Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...

Many homeowners don’t know the names of plants in their yards or landscapes. Most can look at a plant and know if it is a tree, shrub or flower but not its name, much less how often it should be ...

Luckily, agastaches are much easier to grow than they are to pronounce. Like any relatively xeric plant, they like full sun and a well-drained soil, but will grow in clay that’s been lightened with ...

Homeowners are starting to remove sections of their lawns. The cost of water is rising along with electricity. Grass is the highest maintenance of any crop. There are xeric plants that are low ...

Patrick McDonald came into a hard job. In 2002, he left the lush southeast to become the landscape manager for the University of Northern Colorado right as the state hit a historic drought. Water ...

So this is the year you’ve decided to go xeric. Even with the prodigious snows of April, water restrictions loom in many communities. If not this year, then next year or another down the road. Might ...

Texas is roughly divided in half by an imaginary line running north and south from the eastern edge of the panhandle. Look at any satellite image of the state and you’ll notice east of this line, the ...

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and ...

During the hot summer months, it’s even more important for everyone to conserve water. The Board of Water Supply encourages you to use xeric or drought tolerant plants in your landscape to help reduce ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When city of Lakewood horticulture manager Greg Foreman inherited the park at Kendrick Lake in 2002, there were three garden beds and an acre of dead turf.

1. Dryland riparian zones have steep spatial gradients of soil moisture and flood disturbance, and the component hydrogeomorphic surfaces support hydric to xeric plant species. These systems undergo ...