Creosote bush description
When I lived in New Mexico, my house was surrounded by naturally growing creosote bushes. Today, I live near Phoenix, […]
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Bushes
Orange Jubilee pros and cons
This fall, my Orange Jubilee (Tecoma x ‘Orange Jubilee’) is blooming like crazy. Its trumpet-shaped orange flowers create a wall
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Woolly Butterfly Bush care
The woolly butterfly bush (Buddleia marrubifolia) is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, which includes the southern Texas and northern Mexico
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White Cloud Texas Sage care guidelines
The White Cloud (Leucophyllum frutescens) Texas Sage is a unique-looking sage variety for drought-tolerant landscapes. While all of the purple-flowering
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Red Bird of Paradise pros and cons
While other plants are wilting under the hot southwestern summer sun, my red bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) is looking
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Is your ocotillo dead or alive?
When I first moved to the southwestern United States, I remember how the first ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) I planted looked
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