Katie Ruellia shrubs are great plants for smaller areas that need to remain green throughout the year, but not take up too much space. These shrubs have a dense long dark green leaf with purple or pink flowers.
Boxwood Beauty also known as the Natal Plum shrubs are great for small areas or bordering your landscape. This is a short shrub with small round clustered dark green leaves that gets to be about 1-3 feet tall and can get up to 3-6 foot wide.
July is water conservation month. Be sure to water your lawn areas in the morning to prevent as much evaporation. This will optimize the amount of water that gets to the roots of the turf areas.
Willow trees (botanical name is Acacia salicina) are a great desert tree for our Arizona desert climate if you want a large fast growing tree.
This video blog is about the Bottlebrush shrub (sometimes called Little John), but the botanical name is “Callistemon”. The best way to describe this shrub is small to medium sized with thick dense dark green foliage with pretty small red blooms that look like little bottlebrushes.
The Cape Honeysuckle shrub (Tacoma Caopensis) is a great desert shrub for the Arizona climate. This shrub has a small dark leaf that grows thick and dense to make a great shrub or hedge.
This video blog is about transplanting trees or shrubs here in Phoenix. Most of the time we try to discourage transplanting for our clients here at AMS Landscaping for 2 reasons.
Recently we have hit 100 degree plus days here in Phoenix, Arizona. Anytime the temperature gets above 100°, we typically water on average with pop-up sprinklers for 15 to 20 minute per cycle, 5 to 6 days per week.
AMS Landscaping now offers instant landscape maintenance and cleanup estimates for residents in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale and Peoria.
The official date is June 15 here in Phoenix for the monsoon season. It’s also the month that you want to have all your palm trees trimmed.
