Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 30—It's the time of year when homeowners are filling their yards with flowers. Many locals wait until the end of April to ...

Building on last week’s column of a bit of science behind water loss in plants, this week continues with a few select ornamental suggestions for sensible stewardship of water in a landscape. Xeric ...

As we progress into the 10th month of a severe drought more and more San Antonio area residents are considering converting their lawn dominated landscape to a xeriscape landscape. There are several ...

(COLORADO) — The Pikes Peak Region has a semi-arid climate, with only 13 inches of rain and three inches of snow on average each year, making it necessary to irrigate flowers, trees, and lawns to keep ...

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and ...

Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...

In the gardening Q-and-A column two weeks ago, you said rock may not be a good choice for flowerbeds. I have been doing a lot of reading about xeric gardening. I would really like to reduce the amount ...

When the irrigation system at Yoni Melchert's North End home started to break last fall, it was the end of the line for her lawn — but not because she was unable to water it. The Boise resident had ...