Also called purple vetch, this herbaceous perennial vine is native to Europe, southwest Asia, and northern Africa but was introduced into the US for soil improvement and erosion control in…
California fuchsia, also known as hummingbird flower and firechalice, is a semi evergreen subshrub and a member of the evening primrose family, Onagraceae, that also includes Gaura and Clarkia. It…
Known by several names including golden coreopsis, plains coreopsis, and calliopsis, this annual is native to much of the US especially the Great Plains and South where it grows in…
Native to the cliffs,hills and alpine areas of Arizona and New Mexico, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is a member of the saxifrage family, Saxifagaceae, that also include tiarella, bergenia, and…
Growing up to 90’ tall, this deciduous tree is native to moist areas in bottomlands and lowland such as riparian soils and the edges of swamps from Massachusetts to Wisconsin,…
Also known as zebra aloe, this evergreen succulent perennial is native to southern and eastern South Africa, and south-eastern Botswana and Zimbabwe where it grows in a variety of habitats…
Long narrow buds open to large full cup-shaped flowers up to 5.9″ across . The fragrant flowers are carried singly or in clusters of up to 5 and have rich…
Red alder is a deciduous tree native to North America from southeast Alaska south to central coastal California with an extension inland across Washington and Oregon into northermost Montana. It…
Sherry wine is a fortified wine made from white grapes that originated in the Cadiz area of southern Spain when the Phoenicians introduced the first vines to Jerez in Andalusia,…
Also known as Douglas’s meadowfoam, this fast growing annual is native to grassy wet areas of California and Washington, and is a member of a small plant family, Limnanthaceae, consisting…
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