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Don’t Miss These Books! “The Art of Southwest Landscaping” and “Design Build & Bloom” By Dawn Fried, Vice President at Horticulture Unlimited
The Art of Southwest Landscaping is the second in a series on landscaping in the desert regions of the Southwest. It is dedicated to the wide variety of delightful desert accents, cacti, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, palms, shrubs, succulents, trees and vines that can beautify landscapes. The author,Dawn Layna Fried, Vice President at Horticulture Unlimited, has […]
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Boojum Tree – Fouquieria columnaris
The distinguished, rare, and slow-growing tree has an unusual growth habit and appearance with its tall and upright stature. It grows to fifty feet tall and ten to fifteen feet wide. This desert accent plant produces no branches, is wide at the base, and tapers upward as it grows, resembling an upside-down carrot. The trunk […]
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Lady Banks Rose Vine – Rosa banksiae (Vines and climbers)
The popular, scrambling evergreen to semi-evergreen has an arching growth habit reaching heights of twelve to twenty feet with long, glossy green leaves with three to five leaflets per leaf. Leaves will defoliate at lower temperatures. In early spring, the plant develops beautiful white or yellow clusters of single or double flowers, depending upon the […]
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Baja Fairy Duster – Calliandra californica
This evergreen grows six feet tall and wide with upright branches, light gray, somewhat hairy stems that become darker with age. Its dark green divided, tiny leaflets give this plant a lush, topical look. It produces very colorful, showy blooms with bright red stamens that explode in a mass of color in early spring and […]
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‘Sticks On Fire’ – Euphorbia tircucali
This endangered species is recognized for its light green, pencil-thin, bushlike branches with miniature leaflets. It is fast-growing, reaching heights of eight to ten feet or more in the southwest desert. In its native habitat, it can reach thirty feet with a ten-foot spread. The older branches are woody, and the young branches are green […]
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Announcing 2023 Excellence in Landscaping Awards from ALCA
2023 Excellence in Landscaping Awards from ALCA The 2023 Annual Arizona Landscape Contractors’ Association awards was held on November 18th, celebrating 47 years for this prestigious landscaping award competition. We are so proud to share that we received 3 honors from the ALCA for excellence this year – 1 Awards of Excellence and 2 Judges […]
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