“It’s tricky picking pretty prickly poppy plants.” Try saying that five times fast. If you’re having difficulty twisting your tongue around the words, it’s a lot easier than wrapping your hand around ...

Prickly poppies, Argemone polyanthemos, were abundant and in full bloom along the Degge Trail in the greenbelt in north Boulder. I enjoyed examining the blooms to see the pollinating solitary bees, ...