Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

Trumpet vine is commonly used in much colder, arid climates. It is not a true desert plant but can tolerate arid environments and poor soil...

Q. I have a Mexican petunia (Ruellia) that is about 4 years old.  In 2013 the freeze caused all of the stems to die back. I cut all of the...

Q. Last year I grew an avocado outdoors from its pit. As the temperatures began to dip I transplanted it to a pot and brought it inside.  ...

Q. I have been noticing tiny little snails climbing up my red brick planter during the fall. I have thousands of those shells all through ...

Q. I recently received a large bag of home-grown Fuyu persimmons given to me, grown in California. Will the Fuyu Persimmon tree survive ou...

Q. I wonder if you can tell us how to prune our Elberta peach tree. We planted it in the spring and had one beautiful peach to enjoy. We ar...

Fruit Tree Establishment During the first few weeks after planting, new roots must grow from older roots and into the soil used for pl...

In case you missed my classes this spring, below is an updated version of some short notes on pruning fruit trees. This covers most of the...

I will be giving a fruit tree pruning class in 29 Palms, California,  which will cover basic pruning techniques of all major fruit trees t...

Q. I want to plant a crape myrtle tree. Will it survive in the northwest area of the Las Vegas Valley? When is the best time to plant and ...

Q. I have a beautiful 10 foot tall oak that has provided privacy with it's wonderful light green, very dense foliage. I enclosed a pic...

Q. I've been thinking about growing milkweed plants to help in the Monarch butterfly fight. Any thoughts? A. I agree with you whole...

Pepper in container Q. I would like to plant roses or tree roses or possibly a shrub on my balcony in containers. They will be getting...

I will be holding a second fruit tree pruning workshop in the Henderson area, in the Warm Springs and Lake Mead area, on Tuesday, January 2...

Q. I noticed that woodpeckers attacked our Palo Verde tree. There are probably 60 holes around the truck and main limbs. The sap is runnin...

Q. My friend has a lantana plant and the leaves look good from the top to about the bottom few inches and then they turn yellow. What migh...

Q. Last week I heard about a variety of apple called the Pink Pearl, not Pink Lady.  Will Pink Pearl apple trees survive the Las Vegas g...

Q. I have a rosemary bush in the front yard that's very healthy but has grown quite big in the seven years since it was planted. Is th...

Q. I have some of these roses that are the kind that they said are ground cover type but they did very poorly in the Summer, when it was h...

Location: South Jones and Patrick Lane area. Exact location will be sent to participants after they register for this class on Eventbrite. ...