Scientific Name: Achillea Plant Family: Asteraceae Common Name: Yarrow Text and Photos by Janice Tucker   What would Achilles have done without yarrow? According to Greek mythology, this great warrior of the Trojan wars carried yarrow into battle [...]

Scientific Name: Mentzelia multiflora Plant Family: Loasaceae – Blazing star Common Names: Adonis blazing star, Buena mujer Photos and Text By Janice Tucker One afternoon a few years ago while the Santa Fe Botanical Garden’s Herbarium crew searched [...]

Scientific Name: Crocus Plant Family: Iridaceae - Iris Common Name: Saffron By Janice Tucker The Crocus species are among the hundreds of plants to be included in the Botanical Garden at Museum Hill. The latest plant collection list [...]

Scientific name: Lycoris squamigera Common names: Resurrection lily (also known as Magic lily) Family: Amayllidaceae - Amaryllis Text and Photos by Janice Tucker The Resurrection lily (also known as Magic lily) bulbs will be one of the most striking of the blooming plants [...]