Every week one our desert gardeners provides expert advice on making your desert garden bloom. They'll take you to some of their favorite landscapes in Las Vegas and introduce you to horticultural experts working in Southern Nevada.
Angela O'Callaghan is Associate Professor, Nevada Cooperative Extension - Specialist in Social Horticulture. Norm Schilling is owner of Schilling Horticulture Group in Las Vegas. His prior experience includes horticulture supervisor at UNLV and lead groundskeeper at the Gardens at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve (formerly the Desert Demonstration Garden). He's an ISA certified arborist and teaches a variety of horticulture and tree care topics. You're invited to submit questions to Desert Bloom.
Check out Norm Schilling's list of "Wonderful Plants on the Cheap and Easy" and "Norm's Favorite Desert Trees".
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Cracks in your pool deck or walls? Likely not an earthquake – just bad planning. Norm Schilling talks about the downside of his state champion tree . -
My pluot tree is an amazing part of my garden. Anyone who isn’t familiar with this fruit is missing something delicious. It’s a cross between plum and…
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Your yard is an ecosystem . . . Norm talks about letting nature take its course with Aphids -
Norm Schilling has two plants to consider for your yard, if you’re willing to go a little further to find them first.Oxalis triangularis, Purple Shamrock. -
Weeds don’t care if they’re legal or not . . . Norm Schilling has a holistic approach to dealing with them. -
Spring has Sprung but we had a tough couple of months to start the year. Norm Schilling makes sense of what you’re seeing in your yard.Norm shows how to… -
I love planning my garden. Every year, I have to try something new, whether it be a different color of cabbage, or perhaps something I’ve never eaten… -
Pests. Is there a gardener on the planet who hasn’t had to deal with pests? This past year, both of Cooperative Extension’s demonstration and experimental… -
Norm continues with advice on a thorny yard issue – in part two of our look at pruning cacti. -
Yes, you can prune your cacti without injuring yourself, Norm Schilling says.[[field:story]]
