To find the owner you could search the treasurer's site (http://www.maricopa.gov/Assessor/Parcelapplication/)- if you know his last name, use that search in the name & street area - no need to put the street name in. Then, perhaps a landscape or rose expert could tell you if excess water is what killed your plants. Or, you could have the soil where his water runs tested for chemicals. If there are chemicals (or even if there are not) in the water runoff, I think notifying the city might get you started.

Thanks khsds2. I found his current address using the search feature on that link.

Would still like to hear from others with opinions regarding what's happening with the roses and what he might be 'flushing'.

I've written him a diplomatic letter asking if he can please redirect the run off to the other side of his property line. There is a school there, no vegetation to kill. I've asked him to let me know if there are pool or water softening chemicals involved so I can amend the soil before replanting. I'll post his reply and y'all can help me with the soil. :~)

Hi Mary and all,

That's a really interesting situation--let us know if you hear any details from him, and how things proceed. Good luck!

Take care,
Grant

Hi Grant, Yes, I talked with him over the weekend. He told me one of his neighbor's kids is 'taking care of' his pool and he suspects the kid let the pool run over. There's no explanation why the kid is refilling the pool every 2 days. My neighbor has promised me that is flooding will cease immediately. I'll replant in spring and am thinking of adding pyracantha in the spots where the Banks roses have died and let the pyracantha intermingle with the rose hedge.

If I could ever figure out how to post a picture here I would show you the hedge. I accomplished that tast once, a long time ago. Now the notes you sent me then don't seem to work anymore...or I'm doing something wrong. Most likely the latter!

Mary, some help for posting pic:

[img src=""] you use less than symbols instead of the [ and ]. Type that exact code into your GW message but put the URL of your pic within the quotes.

Hope this helps.

This is a section of the Banks hedge about 2 years ago. Thanks arizonny. I had some incorrect characters in the original string.

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That's a beautiful hedge, Mary! I love it. Cute kitty too. It's great that you and your neighbor solved the problem in a nice friendly way. Always good to hear.

Let us know how the pyrecantha work out, and how you like them mixed in with the roses. Great job posting the pic too, by the way. Keep them coming. :)

Take care,
Grant

That's Lily The Cat...she's about 15 years old and quite mellow, except with her little brother, Guinness The Dog. She just tolerates him as long as he leaves her alone. She's The Queen of the house!

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Re; the neighbor and friendly diplomacy....my DH edited my email and suggested I take out "....cease flooding immediately or I'll report it to the County"....I replaced that phrase with "Chuck, is it possible for you to redirect your runoff to the other side of your property to where there is no vegetation to kill?" A good editor is a beautiful thing!