I love desert honeysuckle (Anisacanthus thurberi). It’s a favorite plant and I think that’s because of seeing it growing and flowering in that arroyo along the road to Gates Pass way back in the olden days. My gosh doesn’t a drive to the Sonoran Desert through Gates Pass sound like fun. I haven’t done that in many years. Please don’t tell me there are strip malls all the way there. That would call for a lot more flora and fauna medication. Maybe that’s a good thing…the meds, not the malls.
The photos are mine and taken at our home where I have planted desert honeysuckle and gotten volunteers as well. In the wild I’ve come across flower colors of yellow or orange or the brick red. And, there are other neat Anisacathus species and selections in the horticulture trade. So go to your favorite nursery and say, “Hey, you got any cool Anisacanthus?”
