Juniper Level Botanic Garden

Klein’s Cholla

Just finishing it's flowering for the year is our specimen of Cylindropuntia kleinii. This North American native to the Chihuahuan desert regions of Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, forms a 5' tall, gnarly specimen, composed of long, jointed sections, that break away as they become attached to anything that tries to pass to near. Many people theorize that this is an ancient, now stable hybrid of…...

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Glade Runner

Although it was discovered by U.T. Waterfall (not making this up), in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, in 1966, and subsequently named in 1970, the Glade Bee Balm, …...

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