DESERT GARDENING

Publications, Articles and links about Gardening

2009 All America Selection Winners
All America Selection Winners Home Page

Recommended Online Catalogs

A. M. Leonard Gardener's Edge
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Burpee
Dixondale Farms
Drip Works
FEDCO Co-op Garden Supply
Filaree Farms
Home Harvest Garden Supply
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Native Seeds/SEARCH
Nichols Garden Nursery
Park's Seeds
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
Pinetree Seeds
Plants of the Southwest
Seed Savers Exchange
Seeds of Change
Territorial Seed Company
Tomato Growers Supply
Victory Seed Company

Portal to the University of Arizona's Garden and Horticulture Website

 

Botanical Gardens, Parks, Museums

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Chiricahua National Monument
Glendale Xeriscape  Garden
Organ Pipe National Monument
Desert Botanical Garden
Saguaro National Park
Tucson Botanical Garden

 

Arizona CES - Sites, Articles and Publications

Ask a Master Gardener
Southwestern Desert Gardening
Maricopa County Home
Page
Maricopa County Monthly Guide
T. Mikel Newspaper Columns
J. Begeman Newspaper Columns
Jeff Schalau Newspaper  Articles

Cochise County's Gardening
Pima County Arid Plant List

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Links to Other Gardening Publications and Information Sites

Articles, PubLICATIONS and Tips

 U of A Hort. Pubs. for Maricopa County

Citrus and Deciduous Fruit (MG Journal Special Supplement)

Citrus
Desert-Adapted or Native Plants
Disease
Design
Fire
Flowers
Fruits & Nuts
House Plants
Insects & Pests
Lawn
Miscellaneous
Ornamentals
Soils and Water
Vegetables
Weather
Weeds

 

Links to Online Gardening Books and Manuals

E-Book: Gardening in the Sun

▪ Master Gardener Manuals
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illinois 
     ▪ Missouri 
     ▪ New Mexico
     ▪ Ohio 

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More Articles and Publications,

Cacti and Succulents

Cactus Culture

Citrus

MC8 Recover Neglected  Trees
▪ MC91 Fertilizing Citrus Chart
Alteneria Rot

Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) and Huanglongbing (HLB)
Citrus Disease Handbook (TAMU)
Citrus in the Home Landscape - TAMU
Citrus Management Q & A (UC Davis)
Citrus Nematode
Citrus Pest & Disease Mgmt (UFL)
Citrus Pest Mgmt (UC Davis)
Citrus Problems (UFL)
Florida Citrus Quarantine, TAMU
Florida Citrus Quarantine, UofA
G
rowing Citrus- IFAS Extension
Huanglongbing (Citrus Greening)
Lemon Heartwood Rot
Orange Nutrient Content
Phytophthora foot rot or gummosis
Sooty Canker
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Diseases

Oleander Leaf Scorch
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

Ash Ganoderma

Flowers

▪ AZ1100 Flower&Bedding Plant Table
Bulbs For Spring Bloom

Deciduous Fruit

MC59 Backyard Grapes
MC66 Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees
Q276 Growing Grapes at Home
▪ Q303 Pecans
Grape Crown Gall
Grape Powdery Midew
Grape Pierce's Disease
Grape Root Knot Nematode
Olive Ganodermaa Root Rot
Olive Verticillium Wilt
Olive Root Knot Nematode
Pecan Mistletoe

Pecan Cotton (Texas) root rot
Pecan Inonotus heartrot
Pecan  Powdery mildew

Pistachio Cotton (Texas) root rot
Pistachio Verticillium wilt
Pistachio Septoria leaf spot
Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees
Pruning Trees When

Insects

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees
Blister Beetle

Irrigation

Drip Irrigation Guidelines, AMWUA  (1.5 MB PDF)
Irrigating Desert Landscapes
▪ Irrigation Guidelines Tables,  AMWUA
Landscape Water Use, Rymer

Landscapes & Maintenance

Arid Zone Trees (AZT)
Cold Hardiness
Landscape Plants for the AZ Desert (AMWUA)
Plant List - MSWN
▪ Trees-Pruning for Freeze Damage
Trees-Shrubs, When to Prune Cathy
Trees-Shrubs, When to Prune Pat Greer

Palms

▪ AZ1021.htm Landscape Palms
Dates -Text from Publ. 8330

Pests - Insects

Pests - Diseases

Oleander Leaf Scorch
 

Pests - Vertebrates

Pocket Gopher Control
Rabbits, Repelling & Resistant Plants
 

Propagation

Air Layering
Growing Transplants from Seeds
▪ MT199905 Saving Garden Seeds
Seed Propagation in the Winter

Roses

Trees and Shrubs

          ▪ Horticultural Myths
          ▪ Listing of Desert Trees & Shrubs (M. Irish)
          ▪ Oleander Substitutes

         

Turf

           ▪ West Coast Turf
           ▪ Phoenix Daily Lawn Watering Guide

Soil & Fertilzer

▪ AZ1413 Using Gypsum
Compost: As I See It,
By R. K. Gross
Caliche, Coping With by Cathy Cromell
Manure Compost Compost (Health & Safety Issues)
Mulch - Cocoa Bean
Mulch - COIR
Symptoms of Nutrient Deficiencies
Nutrient Deficiency Guide

 

Vegetables

Asparagus in Home Gardens
Herb Planting Schedule

Herb Tips, AHA Onion Growing Tips
Onion Planting Guide-Dixondale Farms
Peanuts
Potatoes
Square Foot Garden - Plant Spacing
Superstitious Gardening
Sweet corn
Tomatoes - Seven Steps
Tomato Diseases and Problems
Vegetable and Herb Planting Calendar
Vegetable Gardening
Winter Squash
 

Weather

AZMET
After the Freeze Recommendations

AHS Heat-Zone Finder
KFYI Weather Center for Phoenix
z USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone Finder

Weeds

An Illustrated Guide to Arizona Weeds
Dodder, Description
Dodder, Illustration