Amaryllis can be regal and extremely colorful.(Photo by Charles Mann) Scientific Name: Hippeastrum species Common Name: Amaryllis Plant Family:  Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) Article by Janice Tucker Even though the starkness of winter has its own style of natural beauty, it [...]

Scientific name: Juniperus deppeana Alligator juniper bark (Photo: Cristina Salvador) Common name: Alligator juniper Plant family: Cupressaceae - Cypress Article by Susan Bruneni Santa Feans are very familiar with the one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) that adorns much of [...]

Cutleaf staghorn sumac (photo credit: Janice Tucker) Scientific name: Rhus typhina ‘Laciniata’ Common name: Cutleaf staghorn sumac Plant Family:  Acardiaceae (Sumac) Article and photos by Janice Tucker The Cutleaf staghorn sumac is one hot looking plant in the [...]

Scientific genus: Thymus Common name: Thyme Plant family: Lamiaceae Written by Zachary Sippel, 8th Grade Intern The summer of 2013 brought many changes to the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, including the inaugural year of our youth Internship Program.  Kate Gale [...]

Scientific name: Geranium ‘Gerwat’ Rozanne Rozanne Geranium in flower bed by Janice Tucker Common name: Rozanne geranium Plant Family:  Geraniaceae (Geranium) Article and photos by Janice Tucker The Rozanne geranium produces multitudes of violet-blue flowers that will bloom [...]

Photo: Tracy Neal Scientific name: Yucca rostrata Plant Family: Agavaceae Common name: Beaked yucca by Susan Bruneni The magnificent Yucca rostrata will greet visitors entering the new Botanical Garden from numerous spots in the Welcome Garden and the Dry Garden. [...]

Plant Name:  Rosa ‘Golden Wings’ (Rosa ‘Golden Wings’) Plant Family:  Rose (Rosaceae) Article by Janice Tucker Golden Wing rose closeup (Janice Tucker) Thank you, Mr. Roy Shepherd for hybridizing the Rosa ‘Souer Thérèse’, Rosa ‘Ormiston Roy’ and Rosa [...]

Scientific name: Cylindropuntia viridiflora (synonym: Opuntia viridiflora) Cylindropuntia viridiflora (photo: Cactus Rescue Project). Plant Family: Cactaceae Common name: Santa Fe cholla Article by Susan Bruneni A very special cactus in the xeric "Dry Garden" within the Botanical Garden at [...]

Scientific name: Caryopteris x clandonensis Plant Family:  Mint (Lamiaceae) , formerly in the Verbena (Verbenaceae) plant family Caryopteris x clandonensis cultivar (Photo by Janice Tucker) Common name: Blue Mist spirea Article by Janice Tucker Photos by Janice Tucker [...]

Scientific name: Koelreuteria paniculata Plant Family:  Sapindaceae Common names: Golden Rain Tree, Pride of India, China Tree, Varnish Tree Article by Susan Bruneni When Santa Fe Botanical Garden completes the new Botanical Garden on Museum Hill, one of the trees [...]

Campsis radicans (American trumpet vine) and Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Madame Galen’ (Trumpet vine ‘Madame Galen’) Plant Family:  Bignoniaceae (Trumpet creeper) Article by Janice Tucker Campsis Mme Galen (Tracy-Neal) Vines create interesting, vertical dimensions to one’s garden. Flowering vines [...]