• January
  • Creating container gardens
  • Helping freeze damaged plants recover
  • It's time to tidy up the garden
  • Gardeners need proper tools
  • Gardening in the New Millenium
  • Get Ready To Grow Tomatoes
  • Pruning fruit trees
  • January is time to prune and plant roses
  • Sapphire dragon tree
  • The "Should nots" of Pruning

• February
  • Agaves provide accents in the desert landscape
  • Drought Leaves Trees In Need of Water
  • Growing citrus in Tucson
  • Keep Valentine's Day flowers fresh
  • Pep up your house plants
  • Pest Problems Begin Early
  • Think before deciding on landscape plants
  • Black spots on prickly pear cactus
  • Seeds Get Vegetables Gardens Off to Early Start
  • Pruning is Key to Fruit Tree Vigor
  • Landscaping to reduce summer heat

• March
  • The Best Plave To Buy Plants
  • Common citrus tree problems
  • Drought threatens many urban trees
  • Certain gardening principles are universal
  • Garden Mulches Offer Many Benefits
  • Organic matter improves garden soils
  • Planting the spring vegetable garden
  • Sun-Scorched Mesquite & Palo Verde
  • Water gardening

• April
  • Butterfly gardening
  • Conserving water in the landscape
  • If it sounds too good
  • Fertilizing your garden and landscape
  • Flowering trees for desert landscapes
  • Flowers for Spring and Summer Color
  • How 'Not' to Plant a Tree or Shurb
  • Hungry critters looking for food
  • Pest problems begin early
  • Selecting a tree service company
  • Techniques to Dry and Preserve Flowers
  • Watering Cacti & Succulents
  • Flowers for spring and summer color

• May
  • Desert composting
  • Why garden plants fail to produce
  • Problems with garden soils
  • Don't let them bug you!
  • Gardening with herbs
  • "Our Yard" landscape learning center
  • Flowers celebrate Mothers' Day
  • Be prudent pruning palms
  • Soil Solarization
  • Trees are Thirsty and Need a Drink
  • With Hot Weather Comes Garden Woes

• June
  • Blossom end-rot damaging tomatoes and peppers
  • Controlling summer weeds
  • El Nino brings lots of weeds
  • Environmentally friendly pest control
  • What's bugging your garden?
  • Safety recommendations for gardeners
  • Growing plants in containers
  • Hanging baskets add summer color
  • Iron deficiencies of landscape plants
  • Proper lawn watering prevents problems and saves water
  • Master gardener applications
  • Palms need special care
  • Desert survivors
  • When it comes to rain
  • Soil solarization
  • Protect your plants from summer heat
  • Summer lawn care
  • Summer ailments of citrus trees

• July
  • Getting rid of unwanted Bermuda grass lawns
  • Time to dethatch Bermuda grass lawns
  • July is a good time to fertilize palms
  • Plant hardiness zones
  • Protecting trees from construction injury
  • Summer weeds just waiting for rain
  • The truth about trees
  • Protect trees from strong monsoon storms
  • Severe Pruning Injures Trees
  • Container plants need extra summer care

• August
  • Birds of paradise have many feathers
  • Black spots on prickly pear cactus
  • Getting ready to fall garden
  • Monsoon rains bring lots of weeds
  • Monsoon rains have hidden benefits for our plants
  • Roses in summer doldrums
  • Dealing with caliche and other desert soil problems
  • Getting ready to fall garden
  • Keep cool with ground covers
  • Desert landscaping by computer
  • Landscape plant selection requires careful consideration
  • Pomegranates well-suited to Tucson
  • Roundup weed killer popular with gardeners
  • Summer garden problems
  • Reviving summer stressed plants
  • Landscape Inside During Hot Weather
  • Hibiscus make great patio plants

• September
  • Care of newly planted trees
  • Keeping rabbits out of your garden
  • Accenting with desert grasses
  • Boring insects attacking mesquite trees
  • Fall is great time for planting bulbs
  • Cool season gardens attract insects
  • Planting the fall vegetable garden
  • Problem with plants in pots
  • Plant Hardiness Zones
  • Crape Myrtle Tree - Beautiful in Summer and Winter

• October
  • Creating container gardens
  • Flowers for fall and winter color
  • Fruits of the desert
  • Loquat
  • Roses need attention now
  • Autumn harvest in Arizona
  • Controlling winter weeds in the garden and landscape
  • It's a great time to plant trees
  • Flowers for fall and winter color
  • Garden chemicals can be confusing
  • How to find hard-to-find plants
  • Keep your lawn green all winter long
  • Rose care stimulates fall bloom
  • Invigorate Perrenials with Fall Division

• November
  • Low light can cause plant problems
  • Most common plant problems
  • A great time to compost
  • Protecting plants from winter's chill
  • Christmas tree selection and care
  • Cut back on cool season watering
  • Espalier provides unique garden accents
  • Small plants provide fast growth
  • Protecting your plants from the cold
  • Protecting plants from severe cold
  • Seeding the desert with flowers
  • Salvage Leggy House Plants with Air-layering
  • Newly planted trees need protection

• December
  • Poinsettia is Christmas favorite
  • Gardening gift ideas for the holidays
  • Grooming plants keeps them healthy
  • Caring for holiday plants
  • Creating a desert bird garden
  • Caring for holiday plants
  • A great time to compost
  • White fuzz on prickly pear
  • Winter lawn care
  • Brown tips on houseplant leaves

These gardening tips were written by John Begeman, Pima County Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the University of Arizona, email: jbegeman@ag.arizona.edu
Articles originally appeared in Arizona Daily Star gardening column.