Scientific name: Agave parryi Common names: Parry’s agave, mescal agave Family: Asparagaceae, sub-family Agavoideae Photo by Jeanne Gozigian. Also mentioned: American century plant (Agave americana), monument [...]
Scientific name: Yucca faxoniana Common name: Faxon yucca Plant family: Asparagaceae Article by Susan Bruneni Photos by Patrick Alexander, Botanist, Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office Yucca [...]
August 2018 By Scott Canning, Horticulture and Special Projects Director It is too easy to give up on the garden in August, but DON’T; “letting [...]
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Become certified as a Master Naturalist in this twelve week course focusing on the ecology of Northern New Mexico. This in-depth [...]
Scientific Name: Dalea purpurea Prairie purple clover flower close up (Dalea purpurea). Photo by Janice Tucker Common name: purple prairie clover Plant Family: Fabaceae [...]
July 2018 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture Want to know what to accomplish in your garden in July? Here’s two words: water and weed. [...]
Scientific name: Anemopsis californica Synonyms: A. californica var. subglabra Close-up of bloom, stem and leaves of yerba mansa (Anemopsis californica) at Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve by [...]
May 2018 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture May is the month that warms our gardening souls and then breaks our hearts. We seem to [...]
For this month's "Plant of the Month" article, we'll be taking a closer look at a fascinating community of organisms that are living closely with [...]
April 2018 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture Oh my, here we are: Late winter, turning into our precocious, New Mexico “spring”. Procrastinator that I [...]
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