Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

Q. I did some reading on the Indian Free peach tree and one of the articles said that another type of peach tree could pollinate the Indi...

Q. As a kid growing up in Portland we had a couple of filbert trees. Will they grow in Las Vegas?    Mark Ruben at the Gilcrease Or...

Readers eastern redbud problems. It is an understory tree in the Eastern United States and will struggle in our alkaline soils and extr...

          Professionals in the horticulture industry have a new but safe addition to their arsenal of integrated pest management products...

Seeded grass is new. You can still see bare ground between the new emerging and growing grass plants. This is normal. If there are st...

Q. I am just wondering how much space we would need to keep a hive of bees. I have a large backyard by Vegas standards with fruit trees, ...

Q. My roses are not what they should be.   Not sure why but here is what I think. The plants we buy are not the same quality purchased 10...

Q. The Agave in my front yard (maintained by HOA) is dying.  I was informed by an Aborist that it was getting too much water.  I relayed ...

One type of papaya. Fruit are borne on the trunk like so many tropical fruits. Q. I accidently have a papaya tree growing in my yard...

Q. Our Association Lawns are infested with a weed that spreads rapidly. We have been told it is spurge. Some owners have been told by a n...

Common bermudagrass stolons creeping from the lawn over a sidewalk. Hybrid bermudagrass is much more restrained in its growth. This i...

Praying mantid (mantis) egg case from reader.  Q. I would like to know what this was on my Royal Blenheim apricot tree in my bac...

This is an irrigation basin around a fruit tree. The basin keeps water contained near the tree where the roots are. This basin receiv...

Q. We have a crape myrtle tree in our southwest back yard. It gets plenty of water and I fertilized it last month with some Miracle Grow...

Q. I have a three house plants, a Christmas cactus, “Mother-in-Law’s Tongue” and an Orchid plant.   There is a white “fungus” looking on ...

Q. I started a Mulch bin about 10 yr. ago. It is about 4ft. by 6 ft. on the ground. Today when I went to get mulch for my vegetable garde...

 Bartlett pear. The pear on the left is ready for picking. Notice the skin color change from green (right) to yellowish green. Notic...

Q. I saw that on August 12th you responded to a question regarding yellowing leaves on a Meyer lemon tree.  My tree has similar symptom...