This garden was designed for a young family a few years ago. We began with a blank slate but it...
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Score! Giant Sea Squill in Poultry Netting
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Score! Giant Sea Squill in Poultry Netting
I went to east Tucson Home Depot looking for freesia bulbs. I returned with a trunk full of bowling-ball sized...
Oh Crap, Another Round of Desert Plant Name Changes
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Oh Crap, Another Round of Desert Plant Name Changes
Plant nomenclature is a rapidly changing science. When lots of plant names radically change (as you’ll see that they have...
Tortolita Color Blast
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Tortolita Color Blast
When Marc White of Casablanca Horticulture called me to say I needed to take a look at a garden that...
The Civano Seed Bank
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The Civano Seed Bank
It’s been too long since I’ve blogged about anything, but I have been documenting some great garden stuff that has...
Arizona Illustrated Growdown! Video
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Arizona Illustrated Growdown! Video
This video does a great job of showing off all of our work at the Growdown! Tony Paniaqua and Steve...
Growdown! Report: Day Three
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Growdown! Report: Day Three
We finished it! A huge thanks to Marc White at Casa Blanca Horticultural Services, Chris Drake at Drakebuilt Projects, and...
Growdown! Report: Day Two
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Growdown! Report: Day Two
I’m too tired to write much, but here are some photos of our garden. I couldn’t do this without the...
Growdown! Report: Day One
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Growdown! Report: Day One
“It’s on like Donkey Kong!”, or as my assistant Amy Belk says, “the growdown is on in Tucsontown!” Whatever the case,...
