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Green Valley Gardeners: Prepare plants for summer heat

May begins the time to get into the habit of doing outdoor tasks early in the day. It is usually the time when temperatures start to creep from the 80s

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Green Valley Gardeners: Cactus varieties for the shade garden

As seasons change, it is a good time to search for the perfect plant to liven up the landscape. Some options, even cactus, appreciate shady conditions out of the hot

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Green Valley Gardeners: Brittlebush blossoms flood the desert

Very common in the rocky hills of southern Arizona, brittlebush (Encelia farinose) this year seems to have appeared everywhere we look! The flashy, brilliant yellow flowers have sprung into view

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Green Valley Gardeners: The rose too tough to die

The dense, lush flowers of Lady Banks roses, known in Arizona as “Tombstone roses,” are now finishing their spring bloom period after producing the heaviest crop of blossoms witnessed in

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Green Valley Gardeners: Daisies bloom in the desert

Who doesn’t recall carefully removing one petal at a time, to determine if it was “loves me” or “loves me not”? Only a daisy would be truthful, and in the

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