(Bulb Fennel, Fennel)

Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice in vegetable and meat dishes. In fact, they are the predominant flavor in Italian sausage. Vegetable fennel cultivars develop large, bulbous bases that have the crisp texture of celery and a mild anise flavor. Bulb fennel is a traditional ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and...

(Desert Olive, New Mexican Forestiera)

For arid regions of the western United States, this native deciduous shrub makes a fine hedge in lieu of more thirsty exotics. It is found in a variety of plant communities from the California chaparral to New Mexico’s pinyon-juniper lands. This large, upright, densely branched shrub bears small oblong gray-green leaves along its smooth gray or tan stems. The leaves turn yellow in fall. Unpruned specimens may reach the height of a small tree, but plants may be trimmed to a more compact size. The...

(Ocotillo)

Spectacular in flower and architectural at all seasons, this native of the low elevations of the Colorado and Sonoran deserts of the Southwest United States and Northwest New Mexico is also valued for its tolerance of drought and searing heat. Its numerous stiff, thorny, curving stems form a flowing vase-shaped clump that eventually reaches considerable height. Long conical clusters of showy red or orange flowers occur at the stem tips in winter or spring, attracting hummingbirds. Flowering may occur...

(Beach Strawberry, Strawberry, Wild Strawberry)

This strawberry from the Pacific coasts of North and South America produces relatively little fruit, but it makes a fine ground cover for sun or partial shade. It is one of the parents of the modern garden strawberry.

A herbaceous perennial that spreads via runners, wild strawberry forms low carpets of leathery, glossy, dark green leaves that each have three coarsely toothed leaflets. The foliage take on a beautiful red tint in winter. Plants spread, but not as rampantly as many other strawberries....

(Alder Buckthorn)

Glossy leaves and red turning deep purple-blue berries in autumn are the attractive features of the glossy buckthorn. A deciduous, hardy large shrub to small tree, it is native to much of Europe, extending into extreme northern Africa and western Asia. This plant has proven invasive in the moist soils across much of eastern North America.

With smooth grayish brown bark, the glossy green to dark green leaves add interest to the plant. Each leaf blade is oval and ends in a pronounced tip that often...

(Alder Buckthorn)

Glossy leaves and red turning deep purple-blue berries in autumn are the attractive features of the tallhedge buckthorn. A deciduous, hardy narrow shrub, it is native to much of Europe, extending into extreme northern Africa and western Asia. This upright plant has proven invasive in the moist soils across much of eastern North America, where it has lost favor since first being introduced in the 1950s.

With smooth grayish brown bark, the glossy green to dark green leaves add interest to the plant....

(White Ash)

The classic North American shade tree, white ash, is a large beautiful tree with a broad canopy, upright sturdy trunk and pretty foliage. It’s a fast growing hardwood that naturally exists in hilly forests from Texas to the farthest northeastern reaches of Canada. The lumber it yields is valuable for making furniture, baseball bats, tool handles and flooring.

This upright tree develops an evenly branched oval or rounded crown. The leaves are compound and have five to nine deep green, oval leaflets....

(White Ash)

The white ash cultivar ‘Autumn Applause’ has a spreading crown and fine foliage that turns shades of purple in fall. It was introduced by Morden Research Station in Manitoba, Canada, and was the first selection well-adapted for the prairie region of Canada and the American Upper Midwest.

The classic North American shade tree, white ash, is a large beautiful tree with a broad oval canopy, upright sturdy trunk and pretty foliage. It is a hard-wooded but fast growing species that naturally exists...

(White Ash)

White ash selection ‘Champaign County has a strong-branched, oval crown and fine foliage that becomes bronze-yellow in autumn. It was introduced by Wandell Nursery of Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois in the mid-1970s.

The classic North American shade tree, white ash, is a large beautiful tree with a broad oval canopy, upright sturdy trunk and pretty foliage. It is a hard-wooded but fast growing species that naturally exists in hilly forests from Texas to the farthest northeastern reaches of...

(White Ash)

White ash selection ‘Rosehill' has wide-angle branching, broadly oval crown and fine foliage that becomes multi-colored in autumn. This was a chance seedling first labelled as outstanding by E. Asjes, Jr., of Rosehill Gardens, Kansas City, Missouri in the mid-1960s. It is highly regarded for its tolerance to alkaline soils.

The classic North American shade tree, white ash, is a large beautiful tree with a broad oval canopy, straight sturdy trunk and pretty foliage. It is a hard-wooded but fast...