Look what we saw when we walked the loop on Friday.  This one was at the top of Clifford’s hill.  What a pleasant surprise after that climb.  I took its picture, then looked it up in my books when we got home.  Isn’t it just the sweetest color of purple?  

 

They are native to the United States, and grow on dry, rocky hillsides from Maine to Florida and west to Arizona and New Mexico.  I hope you get to see some in your travels.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!