Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in SPRING 10 x 8 in Giclée Print on paper Print Size and Style:10 x 8 in Giclée on Paper I painted this image mainly

I painted this image mainly to help myself memorize the traits and names of the five most common junco types that return to Colorado each fall and stay for winter

The shrubs along with standing flower stalks and seed heads provide winter shelter for a variety of pollinators as well as both food and cover for chickadees

wallflower

Original watercolor by Susan E

Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in SPRING 10 x 8 in Giclée Print on paper Print Size and Style:10 x 8 in Giclée on Paper I painted this image mainlyA native wildflower garden along the front range of the Rocky Mountains delivers beauty as well as habitat for birds and pollinators throughout the year. From mid April through June, the garden heralds spring with an explosion of blossoms on native shrubs like Woods rose, golden currant, chokecherry and red osier dogwood. The yellow blooms of blanket flower, wild buckwheat, wallflower, and golden columbine contrast with blue flax, lupine and purple