Fruit Trees
Early Blooming Trees and Plants
Early blooming trees and plants in New Mexico include varieties like desert willow, redbud, and apricot trees. These typically begin flowering during late winter or early spring, brightening the landscape after colder months. Native plants such as sand verbena and globemallow may also start showing their blooms early, depending on rainfall and temperature patterns. Factors […]
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Growing Grape Vines at Home
Grapes love the American Southwest but there are some things to know before starting your own Grape Vines. Most grapevines tolerate poor soil but will do better with good loamy well-drained soils.Â
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Arbutus Unedo Strawberry Tree
Arbutus Unedo Strawberry Tree or Bush. Sometimes sold as the Dwarf Strawberry Bush, is an excellent evergreen choice when you want something different in your garden. It can be trained as a small tree or allowed to grow naturally as a large, attractive shrub. One of its most interesting features is that it can produce […]
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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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Pruning tips and tools
Pruning tips and tools. The best time to prune trees and shrubs is January through March. Â However, dead branches can be removed at any time of the year, with pruning tips and tools. Pruning trees and shrubs is a common horticultural practice that involves selectively removing certain parts of a plant to promote its health, […]
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