Links to Desert Gardening Topics
Click on the links below to go to on-line resources for growing plants in the desert.
Click this button to access Publications of the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension – use their “search” box for numerous documents.
Click this button to access a brochure titled “Watering Trees and Shrubs”
Click this button to access a brochure titled “Landscape Watering by the Numbers”
Click this button to access a brochure titled “XERISCAPING: LANDSCAPING WITH STYLE IN THE ARIZONA DESERT”
Click this button to access a brochure titled “Pruning Citrus”
Click this button to access a brochure titled “Pruning Shrubs”
Click this button to access a brochure titled “How to Propagate
Agaves and Cacti
from Cuttings and Seed”
Click this button to access a web site for identifying cactus
Click this button to access a web site for identifying succulents like aloes and agaves
Click this button to access a web site for information on becoming a Master Gardner
Click this button to access a web site titled “Plants for the Arizona Desert”
Click this button to access a web site showing various parts used in drip irrigation
Click this button to access a web site for prevention and/or treatment of pests that interfere with plants. Pests include: bugs, rodents, birds, virus, batacteria, etc.
Click this button to access a web site for dealing with diseases of citrus trees
Click this button to access a web site to see what DIG Classes or events the Master Gardeners are having in the coming months?​
Click this button to access a web site to see photos and information about common cacti and succulents in the Tucson area.
Click this button to access a web site for lots of expert advice on specific cacti and succulents, plant pests, and problems, how to grow cacti and succulents, etc.
Click this button to access a web site that provides plant lists for attracting butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, birds, etc.
Click this button to access a web site that gives information on Converting Turf to a Xeriscape Landscape