Flowering willows grace a San Juan mountain stream in June Photo courtesy Sage Grizzard
ne of the earliest flowers to bloom in springtime is a wellknown
Oshrub that many people don’t even think of as having flowers.
Violets might come to mind when we imagine the first wildflowers of the season, but flowers don’t need to have petals, and our ubiquitous high-country willows demonstrate this beautifully when their fuzzy silver catkins, aka pussy willows make their first appearance in late…
