Arid-Southwestern Gardening Information Gardening Tips by John Begeman

To receive the below articless by email, click the checkbox next to each group or topic. To receive specific articles, check the box to its left. Citrus and Other Fruits Edible Ornamentals Fall is Citrus Planting Time Grapes Produce Abundant Crop Oriental Persimmons - Attractive & Delicious! Many Factors Effect Citrus Fruit Quality Helping Citrus Trees Recover Blackberries Provide Abundant Crop for Tucson Gardeners Citrus Tree Die-back Growing Tropical Fruit in Containers New Years Resolution for Gardeners - Grow Tropical Fruit To Prune, or Not to Prune - Citrus That is Blackberries Provide Abundant Crop for Tucson Gardeners Citrus Tree Die-back New Years Resolution for Gardeners - Grow Tropical Fruit Growing a Pineapple Is Novel and it May Produce Fruit It's Citrus Planting Time It's Time to Fertilize Citrus Correcting Summer Citrus Tree Problems October Ideal For Planting Citrus Trees Fruiting Fig Well Suited to Desert Landscapes Fruits of The Desert Citrus Trees Fooled Into Blooming Early Common Citrus Tree Problems Growing Citrus in Tucson Grow Different Types of Citrus Fruits On The Same Tree Fruits of the Desert It's Time To Fertilize Citrus Pruning is Key to Fruit Tree Vigor Pomegranates Well Suited to Tucson Pruning Fruit Trees Loquat Container Plants & Patio Gardening Repotting Cramped Container Plants Take Gardening to New Heights with Pot Pedestals Potting Soils Make the Difference Line Pots To Conserve Moisture Gardening in Wood Barrels Winter Fertilization of Gardens and Container Plants Making Your Own Hypertufa Pots Grow Tropical Plants in Containers Cascading Plants for Patio Pots, Urns and Hanging Baskets Growing Tropical Fruit in Containers Fertilizing Potted Plants Soil Pests Can Cause Problems in Potted Plants Winter Problems Plague House Plants Brown Tips on Houseplant Leaves Hanging Baskets Add Summer Color Caring for Holiday Plants Hibiscus Make Great Patio Plants Container Plants Need Extra Summer Care Creating Container Gardens Growing Plants in Containers Flowers Celebrate Mother's Day Pep Up Your House Plants Poinsettias Is Christmas Favorite Problems With Plants in Pots Keep Valentine's Day Flowers Fresh Flowers - Annuals Dead-heading Keeps Flowers Blooming How to Stimulate Root Growth of Garden & Landscape Plants Expand Your Options - Grow Garden Plants from Seed New Year - New Award Winning Flowers & Vegetables Hollyhocks Grow Well in Desert Gardens Sunflowers, Fun and Easy to Grow Get Ready to Plant Cool Season Flowers Look For "All American" Winners When Selecting Garden Plants Small Plants Provide Fast Growth! Soil Solarization Techniques to Dry And Preserve Flowers Flowers for Spring and Summer Color Flowers - Perennials Perennials for Mediterranean-styled Gardens Edible Ornamentals Penstemons - Spring Color for Desert Landscapes Winter Pruning of Roses New Year - New Award Winning Flowers & Vegetables Fall Is the Time to Divide and Invigorate Perennials Edible Flowers Hollyhocks Grow Well in Desert Gardens Get Ready to Plant Cool Season Flowers Desert Rose Care Why Not Plant Some Perennial Flowers this Fall Look For "All American" Winners When Selecting Garden Plants Sunflowers Are Sun-sational! Time to Replace Fading Winter Flowers Grow Pot of Narcissus Indoors Gardenias Are Garden Favorites Small Plants Provide Fast Growth! Roses Need Attention Now Techniques to Dry And Preserve Flowers Fall is Great Time for Planting Bulbs Flowers for Fall and Winter Color January is Time to Prune And Plant Roses Rose Care Stimulates Fall Bloom Roses in Summer Doldrums Seeding The Desert With Flowers Herb Gardening Lavender Lavender Harvesting Herbs Mints - Flavorful, Refreshing And Easy to Grow Gardening with Herbs Landscape Plants Start New Cactus from Cuttings Tecomas Add Tropical Flare to Desert Landscapes Flying Saucer Cacti Provide ‘Out of this World’ Color New Garden & Landscape Plant Varieties for 2007 Vibrant Vines Provide Landscape Color Strange Succulents Accent Desert Landscapes Blue Flowering Shrubs Unique in Desert Landscapes Edible Ornamentals Cactus Colonies Provide Landscape Interest Dwarf Shrubs Make Ideal Container Plants Penstemons - Spring Color for Desert Landscapes Expand Your Options - Grow Garden Plants from Seed How to Stimulate Root Growth of Garden & Landscape Plants Drought Encourages Use of Desert Plants Agaves for Small Spaces Accent Plants for Japanese-styled Gardens Unusual Cacti Add Interest to Desert Landscapes Lush Ground Cover Plants for Tucson Landscapes Plants Fooled intoThinking It’s Spring Fall is Transplanting Time Ground Cover Plants Beautify and Cool Landscapes Choosing the Right Landscape Plants Cycads - Ancient Plants for Tucson Gardens Choosing the Right Landscape Plants Hedges - a Great Way to Soften Walls and Provide Screening Common Oleanders Are Uncommonly Tough Select the Right Salvia(s) for Your Desert Landscape It's Still to Early to Fertilize Landscape Plants Tough And Attractive Border And Edging Plants Pomegranates Well Suited to Tucson Forming Shrubs Into Small Trees Pomegranates Well Suited to Tucson Great patio trees for desert landscapes Accenting with Desert Grasses Add Dramatic Landscape Effect with Agaves Crape Myrtle Tree - Beautiful in Summer and Winter Birds of Paradise Have Many Feathers Espalier Provides Unique Garden Accent Flowering Trees For Desert Landscapes Garden Mulches Offer Many Benefits How To Find Hard-To-Find Plants If It Sounds Too Good ... It's a Great Time to Plant Trees Plant Hardiness Zones Poinsettia is Chrismtas Favorite Sapphire Dragon Tree Small Plants Provide Fast Growth ! Landscaping Design Nectar Plants to Attract Butterflies Agaves for Small Spaces Expand Your Options - Grow Garden Plants from Seed Drought Encourages Use of Desert Plants Accent Plants for Japanese-styled Gardens Harvesting Winter Rains for Your Plants Choosing the Right Landscape Plants Plant Hardiness Zones If it Sounds to Good.............. How to Find Those Hard-to-find Plants Garden Mulches Offer Many Benefits Water Gardening Butterfly Gardening Create Your Own Backyard Wall Garden Creating A Desert Bird Garden Desert Landscaping by Computer Landscape Inside During Hot Weather Landscape Plant Selection Requires Careful Consideration Think Before Deciding on Landscape Plants The Best Place To Buy Plants Lawns Time To Dethatch Burmudagrass Lawns Proper Lawn Watering Prevents Problems and Saves Water Patching-Up Summer Lawn Problems Keep Your Lawn Green All Winter Long Getting Rid of Unwanted Bermuda Grass Lawns Miscellaneous Gardening Topics Poinsettias and Other Holiday Plants November Gardening Activities October Gardening Activities Blue Flowering Shrubs Unique in Desert Landscapes September Gardening Activities August Yard & Garden ‘To-dos’ Master Home Garden Tour , Saturday April 8th February Gardening Calender Making Your Own Hypertufa Pots February Gardening Calender Expand Your Options - Grow Garden Plants from Seed August Gardening Activities Gardening’s Most Common Fallacies Summer Gardening Calender Understanding Difficult Gardening Lingo Great Gifts for Gardeners Fall Clean-up and Composting Bees Are Beneficial Garden Pollinators Protecting Your Home from Wildfires Remove Harmful Soil Salts in Gardens and Landscapes Monsoon Planting Season Begins Gardening in Raised Beds Bees Are Beneficial Garden Pollinators Recent Warm Weather May Leave Plants out in the Cold New Plants from Layering New Plants from Cuttings Start a Compost Pile with Spring Garden Clean-up Plants Fooled by Recent Warm Weather Gardeners Can Find Local Information on Their Computers Start Your Own Shrubs From Summer Cuttings Leave Tree Trimming to Qualified Professionals Saving Garden Seed from Year to Year Find the Warm Spots in Your Yard Holiday Gifts For The Gardener A Great Time to Compost Certain Gardening Principles Are Universal Christmas Tree Selection and Care Desert Composting Experience Autumn Harvest in Arizona Gardeners Need Proper Tools Gardening Gift Ideas for the Holidays Gardening in the New Millenium Getting Ready to Fall Garden Keeping Rabbits Out of Your Garden Master Gardeners Offer Gardening Assistance Our Yard Landscape Learning Center Plant Hardiness Zones Safety Precautions for Desert Gardeners Starting From Seeds Techniques to Dry and Preserve Flowers The Best Place To Buy Plants Water Gardening Pests Protect Plants from Mites and Other Spring Insect Pests Choosing and Using Garden Sprayers Inspect Plants for Spring Insect Pests Organic Control of Garden & Landscape Insect Pests *Rabbits Running Rampant*- Coming to a Garden near You this Fall - Eucalyptus Insect Pest Cause Unwarranted Concerns Ants in Your Plants Whiteflies Attacking Acacia Trees Fuzzy White Lines on Plant Stems What's Bugging Your House Plants Keep Good Bugs in Your Garden What's That Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Spots in Yard And Garden Keep Ground Squirrels & Chipmunks Out of Your Garden Boring Insects Attacking Mesquite Trees Controlling Summer Weeds Controlling Winter Weeds in the Garden and Landscape Cool Season Gardens Attract Insects Don't Let Them Bug You! Environmentally Friendly Pest Control Garden Chemicals Can Be Confusing Hungry Critters Looking for Food Keeping Rabbits out of Your Garden Pest Problems Begin Early Roundup Weed Killer Popular with Gardeners Soil Solarization What's Bugging Your Garden? White Fuzz On Prickly Pears Plant Care Comparing Garden and Landscape Fertilizers Caution When Selecting - Using Weed Killers How to Stimulate Root Growth of Garden & Landscape Plants Caution When Selecting - Using Weed Killers Winter Pruning of Roses How to Control Bumper Crop of Weeds To Prune, or Not to Prune - Citrus That is Desert Rose Care Plant Care When Your Gone on Vacation Protecting Plants From Summer's Heat. Be Prudent Pruning Palms Care of Newly Planted Trees Caring for Holiday Plants Christmas Tree Selection and Care Controlling Summer Weeds El Nino Brings Lots of Weeds Grooming Plants Keeps them Healthy Helping Freeze Damaged Plants Recover How 'Not' to Plant a Tree or Shrub Iron Deficiencies of Landscape Plants July Is A Good Time to Fertilize Palms Landscape Inside During Hot Weather Low Light can Cause Plant Problems Monsoon Rains Bring Lots of Weeds Most Common Plant Problems Palms Need Special Care Protecting Plants from Winter's Chill Protecting Your Plants From The Cold Prune Overgrown Texas Ranger Shrubs It's Time To Tidy Up The Garden Pruning Shrubs Roses Need Attention Now Salvage Leggy House Plants with Air-layering Severe Pruning Injures Trees The "Should Nots" of Pruning Winter Problems Plague House Plants Plant Diseases Curly- Top Virus of Tomatoes Curly- Top Virus of Tomatoes Texas Root Rot Black Spots on Prickly Pear Cactus Plant Problems - Cultural Many Plants Need Protection from Coming Winter Cold Snaps Drought Encourages Use of Desert Plants Protecting Sensitive Plants for Winter Chills Snails and Slugs Can Be Desert Garden Problem Treating Cavities in Trees What to Do With Freeze Damaged Plants Selecting a Tree Service Company. Why Garden Plants Fail To Produce. Common Citrus Tree Problems Protecting Plants From Severe Cold Protecting Trees From Construction Injury Reviving Summer Stressed Plants Summer Garden Problems Sun-Scorched Mesquite & Palo Verde With Hot Weather Comes Garden Woes Shading Shading for Comfort and Energy Savings Shading for Comfort and Energy Savings Landscape Inside During Hot Weather Shade - A Precious Commodity for Desert Gardens - Landscapes Current Drought Threatens Many Urban Trees Drought Leaves Trees In Need of Water How 'Not' to Plant a Tree or Shrub Keep Cool With Ground Covers Protecting Plants from Summer's Heat Newly Planted Trees Need Protection Trees are Thirsty and Need a Drink Soils and Fertilization Potting Soils Make the Difference Winter Fertilization of Gardens and Container Plants Choose the Right Winter Fertilizer Fertilizing Potted Plants When it Comes to Topsoil - Buyer Beware! Start a Compost Pile with Spring Garden Clean-up Summer Depleted Plants Need Fertilization Organic Fertilizers Work Well in Warm Weather Correct Nutrient Deficiencies of Plants Before Winter Garden Mulches Offer Many Benefits Desert Composting A Great Time to Compost Dealing with Caliche and Other Desert Soil Problems Desert Composting Fertilizing Your Garden and Landscape Garden Mulches Offer Many Benefits Organic Matter Improves Garden Soils Problems with Garden Soils Soil Solarization Trees October Is Tree Planting Time The Best Small Trees for Desert Landscapes Cycads - Ancient Plants for Tucson Gardens Protect Trees from Strong Monsoon Storms Plant Living Christmas Trees Soon Remove Wobbly Mesquite Trees It's Still to Early to Fertilize Landscape Plants Leave Tree Trimming to Qualified Professionals Palms in the Desert? - Why Not! It's a Great Time to Purchase & Plant Trees Sapphire Dragon Tree Loquat Flowering Trees for Desert Landscapes Severe Pruning Injures Trees Palms Need Special Care July Is a Good Time to Fertilize Palms How ‘Not' to Plant a Tree or Shrub Choosing a Christmas Tree and Keeping it Fresh! Care of Newly Planted Trees Be Prudent Pruning Palms It's a Great Time to Plant Trees Crape Myrtle Tree - Beautiful in Summer and Winter Great Patio Trees For Desert Landscapes Forming Shrubs Into Small Trees Care of Newly Planted Trees Christmas Tree Selection and Care Drought Leaves Trees In Need of Water How 'Not' to Plant a Tree or Shrub Protecting Trees From Construction Injury Pruning Fruit Trees Saffire Dragon Tree Severe Pruning Injures Trees Sun-Scorched Mesquite & Palo Verde Trees are Thirsty and Need a Drink Vegetable Gardening Edible Ornamentals Yes You Can Grow Rhubarb in Tucson New Year - New Award Winning Flowers & Vegetables How to Stimulate Root Growth of Garden & Landscape Plants Expand Your Options - Grow Garden Plants from Seed Winter Fertilization of Gardens and Container Plants New Year - New Award Winning Flowers & Vegetables Growing Summer Squash Worms Attack Fall Vegetable Gardens Tomatoes Need Support for Best Results Seeding Winter Vegetables Directly into the Garden Start a Compost Pile with Spring Garden Clean-up Plant Onions Now for Spring Harvest Look For "All American" Winners When Selecting Garden Plants Blossom-end Rot Damaging Tomatoes And Peppers Still Time to Plant Tomatoes Small Plants Provide Fast Growth! Soil Solarization Seeds Get Vegetable Gardens Off to Early Start Plant Pumpkins Now for Halloween. Get A Jump On Spring Vegetable Gardening Get Ready To Grow Tomatoes Getting Ready to Fall Garden It's Time to Tide-Up the Garden Planting The Fall Vegetable Garden Planting The Spring Vegetable Garden Seeds Get Vegetables Gardens Off to Early Start Why Garden Plants Fail to Produce Watering Moisture Meters Soaker Hose Must For Gardeners Time to Water Desert Trees and Cacti Harvesting Winter Rains for Your Plants Drought Encourages Use of Desert Plants Harvesting Winter Rains for Your Plants New Irrigation Products for the Homeowner Watering Patio and Indoor Potted Plants Record Temps Require Rapid Response to Watering Increase Watering, Care of Container Plants Check Your Irrigation System Now Watering Potted Plants Make Irrigation Changes Now Recent Rains and Hot Weather Stimulate Plant Growth out of Season Get Ready to Collect Summer Rains It's Time to Prepare Plants for Hot Weather Ahead Rain Barrels Ideal For Banking Summer Rains Water Now Critical for Gardens & Trees Parched Desert Plants Need a Drink Xersicape Principles Saves Water - Makes Sense Spray Plant Leaves Too Keep Them Cool Conserving Water in the Landscape Cut Back on Cool Season Watering Desert Survivors Drought Leaves Trees In Need of Water Gardeners Can Use Waste Water On Plants Keep Your Lawn Green All Winter Long Monsoon Rains Have Hidden Benefits for Plants Watering Cacti & Succulents When it Comes to Rain e-Mail Articles to: [Back to the Articles Index]      -    [Search the Articles]