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The Desert Tree of Life
I started my career in horticulture spring of 1980 when I got a job as a laborer at a wholesale nursery northwest of Tucson....
Thank you, Grandmother Nature
I can’t seem to get a handle on how many species of Heuchera are found North America, and there’s gotta be some in Northern...
Our Nodding Onion
The genus Allium has had quite a taxonomic journey and is at this time (stay tuned!) in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, where it had...
Fall Festival of Blooming Asteraceae
How fortuitous to come across Gregg’s mistflower out in the desert scrub during the Fall Festival of Blooming Asteraceae! What a beautiful plant. Oh,...
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A Strong Gift in Bisbee
I had a chance to use the word didymus when describing the seed pods of Menodora, but forgot, so here: the common name twinberry...
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Busy Bees in the Borderlands
Squash bees are out so early in the morning that they’re moving pollen around well before honey bees even arrive. Research done by the...