Eight privacy hedges for Arizona gardens, from tall oleander to narrow Italian cypress, with mature sizes, drawbacks, planting windows and pruning timing for Queen Creek and East Valley yards.
Five hanging basket plants keep blooming through Queen Creek summers, and two more fill in the cooler months; here is how to choose, plant, water and feed them.
Grapes do well in the low desert when you choose heat-adapted varieties, plant in late winter, water deeply and shade fruit from afternoon sun in East Valley yards.
Eight March jobs help Arizona yards get ready for summer: adjusting irrigation, planting warm-season crops, pruning frost damage, feeding citrus, mulching, pulling weeds and checking for early pests.
These eight plants sell well to East Valley gardeners in spring, and each one comes with sowing times, size, water needs and a drawback to plan for.
These eight container plants give low desert gardeners color from late winter into May, with planting windows, pot sizes, watering and frost protection for the East Valley.
Use this March checklist to plant warm-season vegetables, feed citrus, handle frost damage, adjust watering and control weeds so your Queen Creek yard is ready before the summer heat.
April is the last mild month to water deeper, feed, mulch, and check your citrus trees in the East Valley before summer heat arrives in May.
In April, pomegranate trees in the Arizona low desert need deep watering, light feeding, sucker removal and pest checks to carry their blooms into a good fall harvest.
Yellow leaves, curled foliage, flower drop, cracked bark, pest damage, dead branches and split fruit are April stress signs on low desert citrus, and each has a practical fix.
April pruning helps eight common low desert plants refill before summer heat, and this guide shows how much to cut from each one and which plants to leave alone.
Take rose cuttings from late October through mid-December, root them in a fast-draining mix out of afternoon sun, and plant them out in February or March.
