I recently visited the gardens at Temple Square and the LDS Church Office Building Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City. The garden beds are bursting with amazing displays of annuals. The color combinations are fantastic and I had to sit down often because the beauty made me dizzy.I am a big fan of perennials (plants […]
Around the middle of August we finally harvested our peaches – all 17 of them – from our little tree. The peaches were small (I have since learned that I was supposed to thin the peaches when they were small in order to make the remaining peaches bigger) but delicious! The tiny tree breathed a […]
Zauschneria or Hummingbird Trumpet is an excellent low-growing perennial for water wise gardens. It flowers in late summer and fall and provides food for hummingbirds and pollinators. Native to the Intermountain West (It can even be found growing wild in Albion Basin, Alta, Utah) and California, Zauschneria does very well in the hot, dry climate […]