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Watering Trees and Shrubs - AZ Coop Extension

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Watering Trees and Shrubs - AZ Coop Extension

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AZDFFM Tree Selection and Care Resources

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AZDFFM Tree Selection and Care Resources

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Tree Care | Department of Forestry and Fire Management

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AZ Community Tree Council Inc - Tree Care Videos

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Landscape Watering by the Numbers - AZ Municipal Water Users Association

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Landscape Watering by the Numbers - AZ Municipal Water Users Association

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Plant watering needs vary from month to month. Regularly adjusting your irrigation schedule is an easy way to save water and money and helps ensure your plants get the right amount of water to thrive. Irrigation frequency should be adjusted at least four times a year to account for differences in seasonal watering needs.

Want monthly watering reminders sent right to your phone? Text WHENTOWATER to 33222 to receive a text with a link to the month's watering guidelines on the first of the month.

MONTHLY WATERING SCHEDULE

The following are general guidelines for scheduling irrigation this month. New plants require more water until they become established. Watch your plants for signs of stress, especially during the summer months. Visit Watering by the Numbers for detailed, step-by-step instructions for how much and how often to water.

Go Deeper

Looking for more information on irrigation systems and how to water? These guides have what you need.

Xeriscape: Landscaping With Style in the Arizona Desert

A step-by-step online guide for planning, installing, and caring for desert adapted landscapes, including general watering information and specifics on irrigation system design, installation, and maintenance.

Landscape Watering by the Numbers

An interactive online guide that walks you through how much and how often to water, how to set your irrigation timer, and how to troubleshoot your system. This guide resides on the Water-Use It Wisely website.

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Landscape Watering for the Arizona Desert | AMWUA

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Plant watering needs vary from month to month. Regularly adjusting your irrigation schedule is an easy way to save water and money and helps ensure your plants get the right amount of water to thrive. Irrigation frequency should be adjusted at least four times a year to account for differences in seasonal watering needs.

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AZ Community Tree Council Find a Tree Professional

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AZ Community Tree Council Find a Tree Professional

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AZ Community Tree Council Inc - Find a Tree Professional Directory

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DISCLAIMER: The Arizona Community Tree Council (ACTC) provides this member directory for your convenience only. ACTC does not support, endorse or recommend any provider, product or firm mentioned on the website. ACTC does not control third party websites and is not responsible for their contents.

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Plant Selection and Selecting Your Plants

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Plant Selection and Selecting Your Plants

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AZ Community Tree Council - Climate Zones for AZ

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AZ Community Tree Council - Climate Zones for AZ

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AZ Community Tree Council Inc - How to Plant Map & Zones

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Tree Planting Guide - Arbor Day Foundation

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Tree Planting Guide - Arbor Day Foundation

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Guide for planting bare root trees, containerized trees, and balled & burlapped trees.

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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - How to Plant a Containerized Tree

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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - How to Plant a Containerized Tree

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Right tree, Right Place - Arbor Day Foundation

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Right tree, Right Place - Arbor Day Foundation

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A healthy community forest begins with careful planning. With a little research and a simple layout, you can produce a landscape that will cool your home in summer and tame the winter winds. Your well-planned yard will contain trees that grow well in the soil and moisture of your neighborhood. Your trees will be properly placed to avoid collisions with power lines and buildings, and the aesthetics will increase your property value.

A proper landscape plan takes each tree into consideration:

1. Height. Will the tree bump into anything when it is fully grown? [sizing guide]

2. Canopy spread. How wide will the tree grow?

3. Is the tree deciduous or evergreen? (Will it lose its leaves in the winter?)

4. Form or shape. A columnar tree will grow in less space. Round and V-Shaped species provide the most shade. [shape guide]

5. Growth rate. How long will it take for your tree to reach its full height? Slow growing species typically live longer than fast growing species.

6. Soil, sun, and moisture requirements.

7. Fruit. No one wants messy droppings on busy sidewalks.

8. Hardiness zone indicates the temperature extremes in which a tree can be expected to grow. For the purposes of this quiz hardiness zone considerations have been disregarded. Check with your community's tree board or forestry department or a local county cooperative extension agent for a list of trees suitable for planting in your specific hardiness zone. (Arborday.org hardiness zones lookup.)

We have developed a quiz to help you learn how the characteristics of trees influence how and where they should be planted.

Illustrations

Other Resources
Tree City USA Bulletin: The Right Tree for the Right Place

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Selecting, Planting, and Caring for Trees

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Selecting, Planting, and Caring for Trees

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The mission of the Colorado State Forest Service is to achieve stewardship of Colorado's diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations. We are a service and outreach agency of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.

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Selecting, Planting & Caring for Trees - Colorado State Forest Service

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The mission of the Colorado State Forest Service is to achieve stewardship of Colorado's diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations. We are a service and outreach agency of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.