Lillywhite's Plant World
St. George nursery and garden center on Dixie Drive offering plants, trees and gardening supplies, with irrigation at the heart of it.
Lillywhite's Plant World supplies plants, trees and gardening equipment on Dixie Drive in St. George. In a place that receives only a few inches of rain in a year, irrigation is not a supplement to gardening - it is the whole system, and how water is applied matters as much as how much.
How it works
The general principle is deep and infrequent rather than shallow and often. Roots grow where water is, so a short daily cycle that wets only the top couple of inches trains a shallow root system that cannot buffer a hot day and depends absolutely on the next watering. A longer cycle applied less often moves water down through the root zone and encourages roots to follow it, producing a plant that tolerates heat and a missed cycle. Depth of wetting is checked with a soil probe or a long screwdriver pushed into the ground after a cycle - it moves easily through wet soil and stops at dry.
Delivery method compounds it. Spray heads throw droplets through air that is often over a hundred degrees at single-digit humidity, and a meaningful fraction evaporates or drifts before it lands. Drip emitters put water at the soil surface where the roots are, which is why drip is standard for trees, shrubs and beds here and why lawn remains the thirstiest element in any yard. Watering before dawn takes advantage of the coolest, stillest air of the day. And emitters need moving outward as a tree grows, because the absorbing roots are near the edge of the canopy rather than against the trunk where the emitter was placed at planting.
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Address
1200 S Dixie DrSt. George, UT 84770
Contact
- Work Phone: 435-628-8004
Frequently asked questions
How often should I water plants in St. George?
Less often and for longer, rather than briefly every day. Short daily cycles wet only the top few inches and produce a shallow root system that cannot survive a hot day or a missed watering. Longer, less frequent cycles carry water down through the root zone and encourage roots to follow it, which makes plants far more heat tolerant.
Is drip irrigation better than sprinklers in the desert?
For trees, shrubs and planting beds, considerably. Spray heads throw droplets through very hot, very dry air and lose a meaningful fraction to evaporation and drift before it reaches the ground. Drip emitters release water at the soil surface directly over the root zone, so almost all of it is available to the plant.
Should drip emitters be moved as a tree grows?
Yes. The roots that absorb most of a tree's water are near the outer edge of the canopy rather than against the trunk, and they move outward as the tree grows. Emitters left where they were placed at planting end up watering a part of the root system that no longer does most of the work.
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