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Beautiful Start to the Summer at the ELS Wholesale Nursery!
It’s about to officially be summer, which means the tens of thousands of plants at the ELS Wholesale Nursery are looking great!You can slide through the images to the right for just a few selections of the truly massive quantities of beautiful shrubs, trees, and succulents grown in-house for use in the many developments being […]
Early Summer Pruning for Desert Trees and Shrubs
Wondering what you can do in your garden in the heat of the summer? How does pruning trees sound? It may come as a surprise, but May to August—in the otherwise brutal heat of the summer months—is the best time to prune native and desert-adapted trees like palo verde, sissoo, mesquite, willow acacia, palo brea […]
The Benefits of Turf Aeration for Arizona Grass
Aeration is a process vital to the success of turf spaces, and in the Phoenix area, it’s practically a regular requirement to keep grass looking happy and healthy. You may see aeration listed on your landscaping schedule, but what is it, and when is the best time to do it for your home’s lawn?Why Aerate […]
Complete Your Winter-to-Summer Grass Transition
In late April and early May, when nighttime temperatures are consistently above 65 degrees, it’s time to transition winter to summer grass. If you didn’t overseed with winter perennial ryegrass, your Bermuda grass will transition naturally and sooner because it isn’t competing with the winter grass. Whether you’re watching the ELS crew take care of […]
The Basics of Arizona Weed Control
April showers bring May flowers. And weeds. We refer to plants we don’t want as weeds. They pop up in locations where they don’t belong. They compete with the plants we actually want for sunlight, water and nutrients. In other parts of your yard, weeds look unsightly and can become a nuisance.Control Weeds Before They […]
Fixing Drainage Problems After A Wet Winter
You know the saying “April showers bring May flowers?” Well, in Arizona this year it’s more like “March showers bring April flowers.” After all the storms last month, you probably noticed if there were any weaknesses in your yard’s drainage system.Water follows gravity.Remember that water follows gravity, until it reaches the lowest point, where it […]
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