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Game of rugby beginning to thrive in Las Vegas Valley

Rugby players and enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to invade Las Vegas with the USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament slated for Feb. 9 to Feb. 12 at Sam Boyd Stadium. But Las Vegas residents don’t have to travel far year-round to witness — and play — the growing sport.

Microclimates, manual control affect planting

Question: What do you say is our planting zone? I got a Plant Smart Sensor for Christmas, and it says we are a 7B, which is way lower than I’ve read. Just because a website says a tree or plant will be OK for a certain zone doesn’t mean it is necessarily, right?

Apricot spread depends on its rootstock

Question: Before I plant my apricot tree this spring, I would like to know how much space I should allocate for it. Does a Blenheim apricot lend itself to close pruning?

Beans have rotten time in cool spring

Bean plants could suffer collar rot when springtime weather is cool and causes soil to retain moisture.

Keyhole Canyon’s rocks a canvas for nature, ancient art

If you can hit the trail early on these days of late spring, you can still sneak into a few lower-elevation destinations before temperatures soar into the misery range. A good point for such a dawn attack might be Keyhole Canyon in the western foot of the Eldorado Mountains about 20 miles south of Boulder City.