Tag Archives: proper plant selection

Written on June 1, 2014 at 4:03 am, by Plant of the Month May 2015

  May Night Salvia Salvia ‘May Night’   The flower spikes on this cold hardy salvia consist of deep purple whorls, which sit atop soft, green leaves with toothed margins, that emit fragrance when brushed. This compact variety attracts bees...

Written on June 1, 2014 at 4:01 am, by Plant of the Month March 2015

Beryl Daffodil  Narcissus ‘Beryl’   A delicate heirloom (1907) daffodil with gracefully recurved petals, it resembles an elegant butterfly. Being in the cyclamineus division of daffodils, it has a small, slender downward facing orange cup that fades to yellow, while outer...

Written on June 1, 2014 at 3:13 am, by Plant of the Month Summer 2014

Mme Alfred Carriere  Heirloom Climbing Rose   A heirloom, 1879, climbing rose that excels in our warm climate. The double blooms are intensely fragrant, a creamy white with the occasional flush of pale pink. It is an exceptional repeater, it...

Written on August 3, 2013 at 8:34 am, by Learning A Few New Tricks Treats You, Your Dog To A Welcoming Yard

By Rick Nathanson, Journal Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal If you could see your yard through the eyes of your dog, would your tail be wagging? Is the yard visually pleasing? Is it an inviting physical space for playing and relaxing? That canine...

Written on August 3, 2013 at 2:09 am, by Backyard Pathfinder

By Rick Nathanson, Journal Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal A great lover of the simple pleasures of nature, 19th-century poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau advised people to “pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Written on February 3, 2013 at 8:07 am, by Plant of the Month February 2013

Flowering Crabapple Great strides have been made in the breeding of crabapples over recent years. They used to be avoided in landscapes due to the mess created by the dropping crabapples. Today’s crabapples have many improvements over the older varieties...

Written on January 2, 2013 at 8:09 am, by Plant of the Month January 2013

Allium caeruleum (azureum) (Shown here with Daylily and Four O’clock) Small, perennial bulbs in the onion family. Known for their clear, true blue flowers about 1″ in diameter. Each plant will have several flower clusters. Here in Albuquerque, they naturalize...