Thanks for the attempts. However there is no positive ID. I will try to go to the nursery with these pictures and hopefully maybe they can help me. Anybody else?

Herb, Thank you so much. I love your second attempt. IÂm torn however between the bamboo fence you drew along the back wall and something more open. On one hand, the closed in look is much more quaint and serene and it blocks the view of my neighborÂs yard. On the other, it makes my garden seem that much smaller. My neighborÂs cactus & bird of paradise are so tall, I think the fence would have to be prohibitively large. YouÂve given me some great ideas and IÂll play around with them a bit more. You also confirmed the decomposed granite & boulder look. It will take me an eternity to find the perfect boulders, but I guess thatÂs half the fun!! I said in my original post I though my layout could use some height. While I love the look of a nice weeping crimson queen or red dragon, I think your idea of a taller tree works better. It would also focus the eye and help block my neighborÂs yard. This is the east side of my house and I took the first photo above, under my other neighborÂs giant avocado tree. This entire area gets maybe 5 hours of full sunlight in the summer and 3 in the winter. In addition, IÂm close to the beach so the weather is quite temperate. Thus, I think moss could grow well. IÂm already planting some in the strip you see leading to the garden along with some dwarf mondo grass & stones. This will be the experiment. What software are you using? Your layouts are absolutely terrific. I have to laugh at my attempt compared to yours, but at least I got my point across. Thanks again. Jeff

Here is a little light reading for you :-) http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/contain/msg0214580016564.html

The info you got before is correct an old now healed wound probably from the winter or the freeze or the move.....keep an eye on it if black areas appear in spring it may be Pseudonomous and should be treated with fungicide... it comes out in cool damp weather and as the summer progresses often just sort of disappears and the wound heals ...then in the sping it starts again.Its mostly on the root stock which is good so if it is more than just winter damage you should try to KEEP it there !!! and not let it spread up the tree. In addition as long as it stays on one side the tree will live if it encircles it it's toast above that point...but as i said that is a worst case scenareo of disease and you should know next spring for sure ...as far as I'm concerned for now do nothing and wait... if you want to loosly put a plastic tree guard around it i guess that wouldn't hurt but that would be it for now..David