Scientific name: Quercus gambelii Gambel's oak (Photo: Janice Tucker) Common name: Gambel oak Plant Family:  Fagaceae (Beech) Article and photos by Janice Tucker New Mexico has wonderful native trees that do very well in the Northern New Mexico climate. These [...]

Scientific Name: Rosa rubiginosa Sweet briar rose flowers (Photo: Janice Tucker) Synonym: Rosa eglanteria Family: Rosaceae Common Name: sweet briar rose or rose ‘Eglantine’ Article by Jeanne Gozigian Gertrude Stein famously said, “A rose is a rose is a [...]

Scientific name: Oenothera hartwegii subsp. fendleri Oenothera hartwegii subsp. fendleri (Photo by Janice Tucker) Synonym: Calylophus serrulatus  Family: Onagraceae  (Evening Primrose) Common names Fendler’s sundrops, sundrops  Article by Susan Bruneni Sundrops are unique members of the evening primrose [...]

Scientific name:  Eriogonum umbellatum Eriogonum umbellatum in mid summer (Photo by Janice Tucker) Common name: sulphur flower Plant Family:  Polygonaceae - buckwheat Text and Photos by Janice Tucker The Eriogonum umbellatum (sulphur flower) may grow low to the [...]

Scientific name:  Malus × ‘Radiant’ Family: Roseaceae Common name:  ‘Radiant’ crabapple Article by Jeanne Gozigian 'Radiant' crabapple tree in fruit (Janice Tucker) One of the lovely, spring flowering trees in the Goede Family Orchard at the Botanical Garden at [...]

Scientific name: Veronica pectinata Common name: wooly speedwell Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain Photo by Meredith Yue Article by Susan Bruneni One of the featured selections at this year’s Santa Fe Botanical Garden plant sale is Veronica pectinata, or wooly [...]

Scientific name: Chilopsis linearis ART’S SEEDLESS ™ Common name: ART’S SEEDLESS™ desert willow, desert catalpa Plant Family: Bignoniaceae- Catalpa Article and photos by Janice Tucker Lagniappe (lanny-yap) – A little something extra. Trees with showy flowers could be called “lagniappe trees” because [...]

Scientific name: Chamaebatiaria millefolium Fernbush flowers (photo by Janice Tucker) Common names: fernbush or desert sweet Family:  Rosaceae By Jeanne Gozigian The alternate common name of fernbush, desert sweet, gives away the fact that this member of the [...]

Scientific name:  Sporobolus wrightii Common name: giant sacaton, big sacaton Plant Family:  Poaceae Article by Susan Bruneni Sporobolus wrightii (Giant Sacaton) by Janice Tucker Giant sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) has become a popular feature in drought-tolerant gardens in the [...]

Scientific Name: Artemisia frigida Common Name:  Fringed sage (or sagebush), Silky wormword, Prairie sagewort, Arctic sage Artemisia frigida, Fringed sage (Photo by Janice Tucker) Plant Family:  Asteraceae – Aster By Janice Tucker In addition to the bright flowers [...]

Scientific name: Rosemarinus officinalis Common name: Rosemary Family:  Lamiaceae (Mint) Rosemary, an evergreen shrub often sold at Christmas time, sometimes as a small Christmas tree substitute. Photo by Jeanne Gozigian. Article by Jeanne Gozigian “Are you going to Scarborough Faire? [...]