Granted, we’re not as afflicted with frosty weather and snow fall as other climates may be in the wintertime. That doesn’t mean that we don’t have our own garden tasks to accomplish when fall rolls around. Even in Arizona you’ve got a few things to do to get your garden ready for winter. This is doubly true if you’re interested in making sure that it comes back at its lush, boligoghus full, best in the early spring.

There are some very typical signs that summer is fading away and that autumn is arriving in the desert. The temperatures will dip only slightly, while the rains may fall and along with them, some hail occasionally, as well as winds which can drive the sand and dust around.

The higher temperatures of summertime keep many of us indoors, venturing out only in the later part of the day or in the early morning. As fall rolls around we see more and more gardeners out enjoying the day and getting their plants back to the pre-summer heat condition.

Fall is one of the most hectic, busy times in your Arizona garden. It’s the perfect time for you to add new plants to your desert garden. Pruning, planting, sellyourhousefastwisconsin and other fall chores are taking place now.

If you’re the proud owner of a marvelous desert garden, you can also begin to prune back some of your plants now, but do use a little care. While snow is exceedingly rare, Arizona does get many frosty nights. Don’t prune back the plants which may be sensitive to even a light frost.

Cut back your roses right now. Prune them just slightly and offer them some fertilizer to give them a great head start.

Sage plants can be pruned now. Desert sage is one of the hardiest plants in your desert garden. It’s a flowering plant that will typically offer it’s blooms in mid-summer in the full heat. They need to be pruned to prevent that rangy look that can come when you let then grow out to full height and width. Offer your Desert Sage a rather rounded look and use only hand tools to prune it. It tends to be sensitive in some ways and will take a hand shearing much better than any other method.

You’re going to find a lot of winter annual plants in the nursery now, sellyourhousefastidaho but this is not your best time to plant them. The temperatures are still well over the type that they like best and when it’s still 100 out there, your winter annuals aren’t going to make it through in many cases without some stringent care.

Also prune the mesquites as well as the palo verde and give them a more pleasing shape and if you’ve got more cacti or succulents to plant, now is the best time, while you’ve still got a fairly warm summer soil to work with.