Six Favorite Reseeding Flowers
Wildflowers that reseed are a perfect plant for busy and cash-strapped gardeners. Once you get them going in the garden, they’re sure to come back for years. The trick is to deadhead or cut the flowers...
View Article10 Gardening Terms Explained
New to gardening? Or just not a horticulturist, botanist or even a master gardener? Then you likely get confused by some of the terms you see on plant tags, in nursery catalogs and even in blogs like...
View ArticleUse These Resources for Native Plants and Seeds
Native plants should be the mantra of every xeric gardener. Let’s first review what makes a plant native and why native plants are so beneficial. Native and xeric plants blooming in early fall in New...
View ArticleEasy Garden Planning: Visit a Demonstration Garden
When approaching a new landscaping or planting project, it helps to gather ideas, whether you do so virtually or hopefully in person. A top benefit of being a member of the Association for Garden...
View ArticleBring Bees to Your New Mexico Garden
Help your garden grow and even help local farmers by including native plants that attract bees and other pollinators to your yard. Bee on gaillardia in our New Mexico garden in mid-October. Diseases...
View ArticleSelect Plants Now for Your Xeric Garden
The new year is almost upon us, but gardeners don’t have to wait until spring to dream, plan and even shop for new plants. Combine native xeric plants and a few container flowers for long-lasting...
View Article5 Easy Plants for Xeric Gardens
Xeric plants are smart, easy-care choices simply because they need little watering once established. Still, I’m sure some people avoid trying new plants, or opt for mostly gravel, to lessen time needed...
View ArticleGuilty Pleasures of a Xeric Gardener
When water is as scarce as it always seems to be in New Mexico, especially this year, I appreciate all of the native and drought-tolerant plants that hang in there until rains finally arrive. After...
View ArticleChocolate Flower: You Can Grow That!
The daisy-like flowers of chocolate flower have a chocolate scent! No, I’m not kidding. There is a flower that grows well in the Southwest that smells like chocolate. It’s like my two favorite things...
View ArticleCaryopteris: You Can Grow That!
If you want a shrub that bursts with mid- to late spring color and thrills butterflies and bees, you can grow Caryopteris (C. x clandonensis). Also called bluebeard, blue mist, and blue mist spirea,...
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