Claret est un petit village des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, perché sur un minuscule replat dominant la vallée de la Durance. Le territoire de la commune s'étend d'ailleurs jusqu'à cette rivière, sur les bords de laquelle l'arboriculture est très active. J'ai toujours apprécié d'observer, en descendant, le troupeau de ses toits serrés autour de l'église.

Claret fait face au département des Hautes-Alpes. On distingue ici l'arrondi du col de Faye, dans un reste de lumière.

Spring in the Desert

Claret cup cactus is native to the desert areas of the American Southwest. It grows wild in Juniper Pinyon woodlands, creosote scrub and Joshua tree forests

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Val Claret - Tignes à 2 127 mètres.

En arrière plan à droite, Le glacier de la Grande Motte, 3 653 m d'altitude.

Also known as: Hedgehog Cactus, Mojave Mound Cactus, Kingcup Cactus, That Spiny Thing You’ll Regret Touching

This cactus is the prom queen of the desert—short, spiky, and radiant in red. The flowers look like someone dipped a shot glass in cherry Kool-Aid and dared it to grow on a porcupine.

It thrives in dry, rocky places where most plants say, “Nope,” and curl up to die. Not the Claret Cup. This one digs in, throws shade (literally none), and blooms like it’s starring in a spring fashion show for hummingbirds.

Why do I love it?

Because it’s tough, it’s gorgeous, and it only stabs you if you get too close, which is also how I feel about some relatives.

Couplet:

It blooms like a torch in the desert's embrace,

Just don't try to hug it—it'll scratch up your face.

All my trees are turning wonderful colours.

Still very wet and windy here, so another reminder of summer.A beautiful fuchsia ,never sure how to describe the colour, is it red,claret,burgundy or magenta .........

There's nothing quite like wandering the mesa when the cacti are blooming!

This is a rose that I planted 22 years ago, and it is a firm favourite, with its lovely velvety claret petals.

Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX Macro

My only "proper" shot from a week skiing in Tignes last week. First evening, also the only clear night we had! Val Claret under a moonlit Grande and Petit Balme.

Nearest I could get in flowers to match BCFC colours

Flowering Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Native to S.W. United States and N. Mexico.

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Claret cup cactus in full bloom as seen along the McPhee Reservoir Rim Trail near Dolores, Colorado.

Home garden shot.

Taken with my trusty D300 and 40mm micro Nikon lens. It still delivers despite the small sensor.

such a bountiful year for these Claret Cups

Tucson, Arizona

Burnley 2 - 1 Sheffield United

So we will be back in the Premier League next season; it’ll always be difficult for us in that league… we don’t have the money that the big city clubs have… but we’ll always give it our best shot.

It’s great for the town and surrounding areas too.

I bought my season ticket for next season back in March. It was the same price regardless of what division we’d be playing in. My seat was £520 for the season.

Proud to be a Claret! ♥️💙

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One of the first cacti to bloom in West Texas.

Fleeting claret and gold sunset light shines above the western mountains bordering the blustery, icy magnificence of Abraham Lake, near Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Experiences come and go with the passing years, and memories might fade, but few places stand out in my mind like Abraham Lake. Of course, there are the signature stacks of methane bubbles trapped like miniature lenticular clouds in the ice, but perhaps the greater joy was in all the other frozen colors, reflections, shapes and wonders shining and rippling in that low winter light.

Thanks for viewing!

Mesa County, Colorado.

The beautiful claret cup cactus flower.

If ever there was a scene too big to fit into the frame of any camera, it's this overlook in Alberta.

I had to shoot a five shot vertical panorama in order to stitch together this composition.

This allowed me to capture not only the composition that I saw with my own eyes but had the added bonus of making the peaks appear taller than they really are.

I know that I bleat on about mosquitos a lot in my vlogs but this morning was pretty much a breaking point for me.

I donated so much blood to those evil freeloaders that I should receive some kind of award or at least some free cookies like you get at the donor bank.

That day I resolved to only ever visit the Rockies during colder seasons.

To this day I continue to deny free meals to those erratically flying claret scroungers.

Thanks for looking.

Gavin

(Erythemis mithroides)

Trinidad, west INdies

Spring Creek Basin, Colorado

Lucky Find At Cactus Mart

Red Hills Desert Garden, Saint George, Utah

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes, scrub, and mountain woodland. E. triglochidiatus is the official state cactus of Colorado.

One of our 'claret' sunflowers catches the late afternoon sun.

in my garden

Blossoms of claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) burst forth about the time hummingbirds arrive in my Albuquerque The claret cup is a variety of hedgehog cactus.

close-up of New Mexico Claret Cup Flowers

(kein sinnvoller, deutscher Name)

Claret-Cup Cactus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Mal ein Blümchen von mir :-))

Dieser Kaktus ist von 1986. Ich habe ihn seit ca. 1995.

Die Pflanze hat nun die stattliche Größe von 7cm.

Er ist absolut winterhart und steht bei uns das ganze Jahr draußen.

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claretcup, and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes, scrub, and mountain woodland. It is most abundant in shady areas. (Wikipedia)

Also known as Hedgehog Cactus, Mojave Mound Cactus, and Kingcup Cactus.

Joshua Tree National Park, CA

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

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Latin Name: Astrantia major 'Claret' - Masterwort

This is part of an autumn floral series, showing some of the colours and plants in our garden in September.

Taken with my Canon EOS 7D Mark II and Canon Telephoto Zoom 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM EF Lens and framed in Photoshop.

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