Buckbrush: The 57th Flower of Spring & Summer!

Buckbrush and I have a very tense relationship. I have spent hundreds of hours cutting down and piling up these ugly bushes, and our lower forest is covered with dozens of enormous brush piles, made up mostly of buckbrush! The only time I almost don't mind this prickly shrub is when it's springtime, because the flowers it makes are just beautiful! They are very pretty, but of course they wouldn't have a pretty fragrance like a normal flower...instead, they STINK to high heaven and whenever I go outside I have to endure their cloisome, icky odor! It's a horrible plant!

If you would like to know more about (STUPID) :D Buckbrush, you can read a short entry on Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceanothus_cuneatus

This image was taken in April, 2012.