A Wandering Botanist

Species in the genus Sambucus are called elder . That somehow doesn't sound right to my eastern North American ear, so I always say elde...

 It has been snowy and cold, icy and cold, windy and cold, and just cold the last week. So here are so plant photos to remind you of warmth....

It was a rainy September day two years ago when I visited the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. We walked from our hotel, down old streets ...

The plant I call fernbush is an American shrub native to the U.S. west, from eastern Oregon and Idaho south to California and New Mexico. It...

Botanical gardens are zoos for plants; places where plants from around the world are conserved. Frequently they are public but they do not h...

Beauty bush is a pretty shrub native to central China. It is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliacae. It was introduced first to G...

In this holiday season, I am trying to bring my books to people's attention, hoping for interest that leads to being read. I wrote the n...