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Google News: Chuparosa adds color to landscape
[The Desert Sun] - James Cornett, Special to The Desert Sun There are not many plant species in the desert that produce red flowers; lots of yellow and white blossoms but just a few with red flowers. Perhaps that's why the Chuparosa shrub with its reddish flowers is so
Google News: Rains bring abundant sweetbrush
[The Desert Sun] - James Cornett/Special to The Desert Sun One of the most abundant shrubs in the Coachella Valley is the sweetbush, known to botanists as Bebbia juncea. It is found in most habitats including rocky hillsides, canyon washes and alluvial fans.
Google News: Many splendors of the desert remain
[The Desert Sun] - James Cornett, Special to The Desert Sun I first visited the Coachella Valley in 1965, when I was still in high school. I had just obtained my driver's license and coerced my parents into letting me borrow the older of two family cars.
Google News: Meet your pal, the ocotillo
[The Desert Sun] - James Cornett/Special to The Desert Sun One of the best known and most recognized desert plants is the ocotillo. In fact, based upon some research on my part, it is the very best known and most popular desert plant in the Southwest.
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