Right now is the time to prune grapes. Prune citrus now if there has been damage from cold weather. If your citrus is young, prune it to tree form, removing side shoots to about the height of your ...

If you’ve seen yellow trumpet-shaped flowers of Tecoma in bloom, you know why they’re called “Yellow Bells.” These drought-tolerant plants have become popular landscaping choices for their spectacular ...

While driving around the valley last week, I decided to select some bushes that were in living color on my "Hit Parade" list. Repeated blooming through the heat and into the fall was one of my ...

I expected the yellow bells plant I installed to mature into a large shrub – say, 8 to 10 feet tall. But within several years the plant – aka yellow elder and esperanza – grew into a ...

Pruning is usually thought of as a fall activity. However, the rules are a little different for evergreens. You have to be ...

When it comes to cleaning up your plants and getting them ready for the next growing season, you may think that fall is the best time to do this. It makes sense, as it's when everything is already ...

Description: When most gardeners think of clematis, they picture single, flat-petaled varieties with four to eight petals, but there are 10 shapes of this popular climbing vine. The bell-shaped ones ...

Winter is officially here, and so far it hasn’t been brutally cold in the south. Our typical winter is sprinkled with cold spells followed with warm days like our recent 75 degree day in mid-December.

Q: I live in Tucson. Alkaline soil, lots of sun, not much rain. I have found contradictory info on fertilizing Tecomas. Local websites either say “responds well to regular fertilizer,” “fertilize with ...