Plant Sightings

Striking!  …It’s the word that can be used to describe this plant in the  landscape—and it seems the naming botanist […]

This flower is so fun and widespread in the world that many people remember it from days of childhood—One touch,

The  Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a hickory tree species native to the US  and Mexico that grows to a maximum

The  Orchid Tree (aka. Mountain Ebony, Kachnar; Bauhinia variegata) is  popular as an ornamental tree in subtropical and tropical environments,

The  modern domesticated Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is a leguminous  herbaceous perennial from the tropics and subtropics that is thought to

I would never look at this and intuitively say “mmm, this is going taste sweet”! Yet, the Grass Tree (aka.

The  Sunchoke (aka. Jerusalem Artichoke; Helianthus tuberosus) is a  sunflower that is native to North America and also now naturalized

The Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) makes an attractive hedge or small tree in the garden with inconspicuous flowers to the

A  native root vegetable of the Americas, Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum)  have been domesticated for approximately 7,0000-10,000 years, though it  is

Native  to the prairies and sunny fields of US and Mexico, Lemon Beebalm (aka.  Lemon Bergamot; Monarda citriodora) is a