Claret Cup during May in Utah

Claret Cup, May 12 2005
Clearly, this is NOT a woodland wildflower, but claret cup does bloom during the spring. Though woodland wildflowers are my favorites, and the ones that I know best, I also like to explore new places too. I "found" this claret cup near Boulder, Utah, while attending a Rod Planck Photography Tour during May 2005. The tour lasted one week, but some friends and I stayed on for an additional 3 days. As luck would have it, 2005 was an especially good spring for wildflowers in Utah due to record amounts of rain earlier that year.