Perennials

A guide to lawn care

A Guide to Lawn Care for Busy People

A Guide to Lawn Care.  How often have you walked past a house with a neglected lawn? Probably too many times to count. With so many other commitments it’s easy to forget about the garden and let it become overrun with weeds or let it dry out so much that it looks like you’ve got […]

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Red Yarrow Pictures Landscape

Yarrow Plant Pictures Landscape

Yarrow Plant Pictures Landscape (Achillea millefolium), you can use for landscaping.  These plants can be used in rock gardens or in any area that has full sun.  The common Yarrow goes by many names, bloodwort, devil’s nettle, staunch weed, and many others.  It will grow up to 2-3 ft. tall if conditions are just right. […]

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Successful Container Gardening

Successful Container Gardening

The first thing you’ll need is good loamy potting soil.  One of the best is the Fertilome potting mix as it contains a wetting agent, perlite, and sphagnum peat moss.  It can be used for hanging baskets, container plants, or garden beds.

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The difference in palm trees

The difference between palm trees

What is the difference between palm trees?  Palm trees are in the Plantae Arecaceae family and will do great in warm and tropical areas of the U.S. They are drought-tolerant once they become established.  But, the cold hardiness varies among the thousands of types of palms.  This post will describe the most common Palm trees […]

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Plants for dry hot climates

Coreopsis flowering perennial

The Coreopsis flowering perennial is a nice-looking bedding plant.  They produce daisy-like flowers that are delicate but will bloom most of the spring and again in the fall.  The Coreopsis plant will grow about 2ft. tall and are easy to grow.  It is best to provide them with good loamy well-drained soil.

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Salvia Plant Care

Salvia Plant Care

Salvia Plant Care.  Most folks call these plants Saliva’s but also referred to as Sage.  These plants are beautiful medium care types of plants that are drought tolerant after they become well established.  Herbaceous Salvias like Mexican and Chapparal sage will come back after the winter seasons. Annuals or Perennials? Other types of salvia are […]

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List of ground cover plants

List of ground cover plants.  Many ground cover plants are vines that have no support.  You can plant them in the ground with well-composted soil.  But in and around the southwest, most will do better in shady conditions.  Underneath a tree or morning, sun, and afternoon shade works best. Here is a list of ground […]

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turpentine-bush

The Turpentine Bush

The Turpentine Bush (Ericameria laricifolia).  The plant belongs to the Asteraceae family, known for its diverse species of flowering plants. It’s native to arid regions, including New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of West Texas, where it thrives in dry, rugged conditions. This hardy bush is a common feature of desert landscapes, adapted to survive with […]

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Red Tip Photinia

Red Tip Photinia

Red Tip Photinia (P. fraseri) – As the name suggests, the tips of this plant are red almost year-round.  It is an excellent evergreen hedge plant that is dense and grows quickly.  It can be planted at any time of the year.  Great for blocking the neighbor’s view or as a privacy windbreak plant.  If […]

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Air plant care guide

Air Plants Care Guide

Air Plants Care Guide (tillandsia).  These plants are small, spiky plants. They are considered a novelty type of plant, great for indoor decor in a pot or just hanging them in the Air”.  In other words, there is no soil, nada, it just sits wherever you place it. Tillandsia plants are captivating green wonders and […]

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