Trees are an integral part of your garden planning. They are essentially the pillars of your outdoors. There are many reasons to site trees in your garden areas. In my opinion the most important ...

How to Grow Willow from Cuttings originally appeared on Dengarden. Willows are some of the most beautiful trees you can grow in your garden. They add shade and a touch of romance to garden pond areas ...

Several years ago, ladies from the Desert Pointe Garden Club in Ahwatukee Foothills helped celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees at my sons’ elementary school garden. Prepare soil for desert-adapted ...

Desert Willows are ideal small, flowering trees for hot, low-rainfall climates. Desert willows (Chilopsis linearis) pronounced chi-LOP-sis lin-ee-AIR-iss, are native to the desert Southwest, from West ...

Desert willow with a leaning trunk in the courtyard of the Texas Zoo in Riverside Park. The hard freeze of February 2021 killed the Texas Ebony tree (Ebenopsis ebano) in the xeriscape area of the ...

Someone needs to tell the Urban Forests Ecosystems Institute that their tree location map is missing the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) that was planted at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden ...

Your Tucson yard can have that lush green look you see in gardens in other climates if you choose your plants carefully — there are many drought-tolerant plants (even some natives) that will give you ...

The cold, drizzly weather doesn’t get in the way of one of the first winter harvests at Horn Farm Center. The crop? Sticks. “What we’re looking for is the nice, straight, long rods,” Executive ...

Vegas’ scorching climate and meager four inches of rain per year mean that only the most resilient trees can survive in our inhospitable environment. And the list of potential trees homeowners can ...

Want a free tree and some expert advice on how to help it thrive in the desert? Head to Branigan Library on Nov. 19, 2025 for a climate-focused talk that will dig into the future of tree planting in ...