aggregata (Cere Jodo Rio Grande) - E. apiculata (Short-Leaf Eugenia) - E. axillaris (White Stopper) - E. bellonis (Puerto Rico Stopper) - E. biflora (Blackrodwood) - E. boqueronensis (Sierra De Cayey Stopper) - E.
Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Albuquerque
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Farmington, New Mexico Gallup, New Mexico ...
Rio Grande Capsicum Pepper ( Capsicum annuum )
Rio Grande Peach ( Prunus persica )
Rio Lucio Blue Corn ( Zea mays ) ...
aka Rio Grande
new leaves on
Fraxinus velutina
a cultivated variety of Fraxinus velutina, probably from a sport noted for the different leaf type, Fan-tex is always grafted onto F. velutina root stock ...
Cherry of the Rio Grande. By William T. Drysdale. 1971 YB, pp 26-38
Growing Rare Fruit in Northern Calif. By John M. Riley. 1973 YB, pp 67-90
CHESTNUT ...
Capsicum annuum 'Rio Grande Hot' Pepper, Chile 'Rio Grande Hot' (Tex-Mex Heirloom)
annual, easy care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 1a thru 11b ...
Origin: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Growth Habits:
Watering Needs: Regular water in summer. Keep rather dry in winter, rot easily if the substrate is wet and cold, tends to lose its roots in winter.
Eugenia aggregata (Cherry of the Rio Grande, Cere Jodo Rio Grande, Family: Myrtaceae)
Eugenia braziliensis, Eugenia dombeyi (Grumichama, Family: Myrtaceae)
Eugenia confusa (Red Berry Stopper, Family: Myrtaceae) ...
Texas Rock Rose can be see growing native in the Edwards Plateau, Rio Grande Plains, and the Trans Pecos areas of Texas. The most eye-catching feature of this plant is the Hibiscus-like pink to rose colored flowers.
A third species of bald-cypress occurs in Mexico and along the Rio Grande in Texas: Taxodium mucronatum has evergreen foliage and is much less cold hardy than the two more northern species.
The principal species of Williamsii and Lewinii, found in the Rio Grande valley, grow to a height of only 1/2 inch, and the tops, or Mescal Buttons, are from 1 to 1 1/2 inch across and 1/4 inch thick.
[1] It is believed to be indigenous to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States.[6] It has become naturalized in tropical and warm regions worldwide.
Zone 5: Bicentennial, June Gold, Rio Grande, Idlewild, Texstar, TexRoyal, Harvester, La Feliciana, Loring, Dixiland, Redskin, Melba, Palace, White Hale ...
Where it grows: Hillsides between 2,000 and 5,000 feet in Sonoran and Colorado deserts and Rio Grande Plains.
Flowers: Pink-white flowers in clusters summer to fall.
Maintenance: Prune lightly every two or three years to encourage new growth.
Range
Throughout Texas, except Rio Grande Plains and the Trans-Pecos, north toMissouri and Kansas.
Howe, W.H. and F.L. Knopf. 1991. On the imminent decline of Rio Grande cottonwoods in central New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 36(2):218-224.
Everitt, Benjamin L. 1998. Chronology of the spread of tamarisk in the central Rio Grande. Wetlands 18(4): 658-68. (Abstract) ...
If you look at their distribution, you find they migrated up the major water courses; the Mississippi, the Arkansas, the Ohio, the Missouri, the Platt and the Rio Grande.
This plant is native to much of Mexico and to the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas.
Copyediting: Emma Tredwell
Kew would like to thank the following contributors: Rafaela C. Forzza (Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro) and Leonardo Versieux (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte).
In Texas it occurs in the Rio Grande Plains, Edwards Plateau, and the southeastern corner of the Trans-Pecos region.
 See also: Green, May, Evergreen, Orange, Apple
  
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