It looks like the warm temperatures of spring are settling in. And as anyone who has been out in their garden digging, the soil is unexpectedly hard and dry. So, it’s especially important to start watering the plants you planted in the last year or two to avoid drought stress. And keep new transplants well mulched and regularly watered. For New Transplants: Even xeric (waterwise) plants need regular watering during the first growing season. This is essential to growing a stro

We're experiencing a mild, dry spring and our plants are waking up a little early. So it's very important to begin more regular watering. Soak perennials and smaller plants once weekly. So go ahead and get your irrigation system ready, cut back your plants to remove the dead foliage from last year’s growing season and prune your summer-blooming shrubs. It’s also time for soil care; feed the soil and mulch. And keep an eye out for critters that want to make your yard their pe

Wow, the forecasted temperatures for tomorrow (Monday) and Tuesday night keep dropping. But if the several inches of snow predicted for Monday materializes, this will be a good thing as snow is an excellent insulator that protects plants during hard-frost events. Here are a few tips to help protect plants if they need it... Protecting Recently Transplanted Waterwise Gardening Perennials For our Waterwise customers, we have been selling a mix of frost-hardened perennials and p