Warm Climate Gardening - Gardening in Zones 8 and Above
Warm climate gardening can mean anythiing from areas where snow is rare to the tropics. The articles here are a cross section of ideas and help for gardeners who want to work with their warm climate.
Xeriscape Gardening - Planning for a Water Wise Garden
Xeriscaping is a method of gardening that involves choosing plants that are appropriate to their site and creating a landscape that can be maintained with little supplemental watering. Here are the seven steps of xeriscaping, common sense guides to gardening in harmony with your site that can be applied to any type of garden design.
Xeriscaping is a method of gardening that involves choosing plants that are appropriate to their site and creating a landscape that can be maintained with little supplemental watering. Here are the seven steps of xeriscaping, common sense guides to gardening in harmony with your site that can be applied to any type of garden design.
10 Full-Sun, Drought Tolerant Plants
If you have dry, sunny areas on your property and wish to grow plants there, you need to select full-sun plants that are known for their drought-tolerance. Following is a list of perennials that qualify as such full-sun plants.
If you have dry, sunny areas on your property and wish to grow plants there, you need to select full-sun plants that are known for their drought-tolerance. Following is a list of perennials that qualify as such full-sun plants.
Spring Flowering Bulbs for Warm Climates
Although many flowering bulbs need a period of chilling to bloom, gardeners in warmer climates can work around this problem, or even choose bulbs that are well suited to mild winters.
Although many flowering bulbs need a period of chilling to bloom, gardeners in warmer climates can work around this problem, or even choose bulbs that are well suited to mild winters.
Seven Easy Plants for Desert Landscaping
More than cactus grows in the desert and most desert plants are evergreen. So gardening in the desert isn't as odd as it first sounds.
More than cactus grows in the desert and most desert plants are evergreen. So gardening in the desert isn't as odd as it first sounds.
Book Review Top 10 Arizona Wildflower and Cactus Field Guides
Help in choosing native flowers and cactus for your garden.
Help in choosing native flowers and cactus for your garden.
Trees for Warm Climates
Gardening Australia’s tip picks for trees to grow in warm and tropical climates.
Gardening Australia’s tip picks for trees to grow in warm and tropical climates.
Cactus Flowers - Desert Cactus Blooms (Photo Gallery)
Think you've seen one cactus you've seen them all? Not likely.
Think you've seen one cactus you've seen them all? Not likely.
Photo Gallery of Desert Plants and Landscapes
Enjoy these desert plant and landscape photographs.
Enjoy these desert plant and landscape photographs.
Fruit - The California Backyard Orchard
The Fruit & Nut Research & Info Center of the University of California offers all kinds of advice and fact sheets to help you select and grow your own backyard orchard.
The Fruit & Nut Research & Info Center of the University of California offers all kinds of advice and fact sheets to help you select and grow your own backyard orchard.
Florida Gardening - Floridata
Plant profiles and growing tips written by and for Florida gardeners. And since the State of Florida covers the span of USDA Zones from 8 - 11, Floridata is useful to other warm climate gardeners.
Plant profiles and growing tips written by and for Florida gardeners. And since the State of Florida covers the span of USDA Zones from 8 - 11, Floridata is useful to other warm climate gardeners.
Western Gardening - Sunset Magazine
Sunset Magazine serves most of the U.S. West. They’re the ones who were dissatisfied with the USDA hardiness zones and came up with their own system of growing regions. Obviously they have a keen interest in gardening and their site offers many resources for western gardeners and gardeners in general.
Sunset Magazine serves most of the U.S. West. They’re the ones who were dissatisfied with the USDA hardiness zones and came up with their own system of growing regions. Obviously they have a keen interest in gardening and their site offers many resources for western gardeners and gardeners in general.
Tropical Gardening.com
All things tropical. Growing advice on such favorites as: bananas, cannas, hibiscus, Bird of Paradise, Passionflower, Bougainvillea, tropical rain forests and more.
All things tropical. Growing advice on such favorites as: bananas, cannas, hibiscus, Bird of Paradise, Passionflower, Bougainvillea, tropical rain forests and more.