SALT TOLERANT PLANTS High Salt Tolerance Atriplex semibaccata – Australian saltbush Drosanthemum speciosum – Ice Plant Lonicera japonica – Japanese honeysuckle Portulaca species – Portulaca Rosemarinus officinalis – Rosemary Sessuvium verrucosum – Sea purslane …
read moreRABBIT RESISTANT PLANTS Here are a few tips on how you can make your landscape rabbit resistant. Use plants that are large enough to withstand nibbling. If plants are small, cage with chicken wire. Experiment…
read moreBULLETPROOF PLANTS…. …are rough and forgiving, durable, useful, beautiful, AND tolerate a wide range of growing conditions. Shrubby Bulbine – Bulbine frutescens (clumping succulent, perennial, 10 degrees) Sun: filtered shade in summer; full sun in…
read moreCOLD TOLERANT PLANTS If you have decided to replace plants that were lost in the hard freeze with more cold-tolerant selections, here is a list of plants that we left unprotected during the recent cold…
read moreHOW TO PLANT LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS It is best to plant a tree or shrub when the rootball is moist (not soggy). When possible, water your plants, in their nursery containers, about 12 hours…
read moreBOUGAINVILLEA In its native South America, bougainvillea is an evergreen, shrubby vine. In Tucson, bougainvillea is subject to damage during our sub 32 degree nights. Best planted against a warm south or west facing wall…
read moreTHE ADVANTAGES OF FALL PLANTING by Bill Harlow One of the most often asked questions is: Is there a BEST time to plant trees and shrubs? The answer is “yes.” Although in Tucson we are…
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