Scientific name: Sphaerophysa salsula Suggesting pronunciation: S-fair-ee-o-FY-sa sal-SU-la Common names: swainsonpea, Austrian pea, red bladder-vetch Family: Fabaceae (pea family) By Jeanne Gozigian Last spring was the first time I saw this pretty, deep red/orange/maroon flower growing along the walking path of my community lying along [...]
Scientific name: Forsythia species, Forsythia x intermedia Suggested pronunciation: for-SITH-ee-aa in-ter-MEE-dee-uh Common names: Forsythia, golden bell, Easter tree Family: Oleaceae - olive (suggested pronunciation: oh-lee-AY-see-ee) Forsythia in bloom. Photo by Janice Tucker. USDA Plant Zones 5-8 Text by Janice Tucker Photos by Janice [...]
Scientific name: Centranthus ruber (pronounced sen-TRAN-thus ROO-ber) Common names: Jupiter’s beard, red valerian, keys-to-heaven, kiss-me-quick Family name: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) (pronounced cap-ree-foh-lee-AY-see-ee) Jupiter's Beard in full bloom. Photo by Janice Tucker. Article by Janice Tucker. Photos by: Janice Tucker and Sonny Tucker Wouldn’t [...]
Scientific name: Ulmus pumila Pronunciation: UL-mus pu-MIL-a Common names: Siberian elm, Asiatic elm, dwarf elm, but not Chinese elm (they are Ulmus parviflora) Family: Ulmaceae Article by Jeanne Gozigian Photo by John Hilty, Illinois Wildflowers Ah, Siberian elms, the trees I loved to [...]
Scientific name: Cleome serrulata (Pursh) (klee-OH-me ser-yoo-LAY-tuh) Synonym: Peritoma serrulata (per-eye-TOH-muh) Common names: Rocky Mountain beeplant, bee plant, bee spider plant and others Plant family: Cleomaceae (spider plant) (klee-ohm-AY-see-ee) Other Plant families mentioned: Capparaceae (caper) (kap-ar-AY-see-ee), Brassicaceae (mustard) (brass-ih-KAY-see-ee) Article and photos by Janice Tucker [...]
Scientific name: Penstemon strictus Common names: Rocky Mountain penstemon, Rocky Mountain beardtongue, beardtongue Family scientific name: Plantaginaceae Family common name: plantain Article and photos by Janice Tucker Summer will soon come calling to Northern New Mexico, bringing with it a full complement of wildflowers that [...]
April 2019 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture and Special Projects Welcome to the joys and the challenges of April in Santa Fe! April is not winter, but in Northern New Mexico, it isn’t quite spring, either. This is a truly schizophrenic weather month, with [...]
Scientific Name: Dalea purpurea Prairie purple clover flower close up (Dalea purpurea). Photo by Janice Tucker Common name: purple prairie clover Plant Family: Fabaceae (bean) Article and photos by Janice Tucker The color purple arrived on the scene when cool, calm blue merged with [...]
July 2018 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture Want to know what to accomplish in your garden in July? Here’s two words: water and weed. Think of it this way: weeds steal water and nutrients from your garden plants, so weeding is perhaps the number [...]
Scientific Name: Yucca baccata and the Yucca species Common Names: banana yucca, Spanish dagger Plant Family: Asparagaceae – asparagus (recently in the Agavaceae family, which is now the sub-family Agavoideae of the Asparagaceae plant family) Article by Janice Tucker Photo credit: Carl Troy [...]
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