Southwest garden

In the southwest and Rocky Mountain areas, water wise landscape designs come in all colors and shapes and incorporate a wide range of both nativespecies as well as appropriate adapted plants, ranging from succulents and cacti to endemic penstemons and traditional perennials. A Santa Fe garden vignette features lavender, buddleia,poppies and other colorful and drought tolerant plants.

In the southwest andn Rocky Mountain areas, water wise landscape designs come in all colors and shapes and incorporate a wide range of both nativespecies as well as appropriate adapted plants, ranging from succulents and cacti to endemic penstemons and traditional perennials. Charles Mann's garden in Santa Fe features pensetemons, feather grass and other drought tolerant plants.

Mary Irish is one of my heroes. Not only does she know her plants, she writes and speaks about them with passionate poetry. And she’s funny! That’s a big plus in my book; never does she intimidate even the newest gardener. Her book, Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants, got me started on the water-t

A colorful Xeriscape garden design by Susan Blake of Santa Fe, New Mexico, features many beautiful drought tolerant species, including Zauschneria, Stachys, Centranthus, lavender, Yarrow, Iris, Russian Sage, Gaillardia, and many ornamental grasses including Miscanthus.

Create a lush and vibrant garden in the Southwest with these ideal trees for dappled shade. Find the best trees that create light shade.

Ready to dig into some small garden layout ideas that defy their size? Let's get started!

A Hacienda-style home’s landscape goes from lackluster to lush