soil-surface-visible rhizome

attractive to hummingbirds

named in 1977

Anemone keiskeiana has been a gem in our woodland garden

Echinocereus reichenbachii Columbus Polemonium and an array of beesEchinocereus reichenbachii 'Columbus' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Wade Roitsch (Yucca Do) seed collection from Colorado County, Texas, near the town of Columbus, where it grows in gravelly soil. Echinocereus reichenbachii forms upright clumps of thick stems with attractive body paint like tiny brown spines. The plants are further adorned in mid April (NC) with large mauvy pink flowers. Full sun, good drainage, good air movement,