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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 […]
Read More+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 […]
Read More+‘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 […]
Read More+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 […]
Read More+Golden Rain Tree – Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden rain tree is a deciduous, single-trunk specimen with a multiple spreading branch pattern up to thirty or forty feet tall and wide. It produces a rounded canopy with dense foliage and grayish brown bark that becomes furrowed and ridged with age. When the leaves bud out in the spring, they are reddish pink and […]
Read More+Artichoke Agave – Agave parryi var. truncata
This slow-growing, clumping agave has short blue-gray leaves and grows two to three feet tall and two to four feet wide, resembling an artichoke, as its common name implies. It has dark reddish brown teeth along its margins and a terminal spine. The variety truncata is more compact than Agave parryi var. huachucensis. It produces […]
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