Welcome to Southwest Gardening! We're so glad you've joined us and hope you'll make yourself at home here. Our Southwestern United States encompasses Arizona, New Mexico, and regions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah. We welcome gardeners from all over the world to join us as we create gardens in a much warmer climate with vast and varied growing conditions. Posting pictures of your gardens and plants, telling us about your gardens, your successes and challenges will make this a vibrant and informational site we can all enjoy. Let's grow together!

Welcome from the Southwest Gardening moderators,
Becky (Boopaints), Dan(Dann_L) and Susie(Aguane)

Becky that is a beautiful cactus flower. I don't see them anymore since I left CA. They grew beautifully there.

Hi Lynn,
I took this picture of the yellow cactus flower this morning. There is a cluster about to bloom in the next day or two... I'll post it if I get to the blooms in time.

Susie

Thank you Susie, that will be a photo to see. It brings back memories of my childhood.

Susie that is so pretty!!

Hi , just dropping in. I'm excited to be able to see what grows in the Southwest too.

Whoo Hooo we are here!!!

Hey I found you guys!!!!!

Hi Marie, Debbie and Linda....I love that people are finding their way over somehow...bread crumbs???

I promise I'm not the one leaving them..... but I know Dave wanted this to be all set and in place but you'll get to watch it bloom wide open by Monday!!!!

I found it on facebook...

I love it...social media. The Era of No Secrets.

Happy we've all done our detective work and made it !!!

Hi Marie!

Found you! It was very easypeasy too

Hi Susie, Becky and Dahlia I cannot even tell youhow I found my way here.

Marie... you have a highly elevated instinct for finding plants. There is no other explanation!
Where is the Bulb, Rhizome Forum?

I think it would be fun to have one. I think I could fill it up with pictures :o)

I think it would be useful. You could put the request in to Dave and Trish for a

"Bulbs, Rhizomes and Corms" forum that would be a site-wide forum for all members. You could request to be moderator, too, if you like. I'll ask if you don't have time... but, I won't be a moderator. You know everything about those little orbs!

I don't say much, but I am here !!

Ah! I finally got it! "quiet" Linda!

Glad you're here... maybe we'll bring out the "talk" in you! Love pics of your garden!

Thank you Susie !

I am kind of excited about the success I have had with a semi-dwarf peach tree I purchased from Stark Brothers a few years ago. It only did fair while in the ground, due to oleander and tree roots, surrounding it. So this winter I took it out of the ground and put it into a half barrel filled with miracle gro potting soil. That made it very happy and so far we have picked 18 very juicy, very sweet peaches with 15 more on the tree. This is a photo taken after a light rain of one of the peaches. ( am I talking too much ?)