SAVE THE DATE!
After a two year hiatus, the Friends are very excited to announce we will be hosting a Desert Arboretum stroll Saturday April 23, 2022 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT! Peruse the garden at your leasure during this “drop-in” style event!
Please enjoy the series of short videos below which were released in the spring of 2020, as we were unable to hold our annual Desert Arboretum Stroll that year.
Virtual Desert Arboretum Stroll
Close-ups of Featured Plants By Segment
Segment 1
Chihuahua Pineapple Cactus
New Mexico Claret Cup Cactus
Feather Dalea
New Mexico Claret Cup Cactus with buds
Segment 2
Banana Yucca
Desert Zinnia
New Mexico Claret Cup
New Mexico Rainbow Cactus
Torrey’s Yucca
Segment 3
Desert Willow planted in 2019
Desert Willow blooms (flowers spring/summer)
Feather Dalea
Ocotillo – just starting to bloom
Texas mountain laurel bush (currently blooming)
Segment 4
Bonker’s hedgehog
Christmas Cholla
Little leaf sumac
Old Man of the Desert Cactus (takes many years to bloom)
Pincushion Cactus
Stemless Evening Primrose
Segment 5
Apache Plume blossoms
Apache Plume up close
Apache Plume
Beargrass
Cliffrose (loved by pollinators)
Desert Four O’Clock
Desert Four O’Clock up close
Fendler Bush
New Mexico Locust Tree blossoms
Segment 6
Beavertail Cactus
Creosote in bloom
Pink hedgehog cactus
Rainbow cactus
White Sands claret cup cactus
Segment 7
Spiny stars
Wiggins Cholla
Visit our photo gallery for more photos of the Desert Arbortetum