Picos de Europa

December 30, 2020

Revisiting the beautiful area of Picos de Europa in northern Spain. With its’ steep, rocky peaks and humid location next to the Atlantic, this area has lots of rock-growing plants of interest for the vertical gardener.

View of Naranjo de Bulnes from the trail between Sotres and Bulnes.
Iris latifolia.
Ascending towards Naranjo de Bulnes.
Aquilegia sp.
Arenaria purpurascens.
Globularia repens below Naranjo de Bulnes.
Campsite.
Less and less vegetation at higher altitude.
Armeria maritima.
Hypericum nummularium.
Saxifraga trifurcata.
Saxifraga paniculata.
Pedicularis pyrenaica.
Linaria alpina.
Above Fuente Dé.
Eryngium bourgatii and Carduus carlinoides.