Red Butte Garden is maintained by a skilled and talented staff of horticulture experts who understand the difficulties associated with gardening, especially in a climate such as Utah’s.
Based on many common gardening concerns, the Garden's horticulture team has compiled a page of helpful tips, advice, and plant profiles for Utah gardeners.
General Gardening
General Gardening
- Fertilizing Your Garden
- Mulching
- Vegetable Gardens in Small Places
- Making a Modern Day Victory Garden
- How to Prune Roses
- How To Plant A Tree
- How to Prune Trees and Shrubs
- Selecting a Qualified Arborist
- Selecting the Right Tree
- Tree Selection Near Power Lines
- Tree Stump Removal
Insects & Pests
Seasonal Gardening
Seasonal Gardening
Monthly Gardening Information
(for where there are seasons)
Utah & Regional Gardening
Waterwise Gardening
References
Plant Profiles
Plant Profiles
Also see our Plant Collections page.
- Agastache Agastache cvs
- Alpine Violet Cyclamen coum
- American Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
- Arizona Blue Cypress Cupressus arizonica 'Blue Pyramid'
- Banana Yucca Yucca baccata
- Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
- Blue Star Flower Amsonia tabernaemontana
- Bosnian Pine Pinus leucodermis
- Bristlecone pine Pinus aristata
- Bugle Weed Ajuga reptans
- Butterfly Bush Buddleja davidii
- Chocolate Vine Akebia quinata
- Cream Puff Cedar Cedrus deodara 'Cream Puff'
- Crocus sativus Crocus sativus
- Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius
- Dragon's Eye Pine Pinus densiflora 'Oculus Draconis'
- Elderberry Sambucus
- Firetail Fleeceflower Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
- Fourwing Saltbush Atriplex canescens
- Gaura Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies'
- Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum
- Gibraltar Bush Clover Lespedezia thunbergii 'Gibraltar'
- Horstmann's Silberlocke Korean Fir Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlock'
- Kentucky Coffee Tree Gymnocladus dioicus
- Lacebark Pine Pinus bungeana
- Liverwort Hepatica nobilis
- Meadow Saffron Colchicum autumnale
- Northern Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
- Oakleaf Sumac Rhus aromatica var. trilobata
- Paperbark Maple Acer griseum
- Parry's Agave Agave parryi
- Prince Aster Aster lateriflorus 'Prince'
- Piñon Pine Pinus edulis
- Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
- Rugosa Rose Rosa Rugosa
- Savory Satureja spp.
- Screwpine Pandanus utilis
- Sego Lily Calochortus nuttallii
- Seven Son Flower Heptacodium miconioides
- Shenandoah Switch Grass Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
- Skunkbush Sumac Rhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Swamp Hibiscus Hibiscus coccineus
- Sweet Woodruff Gallium odoratum
- The Indestructible Rose Species Roses
- Utah Penstemon Penstemon utahensis
- Viburnum Viburnum sp
- Vitex Chase Tree Vitex sp
- Weeping Blue Atlast Cedar Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'
- Western River Birch Betula occidentalis
- Wild Hollyhocks Iliamna rivularis
- Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
- Winter Flame Dogwood Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Flame'
- Wintersweet Chimonanthus praecox
- Yellowhorn Xanthoceras sorbifolium 'Psgan'