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edible nabk fruit for very little water.","sun":"full-sun","water":"very-low","ratings":{"heat":5,"salt":4,"drought":5,"shade":1,"easeOfCare":5},"sizeM":{"height":[4,10],"spread":[4,8]},"plantingMonths":[1,2,10,11,12],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/sidr","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/sidr.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Christ%27s_thorn_jujube_tree.jpg","alt":"Ziziphus spina-christi growing in Israel","credit":"Photo: Davidbena / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ%27s_thorn_jujube_tree.jpg"},"group":"trees-palms","kinds":["plant"]},{"slug":"samr","name":"Samr","botanicalName":"Vachellia tortilis","arabicName":"سمر","category":"tree","origin":"native","summary":"A native, umbrella-canopied acacia that shrugs off Dubai's heat, drought and saline soil, and is one of the trees Abu Dhabi is actively re-planting and protecting in the 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sticks.","sun":"full-sun","water":"very-low","ratings":{"heat":5,"salt":5,"drought":5,"shade":1,"easeOfCare":5},"sizeM":{"height":[2,5],"spread":[2,4]},"plantingMonths":[1,2,10,11,12],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/arak","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/arak.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Peelo_10.jpg","alt":"Salvadora persica tree called Peeloo, Jal or Wann in different arid and semi arid areas of sub continent of India and...","credit":"Photo: Mehdi.sq / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons","license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peelo_10.jpg"},"group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["plant"]},{"slug":"hopbush","name":"Hopbush","botanicalName":"Dodonaea viscosa","arabicName":"مشراس","category":"shrub","origin":"native","summary":"A native UAE shrub found wild in wadis from Fujairah to Abu Dhabi — highly salt tolerant and useful for screening or stabilising saline, disturbed ground.","sun":"full-sun","water":"low","ratings":{"heat":5,"salt":4,"drought":5,"shade":1,"easeOfCare":5},"sizeM":{"height":[1.5,3],"spread":[1,2.5]},"plantingMonths":[1,2,10,11,12],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/hopbush","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/hopbush.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Dodonaea_viscosa_-_Jard%C3%ADn_Bot%C3%A1nico_de_Barcelona_-_Barcelona%2C_Spain_-_DSC09020.JPG","alt":"Dodonaea viscosa (hopbush) shrub with dense green foliage","credit":"Photo: Daderot / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons","license":"CC0","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodonaea_viscosa_-_Jard%C3%ADn_Bot%C3%A1nico_de_Barcelona_-_Barcelona,_Spain_-_DSC09020.JPG"},"group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["plant"]},{"slug":"sesuvium","name":"Sesuvium","botanicalName":"Sesuvium portulacastrum","category":"groundcover","origin":"native","summary":"A fleshy, glossy, salt-loving coastal groundcover that grows where little else will. It forms a low green-to-purplish mat on sand and saline ground with very little water.","sun":"full-sun","water":"very-low","ratings":{"heat":5,"salt":5,"drought":4,"shade":2,"easeOfCare":5},"sizeM":{"height":[0.1,0.3],"spread":[0.5,1.5]},"plantingMonths":[1,2,3,10,11,12],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/sesuvium","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/sesuvium.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Starr_080602-5547_Sesuvium_portulacastrum.jpg","alt":"Sesuvium portulacastrum (flowers and leaves). 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Buy sterile stock.","sun":"full-sun","water":"low","ratings":{"heat":5,"salt":4,"drought":4,"shade":2,"easeOfCare":5},"sizeM":{"height":[1.2,2.4],"spread":[0.9,1.2]},"plantingMonths":[3,4,10,11],"advisory":{"level":"caution","text":"Some fertile genotypes of vetiver have become invasive in other countries. The clone sold in the United States, 'Sunshine', is sterile (NC State). Buy sterile, division-propagated stock from a nursery that can name the clone, and avoid seed-raised plants."},"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/vetiver","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/vetiver.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Ramacham1.jpg","alt":"Ramacham1","credit":"Photo: Deepugn at Malayalam Wikipedia / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons","license":"Public domain","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramacham1.jpg"},"group":"lawn-grasses","kinds":["plant"]},{"slug":"lomandra","name":"Lomandra","botanicalName":"Lomandra longifolia","category":"ornamental-grass","origin":"exotic","summary":"A tough, evergreen, grass-like clump from eastern Australia that shrugs off heat, drought and poor soil. 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choose tropical types for Dubai, and plan honestly for evaporation, algae, mosquitoes and hot summer water.","sun":"sun-part-shade","water":"high","ratings":{"heat":4,"salt":1,"drought":1,"shade":2,"easeOfCare":3},"sizeM":{"height":[0.05,0.3],"spread":[0.6,1.5]},"plantingMonths":[3,4,5,9,10],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/water-lily","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/water-lily.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Peach_Glow_water-lily_at_Brooklyn_Botanic_Garden.jpg","alt":"A flower of the 'Peach Glow' cultivar of hardy water-lily (genus Nymphaea), photographed just after rain at the Brook...","credit":"Photo: Ragesoss / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons","license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peach_Glow_water-lily_at_Brooklyn_Botanic_Garden.jpg"},"group":"water","kinds":["plant"]},{"slug":"papyrus","name":"Papyrus","botanicalName":"Cyperus papyrus","arabicName":"بردي","category":"aquatic","origin":"exotic","summary":"A tall sedge with bare stems topped by mop-heads of fine green rays; it screens pumps and lifts a water feature, but its roots must never dry out in Dubai's summer.","sun":"sun-part-shade","water":"high","ratings":{"heat":4,"salt":2,"drought":1,"shade":2,"easeOfCare":3},"sizeM":{"height":[1.5,3.5],"spread":[0.5,1.2]},"plantingMonths":[3,4,5,9,10,11],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/papyrus","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/papyrus.md","image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Papyrus_%28Cyperus_papyrus%29_%287079191471%29.jpg","alt":"Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, UGANDA","credit":"Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons","license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papyrus_(Cyperus_papyrus)_(7079191471).jpg"},"group":"water","kinds":["plant"]}],"plantNowTotal":90,"inSeason":[{"slug":"samr","name":"Samr","group":"trees-palms","kinds":["fruit"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/samr"},{"slug":"royal-poinciana","name":"Royal Poinciana","group":"trees-palms","kinds":["fruit"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/royal-poinciana"},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","group":"trees-palms","kinds":["harvest"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/olive"},{"slug":"foxtail-palm","name":"Foxtail Palm","group":"trees-palms","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/foxtail-palm"},{"slug":"bougainvillea","name":"Bougainvillea","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/bougainvillea"},{"slug":"arabian-jasmine","name":"Arabian Jasmine","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/arabian-jasmine"},{"slug":"ixora","name":"Ixora","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/ixora"},{"slug":"hibiscus","name":"Hibiscus","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/hibiscus"},{"slug":"oleander","name":"Oleander","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/oleander"},{"slug":"yellow-bells","name":"Yellow Bells","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/yellow-bells"},{"slug":"lantana","name":"Lantana","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/lantana"},{"slug":"texas-sage","name":"Texas Sage","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/texas-sage"},{"slug":"sea-jasmine","name":"Sea Jasmine","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/sea-jasmine"},{"slug":"desert-rose","name":"Desert Rose","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/desert-rose"},{"slug":"petunia","name":"Petunia","group":"flowers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/petunia"},{"slug":"marigold","name":"Marigold","group":"flowers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/marigold"},{"slug":"zinnia","name":"Zinnia","group":"flowers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/zinnia"},{"slug":"wedelia","name":"Wedelia","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/wedelia"},{"slug":"crown-of-thorns","name":"Crown of thorns","group":"shrubs-climbers","kinds":["flower"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/crown-of-thorns"},{"slug":"banana","name":"Banana","group":"trees-palms","kinds":["fruit"],"url":"https://plantguide.ae/plants/banana"}],"inSeasonTotal":46,"truncated":true,"tips":[{"title":"Plant trees, palms and shrubs","text":"This is the month to do it: warm soil, cooling air and six months of mild weather ahead. Palms and trees such as [Ghaf](https://plantguide.ae/plants/ghaf) and [Date Palm](https://plantguide.ae/plants/date-palm) establish fastest now."},{"title":"Buy bigger, not more","text":"One larger specimen planted in October outgrows three small ones planted in spring, because it skips a year of establishment stress."},{"title":"Start the vegetable garden","text":"Broccoli, cabbage, root crops and herbs go in from October. Raised beds with good soil and a drip line are the easiest way to begin."},{"title":"Overseed and renovate lawns","text":"Scarify, top-dress and overseed thin areas while the soil is warm, so the lawn thickens for the season ahead."},{"title":"Sow winter colour","text":"Petunia, marigold and vinca planted now are in flower for the peak outdoor season."}],"watchOuts":[{"title":"Watering on a summer schedule","text":"As temperatures fall, plants need less water. Taper the frequency over a few weeks instead of changing it overnight."},{"title":"Planting too deep","text":"Set the top of the rootball level with the surrounding soil. Burying the trunk base invites rot."},{"title":"A late hot spell","text":"A 37°C afternoon in October can still scorch new transplants. Keep shade cloth to hand."}],"tasks":{"headline":"Planting season opens — the busiest month in the garden","garden":["Plant trees, palms, shrubs and climbers now that the cool season has begun","Overseed or renovate natural lawns to thicken them for the season ahead","Start seasonal bedding displays for winter colour","Resume a normal feeding programme for actively growing plants","Ease back irrigation frequency as temperatures drop"],"pool":["Chlorine demand starts easing; recheck balance weekly as the routine changes","Clean up increased leaf litter as deciduous trees begin to drop"]},"nextPlantingMonth":null,"overview":["October is the starting gun. Highs fall below 36°C for the first time since April, nights ease towards 25°C, and the soil is still warm enough to push roots fast, which is why this is the busiest planting month in Dubai. Trees, palms, shrubs, climbers and groundcovers all go in now, as does new turf, and the first of the cool-season vegetables follow: broccoli, cabbage, root crops and herbs. Winter bedding such as [Petunia](https://plantguide.ae/plants/petunia), [Marigold](https://plantguide.ae/plants/marigold) and [Vinca](https://plantguide.ae/plants/vinca) goes in for colour from December.","Buy the best plants you can afford. A larger, healthier nursery plant set out in October will overtake a smaller one planted in spring, because it spends a whole cool season establishing instead of one summer fighting. Dig the hole twice the width of the rootball, soak it, and keep the new plant moist, not wet, for the first weeks. Reduce irrigation frequency gradually as the days cool, and overseed or renovate natural lawns. Hold lettuce and spinach until November, when nights cool a little more."],"guides":[{"slug":"uae-planting-calendar","title":"The UAE planting calendar: what to plant in Dubai, month by month","url":"https://plantguide.ae/guides/uae-planting-calendar"},{"slug":"paspalum-vs-bermuda-grass-dubai","title":"Paspalum vs Bermuda grass: which lawn suits your Dubai garden?","url":"https://plantguide.ae/guides/paspalum-vs-bermuda-grass-dubai"}],"neighbours":{"previous":{"number":9,"name":"September","url":"https://plantguide.ae/what-to-plant/september","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/what-to-plant/september.md"},"next":{"number":11,"name":"November","url":"https://plantguide.ae/what-to-plant/november","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/what-to-plant/november.md"}},"url":"https://plantguide.ae/what-to-plant/october","markdownUrl":"https://plantguide.ae/what-to-plant/october.md"}