January

• January 7, 2006
  Ok to mulch trees in winter
• January 14, 2006
  Slime flux disease of trees
• January 21, 2006
  Egyptian or South African plants for northern New Mexico
  Salt cedar not good landscape choice
• January 28, 2006
  Evergreens for a hedge

February

• February 11, 2006
  Black specks on pinon needles
  Pollarding mulberry
• February 18, 2006
  Pruning honeysuckle vine
• February 25, 2006
  Keeping rabbits out

March

• March 4, 2006
  If trees are blooming, can I plant my garden?
  My tree is blooming too early

• March 11, 2006
  Juniper pollen

• March 18, 2006
  Formosan termite scare

• March 25, 2006
  Landscapes and the drought

April

• April 1, 2006
  Sunburned house plants

• April 8, 2006
  Tomato plants produced no tomatoes

• April 15, 2006
  Mushrooms in potting soil
  Prune lilacs now
• April 29, 2006
  Dead lawn this spring

MAY

• May 6, 2006
  Starting new aspen trees to transplant

• May 13, 2006
  Protect grapes from birds
  Quail eating grass seed

• May 20, 2006
  Peonies

• May 27, 2006
  Do we have new, exotic plant disease?

June

• June 3, 2006
  Rakkyo onions

• June 10, 2006
  Hydrangeas in NM

• June 17, 2006
  Curled leaves on trees

• June 24, 2006
  Eliminating ornamental pear fruits
  Tree trunk split in the wind

July

• July 1, 2006
  Plants after storm and flood

• July 8, 2006
  Chitalpa lost leaves in summer

• July 15, 2006
  Pruning honeysuckle and problems with yucca weevils
  Plants aren't blooming

• July 22, 2006
  Pruning tree for safety in summer
  What's that pretty shrub with the purple flowers?

• July 29, 2006
  Eco-friendly grub worm control in New Mexico.
  What does the Master Gardener program consist of?

August

• August 5, 2006
  Shade trees and ground covers for hot, sandy environment

• August 12, 2006
  Vines to cover concrete block wall

• August 19, 2006
  Bean plants not making beans

• August 26, 2006
  Black crud at stem end of peaches

September

• September 2, 2006
  Kill the weeds without harming the birds

• September 9, 2006
  Proper soil for citrus in half wine barrels

• September 16, 2006
  Peach problems

• September 23, 2006
  Wilted plants with lots of water

• September 30, 2006
  Black rose stems

October

• October 7, 2006
  Burned Crape Myrtle Plants

• October 14, 2006
  Aphids in globe willow tree

• October 21, 2006
  Something is burrowing in my garden - Rock squirrel

• October 28, 2006
  Saving grandfathers grape vine

November

• November 4, 2006
  Small grapes this year

• November 11, 2006
  Killing tree roots after cutting tree

• November 18, 2006
  Can I grow a spruce tree from Rockefeller Center Christmas tree?
  Fungus gnats on bonsai fig tree.

• November 25, 2006
  White grubs
  Christmas cactus not blooming

December

• December 2, 2006
  Poor branch structure on Austree

• December 9, 2006
  Disconnect water hose in winter?

• December 16, 2006
  Hardy Hibiscus

• December 23, 2006
  Stopping pyracantha from making fruit

• December 30, 2006
  Starting transplants indoors

Desert Blooms Website

Marisa Y. Thompson, PhD, is the Extension Horticulture Specialist, in the Department of Extension Plant Sciences at the New Mexico State University Los Lunas Agricultural Science Center, email: desertblooms@nmsu.edu, office: 505-865-7340, ext. 113.

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