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Plant guides

Practical advice for growing plants in UAE homes and gardens: AC rooms, desert heat, hard water and villa landscapes. Written by our nursery and landscaping team in Dubai.

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Potted plants with leafy shrubs, pink flowers and a desert style plantLatest guide
dormancy

Do Plants Go Dormant in the UAE?

UAE dormancy runs June to September and the trigger is heat, the mirror image of a temperate winter. What stops, what keeps growing, and what changes in the watering.

6 min read · Oct 3, 2026 Read the guide →
Potted plants with leafy shrubs, pink flowers and a desert style plant
dormancy

Do Plants Go Dormant in the UAE?

6 min read

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