Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

 Granular sulfur remaining on the surface of a desert soil three years after its application. Arid soils and irrigation water in t...

  Autumn Maple in rock landscape. Bad idea. Q. We have a young Maple tree in our yard that we planted last October. We may have...

Even though this rose is not that old it probably should be replace and planted further from the house Q. Tried to find list of rose...

Readers blood orange Q. My blood orange tree is looking healthy but my oranges are splitting as evidenced by the attached photo.   Wh...

Garlic Polish White at the Orchard Garlic is easy to grow in southern Nevada. Both hardneck and softneck (the braiding types) will gr...

Q. This is a Modesto or Texas ash tree that was planted 7 or 8 years ago in my lawn.   Do you think if I prune it back this winter th...

Q. I know you prune fruit trees when they're dormant, but what about pine trees and other conifers? Mine get a couple of growth spurt...

 Leaves of citrus cupped and distorted. Q. Please see the attached photos of curly leaves. The one branch is from a citrus tree (l...

Orange sap oozing from readers apricot trunk Q. Our apricot tree has orange sap oozing out of the trunk in several places (see pictur...

Q. How do I protect my bougainvillea in the winter here in Las Vegas? I've read posts that say to water a lot and others that say don...

Readers tulip bed attacked by probably ground squirrels. Q. I am attaching a photo showing damage to my tulip bed. Yesterday I found ...

Ash whitefly on pomegranate. Q. Because of an overwhelming whitefly infestation in summer, I cut down my eggplant in the heat when it...

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...

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