From the public television episode for
May 19

Weekly Features:

1. Introduction to Rio Grande Botanic Garden, with Curtis Smith and Dale Sokkary

   Tulip tree Bergenia Heuchera Caladium

   Chocolate flower Purple penstemon Red penstemon Tower of the Nile

2. Trees for Southern New Mexico (Part 2) with John White

   Mexican redbud Chinese pistache

   Texas honey mesquite Golden ball lead tree

Questions and Answers

• Northern N.M.: Rio Grande Botanic Garden, with Dale Sokkary and children of Arroyo del Oso Elementary School

  "Why don't cacti have leaves?"-- Dani Thurman "Why do cacti have prickly spikes?"--Maria Curiel "What is the big white flower in the rose garden?"--Bryanna Ortega "What are the big blue flowers in the glass house?"--Katrina MacAhan

• Southern N.M.: Trees for Southern New Mexico (Part 1) with John White

  Montezuma cypress Chitalpa Mexican buckeye

  Chinese lacebark elm Burgundy desert willow

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