Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

HOA's have a presiding Board that looks after community costs and instigates rules. If you want to lower community costs, here is what t...

Roses Hate Las Vegas Summers             It's summer.  This is the time of year when garden roses struggle. Summer is their "wint...

Q. My son gave me a small coconut tree in a pot for Mother’s Day. I waited about 2 weeks before I planted it in a bigger pot. I’ve put it ...

Q. I have 50-pound sacks of 16-16-16 fertilizer in plastic bags. Somehow moisture got in the bags and the granules are wet enough that the...

Q. This is the second year for my Santa Rosa plum.   I attached some garden trowels to some of the main branches to open – up the tree to ...

             Some pictures of "torch" cacti in the yard of one of my readers. Great job! Several questions were se...

Q. How can I get rid of spurge in my vegetable garden?  I have been hoeing it and hand pulling it just about every day, but it appears to b...

Q. The fruit from my nectarine had a lot of “sores”; spots with tiny “bubbles” of hardened fluid. Yesterday, early evening, I sprayed the ...

Q. The class-action lawsuits against the weedkiller “Roundup” claims it can cause lymphoma. Nonetheless, nurseries and big box stores stil...

Q. Is there a simple way of stopping or preventing the volunteer trees, i.e., new tree growth that suddenly starts growing near the base o...

This list was previously put on my blog years ago and I have been asked about updates. The varieties listed here were tested in North Las Ve...

This is the current (2020) production coming from peaches and apricots at The Orchard at Ahern. The Orchard at Ahern is located between Bona...

Q. We Live in the Phoenix, Arizona area and have two 10'x10' planters made of pavers and want to plant ‘Red Push’ Chinese Pistache i...

Thinning fruit, or fruit removal so the remaining fruit become larger, does not have to be a mystery. It is a management process that you mu...

Learn why Bottle trees are NOT desert trees, managing spider mites in home landscapes and the reasons for the yellowing of plants growing in...

Our light intensity is very strong in the desert. Some thin barked trees and shrubs get sunburned if they don't have enough protection...

As I was walking my property, I was thinking about landscape maintenance contractors and what they should be doing when going from job to jo...

Q. I found your blog, Xtremehorticulture of the Desert, and hoping you can tell me if my tree is a Bay Laurel or not. I looked at pictures o...

Q. The bottom layer of my palm fronds turned an orange - yellow color almost overnight. Is this from too much water or not enough water? ...