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Virginia Creeper

How to Grow Virginia Creeper

Ken Davis

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Good fences make good neighbors, but fences can be downright ugly. This Arizona native vine is specially selected to dress up those miles of...

How to Grow Virginia Creeper

Ken Davis

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Good fences make good neighbors, but fences can be downright ugly. This Arizona native vine is specially selected to dress up those miles of...

Compact Burning Bush

How to Grow Burning Bush

Ken Davis

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Burning bush, Euonymus alatus, is a neat, well-behaved shrub prized for its blazing red foliage in Fall. Looks great when planted with autumn gold...

How to Grow Burning Bush

Ken Davis

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Burning bush, Euonymus alatus, is a neat, well-behaved shrub prized for its blazing red foliage in Fall. Looks great when planted with autumn gold...

How to Grow Prescott Autumn Blaze Maple

How to Grow Prescott Autumn Blaze Maple

Ken Davis

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The extreme growth of 3 feet or more each year. The fall color glows like embers in a blazing hot fire, thus the name....

How to Grow Prescott Autumn Blaze Maple

Ken Davis

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The extreme growth of 3 feet or more each year. The fall color glows like embers in a blazing hot fire, thus the name....

How to Grow Mums

How to Grow Mums

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Mums are as ubiquitous in Autumn as pumpkins during the fall harvest. You find them everywhere and anywhere from supermarkets, gas stations to the...

How to Grow Mums

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Mums are as ubiquitous in Autumn as pumpkins during the fall harvest. You find them everywhere and anywhere from supermarkets, gas stations to the...

5 Mountain Herbs You Only Plant Once

5 Mountain Herbs You Only Plant Once

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Echinacea As we begin the 'Fall Garden Season' organic herbs and autumn vegetables overflow the garden center. This week's column features the best herbs...

5 Mountain Herbs You Only Plant Once

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Echinacea As we begin the 'Fall Garden Season' organic herbs and autumn vegetables overflow the garden center. This week's column features the best herbs...

Privacy Hedge Backyard

Plants that Screen for Privacy and a Sense of S...

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Now through Thanksgiving is the best time to plant privacy screens for the maximum growth necessary to have seclusion next year. Without strategically placed...

Plants that Screen for Privacy and a Sense of S...

Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Now through Thanksgiving is the best time to plant privacy screens for the maximum growth necessary to have seclusion next year. Without strategically placed...