Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

When: Saturday, October 13 from 9 am to 1 pm. Where: 1897 North Moapa Valley Blvd., Logandale, Nevada Space is limited and so are ti...

Q. I have 19 mature, healthy Mexican fan palms pruned every year after flowering. This year they were pruned on June 13 but after three wee...

Q. I have several Mondale pine trees and recently noticed round bumps on some branches. I love these big trees, so I really hope I don’t h...

Q. What is causing the “big hurt” on mulberry trees? There was considerable damage to most trees in recent years. What caused so many dead ...

Tipu tree growing in Las Vegas. Will we get winter temps below 25F? Plant this tree and you are betting we wont. Q.  I have been wanti...

Q. I am using an inexpensive soil meter to help me judge went to water again. I redid my landscape to include cacti, ocotillo, agaves and ot...

Q.  About five years ago our HOA  -executed a conversion project and removed the grass, replaced it with rocks. In some grass plots there ar...

Q. I see some of the resorts with gorgeous masses of jasmine, and in many places it seems like they are pruned into low mounds for borders....

Q. This year our apricot tree hardly produced enough fruit to bother making jam. Is it possible our warmish winter was a factor? We don’t kn...

Q. I have been wanting to plant a tipuana tree since I saw one in person (those pinnate leaves are gorgeous!) and I love the idea of a wide ...

Q. I have one pomegranate tree in bad shape. The leaves are turning yellow and then brown, underneath the veins are pink. This is one tree o...

Q. I have two of these plants at my front door area that are two years old. They only bloomed the first year and this year they are very gre...

Q. My husband really wants to plant a tamarind tree from seed. My question: is this doable here? I know it can get to be a very big tree bu...

Q. Here's a fascinating palm tree photo I've taken in Las Vegas of a date palm, a monocot,  bifurcating at about 30' above the ...

Q. I have a Mexican bird of paradise that was planted five years ago that suddenly died. It had flourished until now. I pulled out the plan...

Q. Would it be safe to plant a flowering plum tree in September or October or should I wait until spring? This plum will look fair...