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Explore the world of gardening in the desert with over ten years of blog posts filled with AZ Plant Lady's expertise to help you in your own desert garden. As a horticulturist, Noelle is passionate about coming alongside you and taking the mystery out of gardening, with simple tools and guidelines so that you can move forward to creating the landscape of your dreams.
Az Plant Lady Blog
1M ago
Embracing White Flowering Plants Are white flowering plants a part of your landscape design? They certainly are in mine. Surprisingly, white flowers are often overshadowed by more vibrant shades like yellow, orange, or red. However ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
4M ago
With the imminent arrival of fall, I can't wait to get to the nursery to select plants for empty spots in my landscape. Each year, I do an inventory or audit of my garden and look at struggling plants or just not adding much to my outdoor space. If ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
4M ago
Do you have plants that need extra water this summer? I have the portable drip irrigation solution for you! Many of us have a few plants that aren't connected to an irrigation system. Some people don't have an irrigation system and ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
5M ago
I have a weakness (well, one of many) to confess to you today.... I absolutely love salt. In fact, I have a theory that the reason that so many people love french fries is not the potatoes or the fat it is fried in. No, it ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
6M ago
Love them or hate them, oleanders have a firm foothold in the desert landscape where they are usually seen creating living green 'walls' in order to provide privacy. Their popularity is due in large part to several characteristics ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
6M ago
Standing Out in a Sea of Sameness: A Well-Designed Natural Landscape Have you noticed that landscapes around parking lots and shopping malls look somewhat lackluster? This is often due to a combination of over-pruning, over-planting ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
6M ago
Artichoke agave (Agave parryi 'truncata'), golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii), and lady's slipper (Pedilanthus macrocarpus), Does the idea of having to venture outside, when temperatures are above 100 degrees, to care for ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
8M ago
Do you like plants that flower throughout most of the year? How about a plant with evergreen foliage in zone 9-11 gardens throughout the year? Would you prefer a plant that requires very little pruning? If you answered "yes" to ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
9M ago
Gather Flower Seeds, Red globe mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) Did you know that some flowering desert perennials can be grown easily from seed? Many of the plants in my garden are volunteers that grew from seed from established plants. I ..read more
Az Plant Lady Blog
9M ago
Do you like shopping for plants? I do. In fact, I often find myself tempted to buy more plants than I have space for. Southwest Nursery Sometimes, I have come home with a plant I bought on impulse, unable to resist its ..read more