Purple Twist Plum

This AZ plum is the ideal small purple tree between evergreens. Blooms in a profusion of pink flowers...

Jan 31 – Landscape Designs for Mountain Retreats

Come ready to learn, this is far more than where to sling more rock. This is design, remodel...

Jan 24 – Come Alive with Advanced Seed Propagation – $35 (Free to watch)

Free to listen too, but the first 10 gardeners to register get a seasons worth of advance propagation...

Jan 17 – Growing Plants Indoors – Where Inspiration Begins (Free) includes a coupon

Growing tropical plants indoors is different in arid climates. Success is in the soil, the food, and choosing...

January 10 – Advanced Landscape Pruning to Spring Success (Free)

Not all plants need pruning in the yard, but timing is critical for those that do. Learn these...

About Our Christmas Tree Tradition

The day after our girls arrived home from college we all made the annual trek to the garden...

Using Christmas Trees in a Winter Landscape

Using living trees over fresh-cut trees to decorate the holidays has increased in popularity. A quarter of my...

Fresh Cut Christmas tree varieties

Fresh Cut Christmas tree varieties [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruC336Q_NGY[/youtube] Which evergreens trees make the best cut Christmas tree, and learn which...

Keeping Christmas Greens Fresh and Safe from Fire

In their inimitable states of seasonal freshness, cut garlands, wreaths, swags, and Christmas trees, have arrived at our...

7 Gardening Tips for Year’s End

The days grow short as we move into the last of the 2014 garden season. This is a...

Thanksgiving in our Gardens

Thanksgiving is just days away, family and friends are ready to gather, and landscapes are dormant, bare, and...

Man Tackles Christmas tree and still Stands

Man Tackles Christmas tree and still Stands [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2uy0ltRSU[/youtube] Keeping a Christmas tree straight in a stand is a...

Hummingbird moth flying over Autumn Sage in Bloom

Hummingbird moth flying over Autumn Sage in Bloom [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYa-mKrL2_Y&list=UUnMVYDvOo82j7XF0Hv1A_iA[/youtube] An outstanding small evergreen shrub for hot, sunny, low...