When winter begins to set in, the best way to keep your lawn looking lush and green is to overseed it with perennial rye seed. Overseeding is a versatile solution for many problems lawn-owners face during the winter months, like soil erosion and the dormancy of warm-season grasses. Although fall
The popular, scrambling evergreen to semi-evergreen has an arching growth habit reaching heights of twelve to twenty feet with long, glossy green leaves with three to five leaflets per leaf. Leaves will defoliate at lower temperatures. In early spring, the plant develops beautiful white or yellow clusters of single or
The Art of Southwest Landscaping is the second in a series on landscaping in the desert regions of the Southwest. It is dedicated to the wide variety of delightful desert accents, cacti, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, palms, shrubs, succulents, trees and vines that can beautify landscapes. The author,Dawn Layna Fried, Vice
This evergreen grows six feet tall and wide with upright branches, light gray, somewhat hairy stems that become darker with age. Its dark green divided, tiny leaflets give this plant a lush, topical look. It produces very colorful, showy blooms with bright red stamens that explode in a mass of
This endangered species is recognized for its light green, pencil-thin, bushlike branches with miniature leaflets. It is fast-growing, reaching heights of eight to ten feet or more in the southwest desert. In its native habitat, it can reach thirty feet with a ten-foot spread. The older branches are woody, and
This slow-growing, clumping agave has short blue-gray leaves and grows two to three feet tall and two to four feet wide, resembling an artichoke, as its common name implies. It has dark reddish brown teeth along its margins and a terminal spine. The variety truncata is more compact than Agave
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