

Need a Bouquet? Look No Further Than Your Garden
Garden Travels, Uncategorized
Do you ever wish you had flowers to give to a friend or to decorate your table?
Instead of heading to the store for a generic bouquet, how about creating a lovely bouquet straight from your garden?
Now before you say that you don't have…

Mini Christmas Trees? More Bad Pruning…
AZ Plant Lady, Pruning
Last week, as my husband and I were pulling out our local Home Depot when I saw what looked like mini Christmas trees throughout the parking lot islands.
mini Christmas trees
I grabbed my cell phone and took a picture of these funny-shaped…

Shrubs Aren’t Meant To Be Cupcakes, Frisbees, or Pill Boxes
Arizona garden, AZ Plant Lady, AZ Plant Lady Classes, California desert garden, desert gardening, Landscape No-No, Las Vegas gardening, Nevada garden, Pruning, Shrubs
Aren't these shrubs beautiful?
Texas Sage 'Green Cloud' (Leucophyllum frutescens 'Green Cloud')
Thunder Cloud Sage (Leucophyllum candidum 'Thunder Cloud')
'Rio Bravo' Sage (Leucophyllum langmaniae 'Rio Bravo')
You…

DIY Natural Household Cleaner From Citrus Peels
Arizona garden, Citrus, DIY, Fruit Trees
Do you like the idea of using household cleaners that are natural? I do. Especially after I noticed a build-up of 'blue' cleaning product in the small crevices of my bathroom counters.
So, I decided to focus on using natural cleaners…

Landscape No-No’s and How to Fix Them: Over Planted, Poodle Pruned Shrubs and Lack of Variety
Cactus/Succulents, desert, desert gardening, Horticulturist, Landscape No-No, Landscape Problems, Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting, Shrubs, Southwest garden
Photo: Landscape No-No
Have you ever driven past a landscape that had some problems with it? As a horticulturist and landscape consultant, my attention diverts whenever I see ‘Landscape No-No’s’ like this one.
Awhile…

My Love Affair With Roses: Looking Forward and Back
Arizona, California
I have had a love affair with roses for over 26 years.
It all began when we bought our first house. I was a young mother with two girls who was giddy with the possibilities of having her very own spot of garden to grow roses in.
We…

Old and New Blend Together in My Backyard Landscape
AZ Plant Lady, desert gardening, Ground Covers, Landscape Design, Shrubs, Southwest garden
Do you have parts of your backyard landscape that you would like to change?
Perhaps you have areas you like, but there are plants you are tired of or are struggling with.
I want to show you what I did in my backyard, where I blended…

DIY Rosemary Herb Salt
DIY, herb gardening, Recipes From the Vegetable Garden
Do you like to use herbs to flavor your favorite dishes? If so, than you'll want to try herb salt.
So what are herb salts, you may wonder?
They are a mix of the herb of your choice combined with kosher or sea salt and they add…

Container Gardening: Growing Bougainvillea in Pots
Arizona garden, Containers, desert gardening, Drought Tolerant, Shrubs, Southwest garden
Do you love the beauty of bougainvillea? Many of us will agree that bougainvillea is beautiful, but many homeowners hesitate to grow them for a variety of reasons. The most common that I hear is that they get too big and…

Lessons From a Heat-Stressed Desert Garden
Agave, Arizona garden, Cactus/Succulents, California desert garden, desert gardening, Ground Covers, Landscape Problems, Nevada garden, Shrubs, Southwest garden, Succulent Gardening, Trees
Let's face it. Hot summers are not surprising to desert dwellers. In fact, a typical desert garden with native and desert-adapted plants will weather intense heat with little fuss.
However, this summer has been one for the books and…