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Sharing tips and tricks to grow vegetables, fruits and flowers in the low desert. Information about what grows best, when to plant, and how to create your own backyard oasis for butterflies and hummingbirds. There are so many beautiful plants that can thrive in your backyard.
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Grow Herbs in Your Phoenix Garden
Find out the best time to plant
Gorgeous Vines to Beautify Your Yard
Carolina Jessamine Vine
If you’re looking to add color to your garden in the winter and spring months the Carolina Jessamine vine is a good choice. This vine provides pretty yellow trumpet shaped flowers for several months in Phoenix. The botanical name for Carolina Jessamine is Gelsemium sempervirens. It is South Carolina’s state flower. Everything You Need to…
A Phoenix Favorite: Growing Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is a popular flowering bush or wood vine that can be seen along the Valley’s freeways. Brilliant in color and it loves the Arizona sun. Bougainvillea is a thorny evergreen bush/vine that grows fairly quickly, doesn’t need much water and loves soaking up the rays. I love Bougainvillea for their outstanding color and rate…
What is Blooming? Phoenix in October
The air is a changing. Can you smell it? It smells like fall. The beginning of October is still flirting with those triple digit temperatures during the day, but those days are far and fewer in between as the month goes on. October is a busy gardening month in the low desert. If you’ve ignored…