Southwest Regional Reports
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Southwest Regional ReportsSouthwest October Garden To-Do List
Hello, October. We’ve been (not so patiently) waiting for you! Your cooler daytime temperatures make for a fantastic month of gardening. We highly recommend planting anything and everything this month. …
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Southwest Regional ReportsBest Native Woodies for the Southern Plains
Gardeners love native plants, and for good reason. They are built to thrive in the conditions of a specific region, often without complaint, and are an essential component in the…
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Southwest Regional ReportsSouthern California October Garden To-Do List
The seasons are subtle here in Southern California, but October is noticeably cooler. With it comes a welcome reprieve from our late summer heat. This can be a busy time…
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Southwest Regional ReportsSouthern Plains October Garden To-Do List
October is a great time to be gardening in our region. We are in the prime month of fall, with cooler temperatures (but likely no freezes yet) and increased rainfall.…
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Southwest Regional ReportsAutumn Salvia Pruning in Southern California
The wonderful world of salvia, or sage (Salvia spp. and cvs., Zones 5–11), is vast, wildly colorful, and often quite fragrant. There are well over 900 species, of which California…
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Southwest Regional ReportsSix Tough Picks for the Southern Plains Hell Strip
If you’ve ever walked down a city sidewalk, then you are likely familiar with a hell strip—that narrow section of yard sandwiched between the sidewalk and the street. The hell…
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Southwest Regional ReportsColumnar Cacti for the Southwest
A beautiful thing about cacti is the variety of shapes and sizes you can find for your specific needs and space. We love having a variety of heights in our…
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Southwest Regional ReportsA Splash of Color in the Heat of SoCal Summer
In the heat of August, while a lot of plants are past their seasonal prime, there are some that are just getting their groove on. This is one of the…
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Southwest Regional ReportsThorny Favorites for the Southern Plains
Some of my very favorite plants for our region are also the gnarliest, thorniest ones. While it might take a little extra planning when deciding where to plant them, they…
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Southwest Regional ReportsNative Understory Trees and Shrubs for the Southern Plains
It can be challenging choosing plants for shady areas, but we have a number of beautiful, hardy choices available to us in the Southern Plains. The following are a few…
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