Fouquieria splendens Sierra Co NM Verbena heavily veined

heavily veined

2' tall mass of woody stems is clothed with velvety green leaves

Hesperaloe parviflora is one of the little known US native gems from the Southwest that is completely adaptable to most of the moist Southeast

is truly a sight to behold in flower

721 expired) This 2004 Terra Nova introduction is a selection of Japanese painted fern that makes a 2' wide deer-resistant clump composed of fronds of a nice pewtery-silver color

Fouquieria splendens Sierra Co NM Verbena heavily veinedOcotillo is one of those signature plants that draws your attention when you visit the Southwest US desert. Although many folks assume it to be a cactus, ocotillo is so bizarre, it's sequestered by taxonomists in its own family, Fouquieriaceae. Fouqueria splendens is native throughout the Chihuhuan and Sonoran Deserts from Texas through California. The naked upright stems can reach 20', and appear dead until rain causes the leaves to emerge, which can