5 Leaf Akebia

A super vigorous vine with dangling stalks of fragrant flowers appears in early spring. Blooms are often followed...

Desert Plants for Mountain Landscape

Seasonal residents are back up to their mountain summer homes and gardens. It has been so nice in...

This is the best month to experience mature perennial specimens in bloom at your favorite garden center. The...

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Courtyards, front doors, and patios beg for pumpkins and perennial mums, possibly a scarecrow or two. Decorating our...

As autumn returns to the high country, trees and shrubs show off one last time before they hibernate...

If your irrigation system’s water volume in September was the same as its volume for June, you need...

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This week’s photo is for the outdoorsmen who read this column. Imagine eight men on a houseboat last...

Our days really feel just like autumn should. Cool nights, bright days, and moist soils are the highlights...

Fall is definitely in the air. Rains with cooler nights have produced the ideal crop of Autumn Joy...

We can expect afternoon rains and increased humidity through October, giving us about two full months before the...

It is cool enough now that our gardens should shift from summer flowering plants that bloom only until...

For showy seasonal changes in the yard, fruit trees are hard to beat. In spring they exuberantly burst...

Experienced gardeners know that great gardens are a process, not a destination, and the wisest gardeners learn from...

Patience is needed for truly natural gardens. Early in June my gardener’s confidence was crushed when a tomato...