By George! - A Blog!

The winter hasn’t done much damage to the plots of the Community Gardens of Tucson–just a little nip here and there. Cool season winter leafy plants are doing extremely well.
At a recent weekly “garden walk” there were a lot of questions about two “happenings”.  The first was about crinkled leaves of broccoli and cabbages.  Some gardeners […]

A number of our plants, such as bougainvillea, geraniums, and Bryophyllums are cold sensitive and a few hours of temperatures below thirty degrees will damage them, even kill them.
 Others such as Wandering Jews, and pansies, and garden peas will be partially damaged by such conditions. And our houseplants (that are mostly semi-tropical evergreens) will lose their […]

They say there are two kinds of people…those who are entranced by native plants, and those who hate introduced plants because they don’t belong here.
Those who are fascinated by native plants see their better characteristics, which are; a minimal need for maintenance and care, their survival on little rainfall or irrigation, and a natural […]