Weed Control

COMMENTARY

• Locations to see rose gardens for ideas
  • Mesa Community College Rose Garden
  • Valley Garden Center
  • Wigwam Resort

• Being proactive early to keep weeds under control
• • Smaller weeds are, better to remove
  • Applying pre-emergent

Winter Lawn Care

COMMENTARY

• Healthy vigorous lawn control weeds
• Considerations to keeping a winter rye grass lawn all year
• Reduce water use by installing artificial turf in landscapes

Fruit Tree Planting

COMMENTARY

• This is the time to plant varieties of bare root deciduous fruit trees
• Winter chill hours needed to produce fruit
  • Microclimates around the valley and state vary with proper amount of chill hours
• Pollination requirements.  Some plants are self pollinating
• Consider fruit varieties that ripen at different times for longer harvest
  • Planting similar varieties of fruit trees in one hole for smaller spaces (peaches, plums, etc)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Purchasing fruit trees locally
  • Queen Creek Botanical Gardens
  • Urban Farm Fruit Tree Program