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What Blooms in the Winter?
What Blooms In The Winter?Even in the Sonoran Desert, many plants go dormant in the winter. Many trees and shrubs are deciduous, and many others simply slow down their biological processes and don’t create much color. There are some exceptions, though. This article will go over some native options and some non-native options that will […]
Winter Legumes to Refresh Your Garden
If you have a garden in your backyard in Arizona, you know how hard it can be to keep garden crops happy throughout the seasons. There’s a helpful strategy built into many of the Sonoran Desert’s native plants, and some winter crops you can plant that operate the same way.For a garden bed built into […]
Low-Water Replacements for Grass Turfs
Clover, Dichondra and Kurapia – Replacements for Grass?These days, every level of Arizona society from the state government to local governments to individual homeowners are trying to find ways to preserve water. The most notable water consumer in residential areas is very obviously the grass, with golf courses and lawns swallowing up huge amounts of […]
Fertilizer and Heat – Don’t Burn the Roots!
Summers are very difficult for trees, shrubs, and turf in the Sonoran Desert. In order to survive, they need much more water than in cooler times of year, and this increased frequency of water has an inconvenient side-effect: loss of nutrients. The increased water dispersal can literally flush away vital minerals and compounds from the […]
Preventing Wind Damage in Desert Trees
The summers in Arizona are characterized by the storms brought on by the monsoons. Whether or not those storms bring rain, they will certainly bring strong winds. Those winds often yield great amounts of broken branches or even entire uprooted trees. While there’s no way to completely prevent wind damage and nobody’s perfect, here are […]
Summer Watering and Nighttime Heat
Summer Watering and Nighttime Heat The trees, shrubs, grass, and cacti that we use in Arizona landscapes are built to handle the heat. At least, they can handle the high daytime temperatures as long as the air and ground cool down in the night. There’s one big problem though: the past few summers have featured […]
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