Tag: names

Grow Iris in the Desert

painting of purple bearded iris by Van Gogh

Iris are enchanting flowers and are just starting to flower now in parts of the Southwest. I appreciate iris because the plants are tough as nails, and grow well in the alkaline soils of the Southwest. They will need more water than a cactus to keep going, but they need […]

The Language of Plants

snapdragon vine vine on gardening with soule

Folks seem to think that Latin-based scientific names are hard to learn and unpronounceable.  If you take it one step at a time – they can be easy!  A few centuries ago, Europeans started exploring this globe, and it became a much smaller place.  One thing that happened was all […]