The Live Oak Tree
The Live Oak Tree – Botanical name: Quercus virginian. The live oak tree is a good shade and ornamental tree. It will eventually grow to about ft 70ft. high and about 100 ft wide at about 30-40 years of age. This tree is an evergreen in the southwest. However, it does like to shed its […]
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Viburnum Tinus Shrub
Viburnum Tinus Shrub or Viburnum tinus ‘Compactum’is a handsome evergreen plant that does well in the Southwest. Most Viburnums cannot tolerate the hot summer southwest heat. But this one will! The “Spring Bouquet Plant”. A good looking evergreen shrub with dark green foliage and fragrant, light pinkish-white spring flowers right around early springtime. I really […]
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Best Air Purifier Plants – Clean the air in your home
Best Air Purifier Plants. Indoor pollution is a bigger problem than most people realize. If you spend a lot of time indoors, you are constantly exposed to a variety of environmental contaminants, including hydrocarbons, polyurethane compounds, and other airborne chemicals. These substances can be found in your home, office, automobile, and even in the air […]
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Purple Heart Plant
The Purple Heart Plant (Tradescantia pallida) is a colorful, easy-to-grow plant that adds a striking splash of purple to your landscape. Its deep purple foliage remains attractive throughout the summer and fall, making it a popular choice for borders, containers, hanging baskets, and ground cover plantings. You will find that Purple Heart is a vigorous […]
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The Yaupon Holly Tree
The Yaupon Holly Tree (Ilex vomitoria) is an evergreen shrub. Shining small leaves that stay green year-round with twiggy branches that are sharp and pointed. It grows to about 15 ft. tall and wide usually in about full maturity at about 8-10 years. The Yaupon Holly Tree will produce small white flowers in late spring, […]
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Boxwood landscaping ideas
Boxwood landscaping ideas. For landscaping in the American Southwest, consider using Boxwood plants, also known as Japanese boxwoods, which have a formal and aesthetically pleasing appearance. These plants can be used to create a compact hedge along a driveway or within a courtyard. These stay green even when winter hits, so you’ll enjoy their color […]
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Best Indoor Low Maintenance Plants
Best Indoor Low Maintenance Plants. Here is a list of the best indoor low-maintenance plants for those who are looking for easy-care plants for indoor decoration. Many non-gardening people want indoor plants and they want pretty, flowering, low-water plants that are easy to maintain! It’s not as hard as some people think. Below are some […]
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The Western Cottonwood Tree
The Western Cottonwood tree (Poplar Family) goes by many names including the following. Rio Grande Cottonwood The Fremonti Cottonwood Alamo Cottonwood They are the same tree and will grow up to 60ft. in height and about 30ft. in width. What does the Western Cottonwood Tree look like? See the photo below. The Western Cottonwood Tree […]
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Water Collection Solutions for Sustainable Households
Water Collection Solutions. Water is the driving force of all nature. Humans, animals, and plants, all need water to survive. We can manage for three weeks without food but only three to five days without water. There is no life without water because every cell in our body needs it to keep functioning. We are […]
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The Jujube Tree
The Jujube Tree is a small tree that will drop its leaves in winter. Also called the Ziziphus jujuba, Chinese Jujuba, or the red date tree. In the Southwest, it grows to about 15-30ft. in height and 10ft. in width, larger in places where there is lots of rainfall. It produces a small date-like fruit. […]
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