The two spectacular plants above are tropical bougainvilleas that are thriving in New Mexico because I winter them over in my small greenhouse. They require constant pruning because they are vines that must be tamed in order to behave like normal house plants. As you can see from the first photo below, these plants are very determined to be vines … Read More
Evening Primroses
The second variety of evening primrose is Oenothera rosea, also known as the pink evening primrose, commonly called “ditch pinks” because they escape from cultivation and grow along irrigation ditches.
Watch Out for Jimson Weed!
The name “Jimson” is a corruption of Jamestown in Virginia, where it put two colonists in a “frantick condition” for eleven days where they turned into fools.
Bougainvilleas as Houseplants
Along the highways near Mérida in Yucatán, bougainvilleas are used as ground cover and the effect is spectacular.
