Planting Facts

Phoenix desert backyard set up for entertaining with a shaded patio, string lights and screening hedges

Designing a Desert Yard Built for Entertaining ...

A desert yard built for entertaining needs four things: shade over the seating area, privacy along the sight lines, color close to where people sit, and lighting after dark. Put...

Designing a Desert Yard Built for Entertaining ...

A desert yard built for entertaining needs four things: shade over the seating area, privacy along the sight lines, color close to where people sit, and lighting after dark. Put...

Neat symmetrical HOA-approved Phoenix front yard with tidy desert landscaping and clean granite

HOA-Friendly Front Yard Landscaping in Phoenix

Getting a Phoenix front yard through HOA review comes down to order of operations: get the approved plant list and gravel guidelines in writing first, then submit a simple sketch...

HOA-Friendly Front Yard Landscaping in Phoenix

Getting a Phoenix front yard through HOA review comes down to order of operations: get the approved plant list and gravel guidelines in writing first, then submit a simple sketch...

Phoenix home exterior with high curb appeal, desert landscaping, flowering accent tree and agaves

Landscaping That Boosts Curb Appeal and Resale ...

In Phoenix, the highest-return landscaping money goes into the front entry: one flowering accent tree such as a 'Desert Museum' palo verde, a bold specimen like a sculptural agave or...

Landscaping That Boosts Curb Appeal and Resale ...

In Phoenix, the highest-return landscaping money goes into the front entry: one flowering accent tree such as a 'Desert Museum' palo verde, a bold specimen like a sculptural agave or...

Family-friendly Phoenix desert backyard with soft turf play area, thornless shrubs and a shade tree

Kid- and Family-Friendly Desert Backyards (No T...

A kid-safe desert backyard starts with soft, non-toxic plants — deer grass, bush morning glory, trailing lantana, feathery cassia — and keeps cactus, rigid agave, ocotillo, and thorny acacia well...

Kid- and Family-Friendly Desert Backyards (No T...

A kid-safe desert backyard starts with soft, non-toxic plants — deer grass, bush morning glory, trailing lantana, feathery cassia — and keeps cactus, rigid agave, ocotillo, and thorny acacia well...

Tidy low-maintenance Phoenix desert front yard with agaves, barrel cacti and shrubs in clean granite

The Low-Maintenance Desert Yard for Busy Homeow...

A low-maintenance Phoenix yard comes down to three decisions: plant desert-adapted species built for zone 9b, put every plant on drip irrigation run by a timer, and group those emitters...

The Low-Maintenance Desert Yard for Busy Homeow...

A low-maintenance Phoenix yard comes down to three decisions: plant desert-adapted species built for zone 9b, put every plant on drip irrigation run by a timer, and group those emitters...

Tender desert plants draped in beige frost cloth on a cold winter morning in a Phoenix backyard

Frost Protection: How to Keep Phoenix Plants Sa...

Yes, it freezes in Phoenix. On clear, calm nights from December through February, lows dip to freezing, especially in low, open spots. Protect frost-tender plants like bougainvillea, lantana, yellow bells,...

Frost Protection: How to Keep Phoenix Plants Sa...

Yes, it freezes in Phoenix. On clear, calm nights from December through February, lows dip to freezing, especially in low, open spots. Protect frost-tender plants like bougainvillea, lantana, yellow bells,...