Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

 I got two questions on the same day from readers who are growing 'Honeycrisp' apple trees. Is this because you like the flavor of t...

Recently I saw quarter inch blank tubing with a length of  over 80 feet! Of course this is too long for quarter inch tubing. But how long is...

 Read the origina.post from USDA here The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that organic producers and handlers can now ...

Q. I'm hoping you can help save my plum tree. It has fireblight, I cut off the infected area but it spreading to the rest of the tree. I...

Q. I heard that hand trimming bushes was better than using hedge trimmer. Hand pruning, or pruning with a loppers or hand pruner deep inside...

Q. My green euryops daisies were doing beautifully last spring and summer, but this year they became tall and leggy and grew poorly. It is l...

Q. What’s your opinion about using eucalyptus leaves as mulch? Eucalyptus microtheca growing in Las Vegas A. There are reports that leave...

  Q. Have you ever heard of kurapia as a ground cover? I wonder if it would succeed here in Las Vegas. I know that this recommendation is fr...

I have had many complaints about using plants like Japanese blueberry, Carolina cherry laurel, or Bay Laurel for a privacy hedge. I decided ...

 Not all cacti are the same. Remember that. Just because its a cactus, or looks like a cactus, does not mean they can go out in very hot loc...

Probably the two varieties I would chose for almond production in backyards are 'Garden Prince' and 'All-in-One' .  Almonds...

Q. I have a 10 yr. old ‘All-in-One’ almond tree that is healthy and produces an abundance of nuts.  Most of the nuts are not edible because ...

Q. I have a clump of silver torch cactus about 7 years old and some of the columns appear to be shrinking in diameter. It appears to me that...

Q. I have several bottle trees, now over 7 feet tall, damaged by two windstorms close together. After the windstorms, the branches were sagg...