Fouquieria splendens Sierra Co NM Malvaviscus This tall-growing martagon provides a

This tall-growing martagon provides a perfect vertical statement in the woodland garden

Marcelle Sheppard

The patch of tripartite dark green leaves

simply stunning and small enough to fit in almost any sunny garden

Fouquieria splendens Sierra Co NM Malvaviscus This tall-growing martagon provides aOcotillo is one of those signature plants that draws your attention when you visit the Southwest US desert. Although many folks assume it to be a cactus, ocotillo is so bizarre, it's sequestered by taxonomists in its own family, Fouquieriaceae. Fouqueria splendens is native throughout the Chihuhuan and Sonoran Deserts from Texas through California. The naked upright stems can reach 20', and appear dead until rain causes the leaves to emerge, which can