I hope that my design didn't scream "I'm from the Midwest!" The trees we planted Desert Museum Palo Verde, Weeping Acacia and three citrus for my son-in-law. They will be the test to see if either of them are gardeners. He might hook up the grey water from their washer. I can't wait to see the yard as it matures. I know I overplanted. If everything lives I'll be removing/rearranging plants in a few years. Good excuse to visit your area and my daughter. My son-in law said that their house is in an old river bed so there shouldn't be any caliche. He is an electrician and has to dig often. Still, it took him half an hour to dig a hole for a three gal. pot. There are many trees on their street, unlike other neighborhoods I saw. Thanks again, I'll be back. Jean

guard your plants :) currently experimenting with agricultural silicate, which strengthens the roots against drought and lacerates any larvae in the soil, making it effective prevention against the fungus gnats that generally home in on and chew through seedlings otherwise. i also sprinkle ceylon cinnamon around seedlings to repel gnats. BTI helps, but the silicate is the best solution i have found. the trick is to culture or secure a microclimate. far east speedway is mesquite forest which is more accomodating than areas a mile or two away.

thanks for posting this aztransplant. i just found out today the desert survivors is having their fall plant sale 10/8-9. this is the place to go if you want nice plants that grow well in our climate. i heard that non-members get 10% their purchases. detrick

Tally, I have water plants and might be able to get you some tad poles. I have a massive bull frog that I might hire a gang to catch if you want him.:-) Here is my list of haves and wants. I'm headed out to look for more stuff. Copperleaf- Alternanthera reineckii Four leaf Clover Variegated-Marsilea quadrifola variegate Hardy Frog Bit- Limbonium spongeanum Parrots Feather- Myriopyllum aquatica Variegated Water Celery Oenanthe Javanica "Flamingo", Water Hyacinth- Eichornia crassipies White Snowflake Arrowhead- Sagittaria latifolia Bog Lily-Crinium americanum Canna 'Bengal Tiger' Canna Wyoming Pink and White Mexican Bluebell Chocolate Mint Creeping Jenny Fairy lilys pink Forget-Me-Not- Myosotis palustris 'Gold Strike Rush' Juncus effuses Horsetail Rush- Equisetum hyemale Pickerel Rush Blue Sensitive plant-Aeschynomene fluitan Star Grass Dichromena colorata Sweet Flag Dwarf Variegated Taro Green - Colocasia esculenta Taro Violet stem Thalia- Thalia dealbata Umbrella Palm Variegated Dwarf Bamboo Widows tears spiderwort Musa Zebrina Blood Banana Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Caster bean seedlings Taro Green Taro Black Taro Violet stem. Artemesia 'Lime Light' Creeping Fig Green Plectranthus amboinicus Variegated Cuban Oregano Vinca major-Greater Periwinkle 'Variegata' 'Firepower' Agave americana Variegata Century plant Agave Blue Jazz Aristolochia fimbriata White Veined Hardy Dutchman's Pipe Nandina domestica 'Firepower' Bulbine Frutescens Kalanchoe -Bryophyllum daigremontianum Mother of Thousands Kalanchoe Fedtschenkoi Variegata "Creamed Scallops" Kalanchoe "Gastonis Bonnieri"- Donkey Ears plant Opuntia microdasys Bunny Ears Cactus Opuntia Prickly Pear Clematis 'Sweet Autumn' Nephrolepis exaltata `Bostoniensis' Boston fern Arundo donax 'Variegata' (Variegated giant reed) Liriope Green Hibiscus Confederate Rose Lantana, Gold lantana Lantana montevidensis (sellowiana)Purple Trailing Lantana Cycas revolute Sago Palm Philodendron Monstera Oblique Leichtlinii 'Swiss Cheese' Philodendron Radiatum Dubia Special Trade Philodendron Scandens Heart Leaf Philodendron Philodendron Scandens Medio Pictum - "Flame Leaved Heart Plant" Philodendron Xanado Ruellia squarrosa Creeping ruellia 'Blue Shade' Tradescantia minima Callisia repens Bolivian Jew Salix cinerea 'Tricolor' Japanese Dappled Willow Lonicera japonica Japanese , Purpleleaf Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle) Passiflora Vitifolia Senecio confusus (Mexican Flame Vine) Wisteria Beaucarnea recurvata Pony Tail Palm Plants I want Thunbergia Blue Sky Vine Thunbergia mysorensis Strongylodon macrobotrys "Jade Vine" Oxalis deppei 'Iron Cross' Musa I dont have Gingers I dont have Rose Joseph's Coat Palms I dont have Hoyas I dont have Texas Star Hibiscus Pink and White Ferns I dont have that will live outside during our Winters Clematis I dont have Butterfly bushes Alocasia I dont have. Lost several over the winter