Scientific name: Ephedra equisetina Common names: bluestem ephedra, bluestem joint fir Scientific name: Ephedra torreyana Common names: Mormon tea, joint fir Plant Family:  Ephedraceae (joint fir) Article and photos by Janice Tucker Ephedra equisetina (bluestem joint fir) growth habit early [...]

European holly (Ilex aquifolium), family Aquifoliaceae Mistletoe (Viscum album), family Santalaceae Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), family Pinaceae Article by Jeanne Gozigian What all of these “Christmas Greens” have in common is that they are evergreens, retaining their green leaves throughout the [...]

Scientific name: Eragrostis trichodes Common name: sand lovegrass Plant family: Poaceae Article by Susan Bruneni Visitors to Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill this time of year are treated to the airy purplish flowers and slender delicate foliage [...]

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 [...]