Plants originally coming from a desert are watered less often than those that don’t come from deserts. This is because desert plants have methods of surviving a longer time between irrigations.
Bob Morris
Bob Morris is a horticulture expert living in Las Vegas and professor emeritus for the University of Nevada. Visit his blog at xtremehorticulture.blogspot.com. Send questions to Extremehort@aol.com.
There are three reasons why sago palms are yellowing: their location, needed soil amendments and improper watering.
The SNWA offers a list of water-smart trees that are supposed to use less water than other types. But they still need to be managed.
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