A hike in the nearby sky islands has Petey excitedly stumbling over plant names while giggling and jabbering away. Better listen.
Simmondsia chinensisis is now in its own family, Simmondsiaceae, and not in the boxwood family, Buxaceae. Yay! The foliage and stems of jojoba are...
I grew and sold California buckthorn for several years. Early on I sold it wholesale to other nurseries, but I also sold it at...
If I had wobbled up any higher on that rocky slope I may or may have not fallen by a ragged rock flower. It...
