Gallery: Spring Flowers in Tucson
- Nathaniel Wiley, Rick Wiley, Evan Eider
- May 10, 2023
- 1 min read
Spring is coming to a close and summer (which officially starts 6/21/23), is being ushered in with Tucson's temperatures reaching an average high of about 90° Fahrenheit this month. But spring brought some beautiful flowers along with it. So, here are some of the most beautiful flowers that have been spotted by our photo staff (and some guest photographers) this spring. Enjoy!
Brilliant cactus blooms emerge during spring of 2023. Photo: Rick Wiley
A lizard rests on a log near a blossom on a prickly pear cactus. Photo: Nathaniel Wiley/NWP
A single red blossom reveals itself among a grouping of prickly pear cacti on May 8th, 2023. Photo: Nathaniel Wiley/NWP
Yellow flowers blossom on a cactus in the desert. Photo: Evan Eider
Cholla cactus blooms near the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson, AZ. Photo: Nathaniel Wiley/NWP
Pollen blooms on a large palo verde tree in Oro Valley, Arizona on April 25th, 2023. Photo: Rick Wiley
Two blooms on a hedgehog cactus on a trail near Orange Grove Road. Photo: Nathaniel Wiley/NWP
Brightly colored blooms bursting with pollen on a cholla cactus in Oro Valley. Photo: Rick Wiley
Yellow blooms on an Opuntia macrocentra cactus at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson, AZ. Photo: Nathaniel Wiley/NWP
Dear NW of NWP,
We thoroughly enjoyed these images of our AZ. Thank you for sharing some of the natural beauty we too often take for granted. GR and S
Special thanks to our guest photographers, Rick Wiley and Evan Eider. Evan is a talented writer (and photographer)! Stay tuned to our site for some of Evan's writing in the future.
Many of the photos in this gallery were also edited by Rick Wiley. Rick is a very talented and accomplished photo editor and photographer who has been working in journalism for over 20 years now! He is, no question about it, one of the best in the biz. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to the industry, Rick!
I hope you enjoyed these gorgeous photos. Happy almost summer, everyone! ☀️