Aspens are one of the true delights of high-altitude climates. The interesting bark, beautiful leaves and intensely gold fall color make it one of my favorite trees.
Aromatic juniper is a wonderful evergreen mainstay; it thrives in high desert conditions.
Crabapples also give a long season of beauty, from lush spring bloom to soft green leaves to shiny fruits in late summer, in a conveniently compact size tree!
I love this beautiful, large grass; can't figure out what it is...
Maples by the river...
A large Campsis vine happily strangling a Blue Atlas Cedar.
View from where I'm staying...
And another! Santa Fe has gotten a lot of rainfall this summer; everything is quite lush.
Focus fail makes for an interesting picture anyway; think I'll keep it!
That's better; not sure what these red berries are; maybe Viburnum?
An adopted median with lush plantings of Russian Sage
(Perovskia) and Hummingbird Mint
(Agastache).
This apricot Agastache is just gorgeous...
A perky, pink penstemon!
Ha, figured this one out: Apache Plume
(Fallugia paradoxa) love the silky seed heads
More Crabapples...
And we wrap up with a really sexy line of agaves in a raised bed between the sidewalk and an adobe wall.
