Eric figures since the plants recommended by Anchordoguy are more water-wise, a drip system will be adequate. Their design plan calls for simple plants like ornamental grasses, daylilies, agapanthus ...

Adding a drip irrigation system to your existing sprinkler system can seem like a pretty daunting prospect. But think about the process you go through when undertaking any new project: You do a bit of ...

Three principles are important when watering trees, shrubs, fruit trees and any other landscape plants: Apply water at the right time, apply it over a large area and apply it to the right depth. The ...

As your landscape changes, so should your drip system in order to efficiently water the plants. A lot of landscapers put the drippers right at the (root) ball of the plant or trunk of the tree, says ...

Many dwarf fruit trees are easy to grow in containers, indoors or outdoors, or both. One somewhat less common fruit tree choice is the dwarf fig, which does well in colder zones outdoors in summer but ...

Howard Garrett loosens the excess soil with a trowel from a dwarf Japanese maple that had been too deeply packed into a container. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor It is sad but true that almost ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 260, No. 1/2 (2004), pp. 169-181 (13 pages) The influence of several regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies, applied under subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), on vegetative ...