{"id":84,"date":"2022-08-19T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:26:32","slug":"choosing-your-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Your Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a clue to what will thrive in your habitat, look around to see what naturally grows in your neighborhood: ponderosas? Pinyons and junipers? Grassy meadows? Also, observe which\u00a0plants thrive in other gardens in your area. Be open to advise from other gardeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you plan to grow vegetables, be aware that Flagstaff overlaps&nbsp;North America\u2019s intermediate and short-day zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See The Arboretum on Flagstaff\u2019s web page\u00a0Resources: Gardening Information. Scroll down\u00a0and click to download the\u00a0Special Plants List, organized by the type of plant and its purpose in your landscape (for shady areas, to attract butterflies, etc.). Also, on this page, click to download\u00a0a\u00a0draft of\u00a0Native Plants for Northern Arizona Landscapes, organized by habitat type, including high-elevation forest, ponderosa forest, pinyon-juniper woodland, and grassland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search for details about specific plants on The Arboretum at Flagstaff\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thearb.org\/plant_search.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plant Search Database<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search for plant descriptions with photographs and recommended growing conditions on Flagstaff Native Plant and Seed\u2019s:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nativeplantandseed.com\/nursery_search.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Native Plants for the Flagstaff Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a clue to what will thrive in your habitat, look around to see what naturally grows in your neighborhood: ponderosas? Pinyons and junipers? Grassy meadows? Also, observe which\u00a0plants thrive in other gardens in your area. Be open to advise from other gardeners. If you plan to grow vegetables, be aware that Flagstaff overlaps&nbsp;North America\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growflagstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}