Aubrieta/ Arabis– Early Spring Essential

Aubrieta/ Arabis– Early Spring Essential

Aubri­eta and Ara­bis are two early spring bloom­ing peren­ni­als that BOTH go by the com­mon name of Rock Cress.  Both are ever­green peren­ni­als (foliage remains through the win­ter).  Both bloom pro­lif­i­cally in shades of white, pink, vio­let and pur­ple.  The major phys­i­cal dif­fer­ence between them is the size of the leaves.  Aubri­etas have a smaller, finer   Continue…

Going Native

Going Native

Did you know that Utah is the sec­ond dri­est state in the nation with an aver­age annual rain­fall of just over 15 inches? Wow! So you can under­stand the impor­tance of plant­ing more drought-tolerant, water-wise plants

Succulent Green Wall

Succulent Green Wall

WHEW! The Salt Lake Tri­bune Spring Home and Gar­den Fes­ti­val (could they make that name any longer?) is finally over!  It was a great show this year though not as ‘splashy’ as last year’s show.  The land­scape indus­try in gen­eral is endur­ing the most dif­fi­cult finan­cial times EVER so it’s not sur­pris­ing that the exhibits,   Continue…

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