Shrubs
5 Best Plants for Southwest Landscapes (Heat & Drought Tolerant Picks)
5 Kinds of Plants Your Landscape Business. If you have a passion for lawn care and landscaping, you’re probably in the business already or are about to go into business. You’ll need a beginner guide (linked below) and you’ll need some ideas for what types of plants you will want to provide and install on […]
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Arbutus Unedo Strawberry Tree
Arbutus Unedo Strawberry Tree or Bush. Also called the Dwarf Strawberry bush. For something different in the garden you might want to try planting this great evergreen tree/shrub. It produces edible strawberry-like fruit and showy white flowers that bloom at the same time. The blooming season is late fall and into late winter. Dwarf Strawberry […]
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Benefits of Using Gas Hedge Trimmers
Benefits of Using Gas Hedge Trimmers Keeping the hedge requires time and effort. The best gas hedge trimmer will complement your personal needs. Most gas hedge trimmers are durable and powerful machines helping you do the trimming of your hedges, fast and easy. Whether you are looking to a purchase a machine for commercial or […]
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Turk’s Cap Plant
Turk’s Cap Plant (Malvaviscus arboreus) also called the wax plant, Texas mallow, and red mallow. This is one shrub that grows really fast and grows about 6-7 ft. tall and about 4-5 ft wide. It is a hardy shrub that can tolerate the hot southwest sun or the cold 20-18° degree cold weather. If you are […]
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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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The Yaupon Holly Tree
Yaupon Holly Tree (Ilex vomitoria) The Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) is a versatile evergreen that can be grown as either a small tree or a large shrub. It has small, glossy, dark green leaves that remain attractive throughout the year, giving your landscape color even during the winter months. Its dense, twiggy branching habit makes […]
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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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The Mexican Hat Plant
The Mexican Hat Plant (Ratibida columnifera). Sometimes called the prairie coneflower. An easy-to-care-for plant that does well throughout the southwest and the Midwest plains. The flower is a deep red and yellow color, resembling a “Mexican Hat” or Sombrero. It is considered a herbaceous perennial. Where to place the Mexican Hat Plant? Plant it in […]
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Mexican Heather Plant
The Mexican Heather Plant – Cuphea hyssopifolia. Also called false heather. A small plant that will bloom in mid-summer until fall. A very hardy plant that produces small but profuse flowers even in the Southwest heat. Mexican Heather plants will go dormant when temperatures dip below 32° Fahrenheit. But it will bounce back after the […]
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Million Bells Plants
Million Bells Plants (Solanaceae family) Calibrachoa also called mini-petunias. These plants will do great in containers or in hanging baskets. They are considered an annual plant which means they will not winter over. They will bloom from spring through late fall, not so much during the mid-summer heat in the Southwest. Where to plant Million […]
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