DESERT GARDENING
Publications, Articles and links about Gardening
2008 All America Selection Winners All America Selection Winners Home Page
Online Catalogs
▪ A. M. Leonard Gardener's Edge ▪ Burpee ▪ Dixondale Farms ▪ Drip Works ▪ Filaree Farms ▪ Johnny's Selected Seeds ▪ Native Seeds/SEARCH ▪ Park's Seeds ▪ Peaceful Valley Farm Supply ▪ Plants of the Southwest ▪ Seed Savers Exchange ▪ Territorial Seed Company ▪ Tomato Growers Supply
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 County Extension, Sites, Articles and Publications
▪ Ask a Master Gardener ▪ Southwestern Desert Gardening ▪ Maricopa County Home Page ▪ Maricopa County Monthly Guide ▪ J. Begeman Newspaper Columns ▪ Jeff Schalau Newspaper Articles ▪ Cochise County's Gardening ▪ Pima County Arid Plant List
USDA Sites
H & G Bulletin 72, Nutritive Vaues of Food
Articles, PubLICATIONS and Tips
U of A Hort. Pubs. for Maricopa County
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
E-Book: Gardening in the Sun
More Articles and Publications,
Cacti and Succulents
▪ Cactus Culture
Citrus
▪ MC8 Recover Neglected Trees ▪ MC91 Fertilizing Citrus Chart ▪ Alteneria Rot ▪ Citrus Disease Handbook (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 ▪
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
Herbs
▪ Herb Planting Schedule ▪ Herb Tips, AHA
House Plants
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 ▪ 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
▪ Oleander Substitutes
Soil & Fertilzer
▪ AZ1413 Using Gypsum ▪ Compost: As I See It, By R. K. Gross ▪ Manure Compost Compost (Health & Safety Issues) ▪ Mulch - Cocoa Bean ▪ Mulch - COIR ▪ Symptoms of Nutrient Deficiencies ▪ Nutrient Deficiency Guide
Vegetables
▪ Asparagus in Home Gardens ▪ Growing Potatoes ▪ Growing Sweet corn ▪ Vegetable Gardening ▪ Square Foot Garden - Plant Spacing ▪ Superstitious Gardening ▪ Tomatoes - Seven Steps ▪ Tomato Diseases and Problems ▪ Growing Winter Squash ▪ Short-Day Onion Growing Tips
Turf
Weather
▪ AZMET ▪ After the Freeze Recommendations ▪ AHS Heat-Zone Finder ▪ USDA Zone Finder
Weeds
▪ An Illustrated Guide to Arizona Weeds ▪ Dodder, Description ▪ Dodder, Illustration
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