Photo: Kate Randall, Red Butte Garden Discover the Beauty of Adaptation The three-acre Water Conservation Garden is the newest and largest cultivated garden at Red Butte Garden. Officially opened in May 2017, it contains a variety of themed gardens including Desert Harvest, Groundcover Tapestry, Flowering Shrub Hillside, …
Image: Desert Willow The Chilopsis linearis is a small, deciduous tree with narrow bright green leaves and colorful trumpet-shaped flowers ranging from white to pale pink and purple. This drought-tolerant, hardy tree performs well in full sun and partial shade with various soil conditions but does best …
5 Steps of a Localscape 1. Central Open Shape If you use an irrigation system, you can prevent frustration by designing your landscape to fit your sprinklers instead of forcing sprinklers to fit your landscape. Keeping lawn in a central open shape allows sprinkler systems …
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April Tips and Checklist Plant seeds of cool season vegetables (peas, lettuce, spinach and radishes…) as soon as garden soil is workable. Check out over 55 different vegetable / herb fact sheets produced by USU Extension. Consider planting peas in the garden every 2-3 weeks (until early May) to extend the …
Pests and Problems: Consider taking soil samples to determine fertilizer needs. Plant seeds of cool season vegetables (peas, lettuce, radishes…) as soon as garden soil is workable. Consider planting peas in the garden every 2-3 weeks (until early May) to extend the harvest. If it didn’t happen in the fall, …