Southwest Gardening 252 Stories

Bring billowing clouds of pink to your yard with this heat-tolerant, sun-loving ornamental grass

Flowers Great Design Plant: Joe Pye Weed

By Becky Harris

This unsung beauty tolerates wet soil, provides beautiful late summer blooms and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

Gardening Guides Texas Gardener's August Garden Checklist

Here's how to help your garden thrive from the hot, dry month of August through fall

Gardening Guides Great Design Plant: Knock Out Roses

As glorious as their high-maintenance kin for a fraction of the work, Knock Out roses make even beginners look like garden stars

Gardening Guides Great Design Plant: Cabbage Tree

Happiest in plentiful sun, this tropical-looking tree gives a pool area or backyard landscape an exotic view all summer long

Blue and Gray Foliage Great Design Plant: Kintzley's Ghost Honeysuckle

By Jocelyn H Chilvers

Looking for a versatile plant with beautiful color and texture? This unusual honeysuckle may be just the ticket

Gardening Guides Great Design Plant: Sedum (Stonecrop)

Terrific at filling gaps and in a wide range of colors and shapes, sedum is a problem solver in the garden

Gardening and Landscaping Lush Garden in the Las Vegas Desert

By Becky Harris

Beauty goes hand in hand with water savvy in a couple's oasis of green in the Nevada desert

Purple Foliage Great Design Plant: Purple Fountain Grass

Easy come, easy grow — give this low-maintenance grass pride of place in your garden

Summer Gardening Great Design Plant: Iranian Wood Sage

Architecturally spiky yet soft in a breeze, this heat-tolerant plant brings on the butterflies and gives gardens a delicious scent

Gardening Guides Texas Gardener: What to Do in July

Beat the heat with sun-loving blooms, pest control, good lawn care and sun protection. Pick up the pace for planting and planning