By Joe Pearl With the amount of rainfall this winter in the deserts of the Southwestern United States, coupled with early high temperatures, here comes an explosion of vivid colors in and around our deserts. To pick out one plant…
By Alice Newton Alkalai sacatone grass, Sporobulus airoides, is also known as giant sacatone, dropseed, alkalai dropseed, or finetop salt grass. It is a tough perennial bunchgrass with flat, quarter inch wide leaves, commonly growing three to four feet high…
By Joe Pearl After spending a few days in New Mexico for the annual balloon festival, I noticed Apache plume all over the valley. Seems like the landscapers in Albuquerque are quite fond of Fallugia paradoxa for landscape uses. Sadly,…
It is without a doubt the summer in the Southwest! For some, that is a great time; for those fine flora that inhabit the great southwestern parts of the USA, it can be horrible. If you happen to be one…
by Dr. Jacqueline A. Soule If you grew up in Arizona in the 1960s you learned that the state is renowned for “The Five C’s:” Climate, Cattle, Copper, Citrus, and Cotton. Since then, several million people have moved into the…
By Pete Duncombe Spring is an exciting time in the Gardens as the doldrums of winter are replaced by the emerging leaves and flowers in increasing abundance as the season progresses. One of the most striking signs of spring are…
A back road trip through the Mojave Desert can be very time consuming, and I often remind myself that the purpose of the trip includes the journey as well as the destination. So many interesting things to catch my eye!…
by David Kopec Annual bluegrass (Poa annua) is the most prevalent grassy weed in all turfgrass settings. In the last 50 years of turfgrass science, more studies have been conducted on how to control it than any other turfgrass weed.…
by Russell Harrison Teucrium fruticans ‘Azurea’ – Shrubby Germander At this time of year, mid to late winter, most of us are pining for “flower” color in our gardens as we begin to plan and anticipate spring. We have relied…
