Planting Facts

Texas Sage shrubs in full purple bloom after monsoon rain in a Phoenix desert landscape

Texas Sage & Desert Shrubs That Bloom After Mon...

Hey there, storm-watchers! Tim Burr here. One of the great quiet magic tricks of the Sonoran Desert is what happens a day or two after a monsoon storm rolls through:...

Texas Sage & Desert Shrubs That Bloom After Mon...

Hey there, storm-watchers! Tim Burr here. One of the great quiet magic tricks of the Sonoran Desert is what happens a day or two after a monsoon storm rolls through:...

Phoenix desert front yard with golden barrel cacti, saguaro, organ pipe and prickly pear in decomposed granite

The Complete Guide to Cacti for Phoenix & Scott...

Alright, friends — gather 'round, because today we're talking about my people. Tim Burr here (a cactus myself, if you hadn't noticed), and there is no plant more iconically Arizona,...

The Complete Guide to Cacti for Phoenix & Scott...

Alright, friends — gather 'round, because today we're talking about my people. Tim Burr here (a cactus myself, if you hadn't noticed), and there is no plant more iconically Arizona,...

Terracotta container garden with agaves and succulents on a Phoenix patio

Container Gardening in Phoenix: How to Create a...

Well hello, patio people! Tim Burr here — a cactus who knows a thing or two about growing in a confined space — and today we're talking about one of...

Container Gardening in Phoenix: How to Create a...

Well hello, patio people! Tim Burr here — a cactus who knows a thing or two about growing in a confined space — and today we're talking about one of...

Red Bird of Paradise with orange-red blooms beside Yellow Bells in a Phoenix desert garden

Red Bird of Paradise & Yellow Bells: Phoenix's ...

What's up, color lovers! Tim Burr here. When the Phoenix summer hits full blast and half the neighborhood's yards go quiet and beige, two plants are out there putting on...

Red Bird of Paradise & Yellow Bells: Phoenix's ...

What's up, color lovers! Tim Burr here. When the Phoenix summer hits full blast and half the neighborhood's yards go quiet and beige, two plants are out there putting on...

West Valley Phoenix front yard with low-water desert landscaping and the White Tank Mountains

West Valley Planting Guide: Best Plants for Gle...

Hello, West Valley! Tim Burr here, coming to you from somewhere between the Estrella Mountains and Lake Pleasant — because the Phoenix West Valley deserves its own conversation about landscaping....

West Valley Planting Guide: Best Plants for Gle...

Hello, West Valley! Tim Burr here, coming to you from somewhere between the Estrella Mountains and Lake Pleasant — because the Phoenix West Valley deserves its own conversation about landscaping....

Phoenix desert garden under intense summer sun during a heat wave

How to Keep Your Phoenix Plants Alive Through a...

Howdy, heat-survivors! Tim Burr here — your favorite Minnesota-born cactus who has fully made peace with the fact that Phoenix summers don't mess around. When the forecast starts flashing 113,...

How to Keep Your Phoenix Plants Alive Through a...

Howdy, heat-survivors! Tim Burr here — your favorite Minnesota-born cactus who has fully made peace with the fact that Phoenix summers don't mess around. When the forecast starts flashing 113,...