I Need A Cup of Tea

Here is a grass that needs internet documentation as well as promotion into Horticulture. Achnatherum scribneri   (AKA Stipa scribneri)...

Fringed Gromwell- That is my favourite of several funny names, including "Puccoon" for this stunning little darling. It is new ...

The Western Soapberry tree ( Sapindus saponaria var. drumonddi, or just plain  Sapindus drummondii)  is a southern plains beastie who promi...

"Hanging Gardens" is a technical term.  Really.  It's in Stanley L. Welsh's "A Utah Flora." And Zion Nati...

It is horrible to realise that one has not only fallen into, but long been buried in the gutter of that intolerable and irritating trend of...

TUFTED MILKVETCH Astragalus spatulatus Cute name, eh? It is a dolly-dynamite sweetheart beastie. It's been my heart-throb plant f...

There are so many fine plants underappreciated. Case #1 (dare we start here): Dalea frutescens. "Black Dalea" Gardening...