Scientific Name: Lithospermum incisum Plant Family: Boraginaceae – Borage, Forget-me-not Common Name: Puccoon, Fringed gromwell, Narrowleaf stoneseed By Janice Tucker Spring often seems to come slowly to Santa Fe. The first bulbs tease us with their bright flowers [...]

Scientific Name: Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ Plant Family: Acer – Maple Common Name: Redleaf Japanese maple By Janice Tucker While not entirely rare or uncommon, the appearance of a Redleaf Japanese maple in a Santa Fe Garden is always a bit [...]

Scientific Name: Delosperma ‘John Proffitt’ Table Mountain Plant Family: Aizoaceae – Ice plant Common Name: Ice Plant ‘John Proffitt’ Table Mountain By Janice Tucker Is there a perennial for the Santa Fe area that blooms profusely and brilliantly from spring [...]

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 [...]