Try Baker's nursery on 40th street and Osborne Rd. I have bought several plants from them over the past few years. I have been very satisfied with their plants, including a peach with 5 different varieties grafted. 4 come in at the same time and the 5th is coming in now. Great quality. I also bought a pineapple guava which has become a bush. No fruit yet but great edible flowers. I have a 3 year old plum tree with some delicious fruit. My neighbour has several different varieties of quince, pomegranate, fig and various citrus. He also has almonds, 2 varieties of early summer apples, apricots, chinese pears and nectarines. He gets huge crops, we have tons of pomegranates etc hanging over our wall as a result! He has a strawberry guava that has yet to produce fruit though! So there are plenty of fruit to grow. Passion fruit do well here too but they are not always available to buy. I have grown rhubarb as an annual because it perished in the severe heat of the summer. It did grow very well until the 100's arrived. Melons, marrows, zucchini and egg plants do very well, as do the desert variety tomatoes. The toms stop fruiting in the severe 110F heat but resume again in the 90's and over-wintered! Peppers and Chillis do well also. Bush cucumbers and gherkins are okay too but avoid F1 greenhouse varieties or English cucumbers (as they are often sold as in the States), they do not do well in the heat. Nasturtians (spelling?) grow well in the cooler times of the year and their leaves are edible. Lettuce and Cabbages do okay in winter but bolt quickly when the temp starts to climb in late Feb - March. Bananas are also possible here. There is a gardener in Tempe with abundant crops, although most people seem to have just the plants without fruit. I have tried growing them but have over-watered, hence they died through root rot. Mary Irish does a good guide for gardening in the low desert. Anyway, hope that helps.

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Here are the suggestions Arizona Gardening Forum participants have made: (Please call ahead to confirm hours and possible fees) Flagstaff Area: The Arboretum at Flagstaff 4001 S Woody Mountain Road, Flagstaff AZ 86001-8775 (928) 774-1442 Phoenix Area: Desert Botanical Gardens 1201 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, Arizona 85008 (480) 941-1225 The Farm at South Mountain 6106 S. 32nd Street, Phoenix AZ 85042 (602) 276-6360 Glendale Public Library Xeriscape Garden 5959 W. Brown St., Glendale, Arizona 85302 (623) 930-3596 Sahuaro Ranch Park 9802 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, Arizona 85302 (623) 930-4200 Superior: Boyce Thompson Arboretum 37615 U.S. Highway 60, Superior, AZ 85273 (520) 689.2723 Tucson Area: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona 85743 (520) 883-2702 Tohono Chul Park 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ 85704 (520) 742-6455 Tucson Botanical Gardens 2150 North Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona 85712 (520) 326-9686 These may not be all of the possible locations to visit in Arizona, but they are our favorites. If you have a suggestion that isnt listed here, please post on the forum and let us know! Contributed by - roo2000