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Flowering Heat Lovers Love June Plantings

Flowering Heat Lovers Love June Plantings

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

The first week of June finds our summer heat in full swing, ushering in a month of transition in our gardens. Spring bloomers that have been so spectacular will fade...

Flowering Heat Lovers Love June Plantings

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

The first week of June finds our summer heat in full swing, ushering in a month of transition in our gardens. Spring bloomers that have been so spectacular will fade...

Royal Purple Smoke Bush

Royal Purple Smoke Bush

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Cotinus coggygria Its lush purple color simply glows in the garden, and you'll love the new look with each passing season! Loves heat, sun, wind and being exposed with the...

Royal Purple Smoke Bush

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Cotinus coggygria Its lush purple color simply glows in the garden, and you'll love the new look with each passing season! Loves heat, sun, wind and being exposed with the...

Timeless Beauty Desert Willow

Timeless Beauty Desert Willow

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Large, fragrant, burgundy and lavender flowers appear in big bold clusters all summer long. This unique Watters selection is prized for its long bloom time, without setting the usual seed...

Timeless Beauty Desert Willow

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Large, fragrant, burgundy and lavender flowers appear in big bold clusters all summer long. This unique Watters selection is prized for its long bloom time, without setting the usual seed...

Gardeners:  Calling All Butterflies!

Gardeners: Calling All Butterflies!

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Butterflies are some of the most beautiful, interesting creatures in any garden, and considered by many to be God’s greatest gift to gardeners. Sadly, buildings, roads, parking lots, and strip...

Gardeners: Calling All Butterflies!

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Butterflies are some of the most beautiful, interesting creatures in any garden, and considered by many to be God’s greatest gift to gardeners. Sadly, buildings, roads, parking lots, and strip...

Grapes 4 Grades!

Grapes 4 Grades!

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

9th Annual Prescott-Frontier Rotary Foundation Auction and Wine-tasting benefiting the PUSD SUMMER READING AND MATH CLINIC. The Prescott-Frontier Rotary Foundation provides funding to the Prescott school district to provide a...

Grapes 4 Grades!

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

9th Annual Prescott-Frontier Rotary Foundation Auction and Wine-tasting benefiting the PUSD SUMMER READING AND MATH CLINIC. The Prescott-Frontier Rotary Foundation provides funding to the Prescott school district to provide a...

Choco Sunflower, Helianthus annuus

Choco Sunflower, Helianthus annuus

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Choco Sunflower, Helianthus annuus A new sunflower that's taken Europe by storm, and now it's time to conquer Arizona! Scarcely a foot high, this thrilling sunflower sports enormous lemon-yellow blooms...

Choco Sunflower, Helianthus annuus

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Choco Sunflower, Helianthus annuus A new sunflower that's taken Europe by storm, and now it's time to conquer Arizona! Scarcely a foot high, this thrilling sunflower sports enormous lemon-yellow blooms...